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Jennifer Vail: How tribology can change the way you view the material world

Have you brushed your teeth today? Or gotten a shot recently? As tribologist Jennifer Vail explains, these mundane activities are among the many in our daily lives that are made possible by friction.
- Fiona Geiran
How glaciers melted 20,000 years ago may offer clues about climate change's effects

New research out of the British Antarctic Survey found thousands of underground channels left by ice age glacial melt. The findings could improve the accuracy of modern-day models of sea level rise.
- Becky Sullivan
3 scientists share Nobel Prize in physics for their work on quantum information

This year's Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to research on how light and matter act on an atomic scale.
- The Associated Press
After years of waiting, rare turtles have bred 41 hatchlings at the San Diego Zoo

The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle is considered endangered. The zoo is the first accredited organization in North America to hatch and raise the species that's native to South Asia.
- James Doubek
Hear it again: Understanding how our brains work through 'The Neuroscience of You'

According to Dr. Chantel Prat, "The point of the brain is to take in as much information in the world around the being that it's driving, and use this information to guide that being through life in a way that maximizes its success." But how individual brains work comes down to a fascinating combination of factors, with each person's experiences changing how they engage with the world.
- Jason Burrows
NASA is going back to the moon ... eventually

First it was a technical issue with the rocket's engines, then Hurricane Ian, but, NASA's Artemis mission will soon begin and eventually put someone on the moon for the first time in 50 years.
- Hans Anderson
Jupiter is coming its closest to Earth in decades

Jupiter will be some 367 million miles from Earth on Monday, the closest it's been since 1963. It coincides with Jupiter being on the opposite side of Earth from the sun — when it'll be its brightest.
- James Doubek
WSU research discovers new Covid-like virus in bats
- KUOW Staff
Spider season returns

You may have noticed... It’s spider season. Their webs are everywhere right now, but don't run away. We’re revisiting our conversation with the Burke Museum’s arachnid guy Rod Crawford. He’ll tell us what spiders we’re seeing, and how much you should worry about them getting into our houses.
- Patricia Murphy
Space, our final dumping ground. Can we clean it up?

Last week, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced a new bill calling for the removal of "space junk." The Orbital Sustainability Act, or the ORBITS Act, aims to promote the development of technology and methods to clean up rocket and satellite debris orbiting Earth.
- Libby Denkmann

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