Natural Sciences
The battle after cancer
Cancer survivors often must fight effects of 'chemo brain'
Date: 03/03/2013 | Local News
Front Porch: Fundraiser for Everett boy with epilepsy
Nate Sample benefit
Date: 02/18/2013 | Local News
Satellite tags providing new information on orcas
SEATTLE -- Biologists are gaining new information about the winter movements of endangered killer whales in the Salish Sea by tracking the daily activities of one orca by a satellite tag.
Date: 01/20/2013 | Northwest
In or out, there's a lot going on in belly buttons
Not to gross you out, but your belly button is crawling with bacteria -- billions of them, in all shapes, sizes and appetites.That's a good thing, a group of North Carolina researchers says after studying more than 500 belly-button swabs, some from their own navels.
Date: 12/18/2012 | Life
$5 million upgrade at Richland fish research lab
RICHLAND -- One scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland says the "fish are happier" after a $5 million upgrade of its aquatic research laboratory.
Date: 12/06/2012 | Northwest
Study predicts fewer icebergs from Alaska glacier
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The rate of icebergs breaking off from Alaska's Columbia Glacier will significantly slow within eight years, according to a new study.
Date: 11/26/2012 | Northwest
Even apes can suffer a midlife crisis, study shows
NEW YORK -- Chimpanzees going through a midlife crisis? It sounds like a setup for a joke.But there it is, in the title of a report published Monday in a scientific journal: "Evidence for a midlife crisis in great apes."
Date: 11/19/2012 | Off the Wire
Brains of blind trained to 'see' using sound
WASHINGTON -- People blind from birth can be taught to "see" images that are conveyed as sounds, says a new study that calls into question a longstanding belief about the limits of the human brain.
Date: 11/13/2012 | Nation & World
Bad news for salmon: streams warmer and lower
CORVALLIS, Ore -- A study of mountain streams in the West over the past 60 years finds the hottest temperatures of summer and the lowest water levels of fall are converging -- which is bad news for salmon.
Date: 11/06/2012 | Northwest
New Arctic research vessel enters final stages
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A new $200 million tool for Arctic marine research is nearly complete at a Wisconsin shipyard.
Date: 10/17/2012 | Northwest
Alaska professor takes students up-close to fisheries
HOMER, Alaska -- If you think only the edible parts of halibut are valuable, think again.
Date: 10/07/2012 | Northwest
Study: Hatchery fish can succeed if bred from wild
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- New research has found that a hatchery using wild salmon to spawn the next generation can help rebuild endangered salmon runs without passing on genetic problems that threaten future returns.
Date: 10/01/2012 | Northwest
Mars rover worth the cost?
So we put a landrover on Mars -- big deal.The project cost $2.5 billion, according to the New York Times, and for that, we're going to get some pictures, maybe find carbon-based molecules?
Date: 08/09/2012 | Editorials
Triumph of curiosity
Higgs boson a victory for science, worldwide cooperation
Date: 07/15/2012 | Commentary
Scientists find evidence of 'God particle'
GENEVA -- Scientists believe the "God particle" that might explain the underpinnings of the universe is real, and they are about to present their evidence to the world.
Date: 07/03/2012 | Nation & World
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