A reporter’s patience pays off — thanks to a very generous patient
The Backstory: The first step in chronicling the analysis of living human brain tissue is finding a human willing to be chronicled.
Would you donate part of your living brain to science? This man did. VIEW
Gary Williams agrees to let Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science study his live brain tissue, starting the same day as his surgery. “Why wouldn’t...
Sam Wasser might be the ‘guru of doo-doo,’ but his research ignites serious passions
The stakes are high for the dedicated University of Washington conservation biologist, who has run into fallout during his quest to protect wildlife.
Sam Wasser pours his intense passion for protecting wildlife into research and catching poachers VIEW
University of Washington conservation biologist Sam Wasser, driven to the point of exhaustion, is serious about his pioneering research and his search for bad guys.
The Case of the Vanishing Ferns: Citizen sleuths can’t figure out what’s killing Seattle’s sword ferns VIEW
Volunteer citizen scientists lead the search for clues to the mysterious die-off of these iconic Northwest plants.
The true power of observation: a vital connection between city dwellers and the nature around us
It’s great to notice what’s going on around us. It’s even better to understand, or improve, it.
AIDS veterans recall loved ones lost in the epidemic VIEW
Remembrances of HIV-positive friends, family, co-workers and partners.
More about The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway
Planned for the Capitol Hill light rail station plaza in 2020, the art-filled walkway will tell the story of the epidemic in Seattle and King...
This certainly isn’t the rest of Seattle’s AIDS story, but it is more of the story
So many people and organizations played a role in the city’s fight against AIDS (actually, ‘still play’ … present tense).