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Amory Lovins On Reinventing Fire
Energy expert Amory Lovins outlines a path to eliminate use of oil and coal in the United States by the year 2050 in his new book "Reinventing Fire." Lovins says the path will grow the US economy by...
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Wash. Schools Chief Calls For Fewer High School Exit Exams
Washington’s chief of K-12 education says the state’s high school students are required to take too many exit exams in order to graduate.
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Your Take On The News
Coming up on Weekday at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 14It’s Friday — time to talk over the week’s news with Joni Balter, Eli Sanders and Knute Berger. The state legislature doesn't convene until next...
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Richard Davidson On "The Emotional Life Of Your Brain"
Coming up on KUOW Presents on Friday, December 14 at 2:00 p.m.Neuroscientist Richard Davidson is a leading expert on the science of mindfulness. He's teamed up with the Dalai Lama to put Buddhist monks...
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Medical Marijuana Providers Challenge Seattle Licensing In Court
Medical marijuana providers are challenging Seattle’s licensing rules in court. They say having to obtain business licenses forces them to incriminate themselves under federal law.Last year, the...
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Shell Ready To Try Again With Rebuilt Oil-Spill Dome
The Arctic Challenger left Puget Sound's Bellingham Bay Wednesday night and arrived at a deep-water anchorage near Anacortes, Wash., Thursday morning. The barge is part of Shell Oil’s fleet of vessels...
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Strong Opposition In Seattle For Gateway Pacific Terminal
More than 2,000 people showed up Thursday to tell regulators what they think should be considered in the environmental review of a proposed coal export terminal near Bellingham, Wash. If built, it...
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Science Finds Evidence Of "Zombifying" Parasites
A parasite worms its way into a host, hijacks its nervous system and begins to control their behavior. Sounds like T.V. or the movies, but scientists have long known that parasites can take over and...
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Thomas Jefferson V. Theodore Roosevelt: A 21st Century Presidential Debate
Scheduled for Speakers Forum on December 20 at 8:00 p.m.Clay Jenkinson assumes both sides in a debate between two of the country's greatest presidents: Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt....
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Seattle Doctor Takes Cancer Treatment To Developing World
Forty-two-year-old Corey Casper is tall, thin, and a bit hollow-eyed from all his responsibilities. He’s a cancer doctor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He performs research and trains...
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Resources For Parents And Guardians: Discussing Tragedies With Children
Tragedies like the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, can be difficult to discuss with children of all ages. KUOW has assembled advice from health care professionals and child advocates on how to...
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Border Patrol To Stop Acting As Interpreters For Local Police
When a police officer needs to question someone in Spanish, or any other language, they can no longer use U.S. Border Patrol agents as interpreters. This change in federal policy comes after a group of...
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Keeping Violence Out Of Schools
Coming up on Weekday at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 14Following one of the worst school shootings in the country's history, what's already being done and what can be done to keep guns and violence...
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Forest Gibson On How Video Production Reconnected Him To His Childhood Dream
When Forest Gibson was a kid he dreamed of exploring space. As an adult, he put aside that dream the same way he put aside the toy rockets he used to launch into the Yakima sky. Then this past August,...
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Forest Gibson: "Going Far Beyond Your Normal Reach"
Forest Gibson is a Seattle-based video producer and filmmaker. Forest and the company that he works for, Cinesaurus, have a knack for producing videos that get shared on the web and social media....
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Seattle: Welcome To The Internet Fast Lane
Seattle is launching a pilot project to bring ultra high-speed broadband service the city. The city is working with the University of Washington and the tech company, Gigabit Squared, to launch the new...
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Military Suicide Prevention Should Include Personal Weapon Disclosure,...
Suicide is now the number one cause of death for US troops. Nationally, more than two-thirds of suicides of active duty troops involve firearms. Most are personal weapons.Former vice chief of staff for...
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Call To Examine State Gun Laws Follows Conn. Shooting
Coming up on Weekday at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 18Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell says he wants to explore the idea of a ballot initiative to let cities pass their own gun laws. Cities...
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A "Word Of Mouth" Christmas
New Hampshire Public Radio's Word of Mouth asks the serious holiday questions like is "Die Hard" a classic Christmas film? Also, they explore the science of giving and uncover the shocking history of...
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