Being quick to blame major public policy failures on corruption hides the fact that it's most often incompetence that's causing our problems, not ethical wrongdoing.

Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called resident orcas, stay in such large family groups ...

Nearly 40% of California-grown nonorganic produce has residues from PFAS pesticides — potentially toxic “forever chemicals” that can remain in the body for years.

Editor’s note: “What is [...]?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. In this edition, contributing writer Becca Sylte-Riggers explores neuroscience.

Michael Pollan explores theories of consciousness in animals, plants and machines, examining the “hard problem” of subjective experience in his new book “A World Appears”.