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Michael Sanchez was testing out his new camera when he happened upon a feathered subject. The blue rock-thrush he photographed on the coast of northern Oregon last week has excited the birding world.
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"Science for Everyone" includes 3D-printed statues of women innovators from the Pacific Northwest, a play area to explore STEAM careers and lays out the inequalities that remain in scientific fields.
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The Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced a $710 million gift from the Bezos family. It's the largest gift the center has ever received and one of the largest to go to any single cancer research organization in recent years.
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Washington and Oregon rank in the top ten states for the longest life expectancy, according to new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The high rankings come with the caveat that the pandemic has thrown lengthening human lifespans into reverse in the U.S.
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Cases of monkeypox have been dropping both here locally and around the country. It's welcome news, but public health officials say we can't predict the future. King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin thinks the drop is a good sign, if not a complete picture.
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Monkeypox has entered the headlines, our lexicon and our lives so quickly that many of us haven't had the time to absorb it all. And already there is a lot of misinformation out there. KNKX reporter and producer Vivian McCall takes a moment to catch you up.
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Researchers at the University of Washington are investigating whether psychedelics could alleviate depression in healthcare workers. The pandemic saw record burnout among doctors and nurses.
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How do you grow plants in space? Soil from the Lower Yakima Valley could help provide some key answers.
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Tiny plastic debris — some so small you can't see it — has previously been found in human blood, excrement and in the depths of the ocean.
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After a summer of digging, paleontologists hauled four dinosaurs back to the Burke Museum in Seattle. These dinosaurs were excavated from rocks that are millions of years old — a process that required jackhammers, tractors and trucks. Scientists will study these fossils to unlock clues about earth's most recent mass extinction.
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The findings of a new study from the University of Washington School of Medicine provide potential indicators of the pandemic's short-term and long-term effect on children, said Pooja Tandon, an associate professor of pediatrics at UW and the study’s lead author.
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Your eyes are doing a lot more than seeing something. University of Washington research shows cells in the retina help you predict the path of moving…