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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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Scientists in Washington recently used NASA satellites to learn more about snow in the mountains and manage water resources.
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Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map, they say, could help scientists figure out how learning changes the human brain, too.
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An animal advocacy group alleges researchers could have prevented animal deaths at Washington State University. But, university officials say the complaint is exaggerated.
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Artificial intelligence is helping scientists better understand wildfire emissions in the Northwest.
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Everywhere they look, Pacific Northwest scientists find teeny-tiny plastic pollution. Broken down particles are in our water, falling out of the air, in salmon, shellfish and in our own bodies. Scientists, environmental advocates and Democratic lawmakers in Olympia and Salem have seen enough to make them seek more regulations.
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Researchers with Oregon State University in coordination with the Nez Perce tribe have found stone artifacts that date back about 3,000 years earlier than other finds in the Americas. Fourteen projectile points found along Idaho’s Salmon River - some just fragments - are delicately flaked, razor sharp and made of various stones.
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A new study from the University of Washington finds the number of Americans carrying a handgun on their person every day doubled in the years before the pandemic. The study, which was recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, surveyed handgun owners between 2015 and 2019.
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A research team led by Oregon State University hopes to develop new rechargeable battery technology that could reduce the need for mining lithium and nickel for electric vehicles.
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Children’s hospitals across the U.S. are being overwhelmed by the respiratory infection RSV. Can it be contained, and how?
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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured NASA's most detailed image of the Pillars of Creation that is helping scientists better understand how stars form.
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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.