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A still capture from "Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine," showing an underwater view of ocean currents at different depths off the continental shelf of North America.

Sounds of the sea: Stones clanging

New UW research shows tide-born pebbles on the seabed can drown out other ocean noises. Inside Science

Cover of "Change They Can't Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politcs in America"

The tea party and the politics of paranoia

Pharma-free medical practices refuse gifts, lunches and samples from pharmaceutical industries.

Going pharma-free in a drug rep-filled world

Health Sciences

photo on boat

Amazon River exhales carbon taken up by rain forest

Sounds of the sea: Stones clanging

Sounds of the sea: Stones clanging

New UW research shows tide-born pebbles on the seabed can drown out other ocean noises.

The tea party and the politics of paranoia

The tea party and the politics of paranoia

New UW research suggests the tea party owes more to paranoid politics of the John Birch Society and others than traditional American conservatism.

Practicing medicine pharma-free in a drug rep-filled world

Going pharma-free in a drug rep-filled world

A rural family medicine group is an example for community physicians who want to wean themselves from pharmaceutical industry influence.

Amazon River exhales virtually all carbon taken up by rain forest

Amazon River exhales carbon taken up by rain forest

A new study shows that woody plant matter is almost completely digested by Amazon River bacteria, and that plays a major part in fueling the river's breath.