Gabrielle Healy

3 days ago | m.kuow.org | Gabrielle Healy |Gabriel Spitzer |Jason Burrows

When Washington state legalized marijuana back in 2012, one of the big goals was to displace the black market, bring weed out of the shadows, and take the power away from dealers and traffickers. But more than a decade later, the ILLEGAL weed industry is still thriving in Washington, and that’s taking a toll on LEGAL cannabis businesses. Meanwhile, the SYSTEM for keeping track of legally produced weed is broken.

2 weeks ago | m.kuow.org | Libby Denkmann |Gabrielle Healy

The Trump administration's federal cuts have put billions of dollars for scientific research and thousands of research jobs at risk.  They could also be imperiling laboratory animals. Scientists around the country are concerned that funding cuts could mean prematurely ending research involving mice, dogs, nonhuman primates, and more. Like many others, the University of Washington is a research institution that relies on animal subjects for its studies.

3 weeks ago | m.kuow.org | Libby Denkmann |Gabrielle Healy

New research has brought us a little closer to answering a key question about consciousness: How does the brain create the experience of self-awareness? The problem was first posed by Aristotle, over 2000 years ago. KUOW editor and longtime science journalist Gabriel Spitzer tells us more about that research and the Seattle scientist at the center of it.

Feb 6, 2025 | opb.org | Gabrielle Healy |Robin Young

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)President Trump is reportedly preparing to shrink or potentially dismantle the Department of Education through executive action. Abolishing the Department of Education was part of Project 2025, the blueprint for a Trump presidency from the conservative Heritage Foundation. Dozens of department workers have already been placed on administrative leave, according to NPR’s reporting.

Jun 7, 2024 | wbur.org | Deepa Fernandes |Gabrielle Healy

When I walked into artist Samia Halaby’s Manhattan studio, I was immediately greeted by art. Maybe that seems obvious, but I hadn’t been to a studio like hers — or met an artist like her — before. Halaby, 87, is an abstract painter, sculptor and activist. Her paintings are full of life, though not always easy to decipher on the first view. And as a Palestinian, she’s an outspoken activist and critic of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza.