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Medic One launched in 1970 with a converted mobile-home as the rescue unit. That didn’t work out because it was unstable. The agency got it right, in the end.

Why are the odds of surviving a heart attack better in the NW?

In 1974, CBS’ 60 Minutes declared Seattle was the best place in the world to suffer a heart attack. Nearly forty years later, the reputation persists –…

BirdNote: How Evolution Reshaped The Woodcock

Evolution works with what's at hand. So if you start with a normal bird skull – bill pointing forward, eyes oriented front or sideways, ears behind eyes –…

Michael Free, at right, has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Queen of England bestows honor on PATH’s gizmo guy

The Queen of England has bestowed an exalted honor on PATH’s top gizmo guy.Michael Free, chief of technology for PATH, has been made an Officer of the…

Protesters from the Occupy anti-capitalist movement release a banner reading ' Hey WEF! Where are the other 6.9999 billion leaders?' on the first day of the 42nd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.

Does the World Economic Forum at Davos matter?

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the spread of the Arab Spring from Tunisia to Egypt. Yet at last year’s hobnob gathering of the upper one…

KPLU thanks the following companies for their support

KPLU extends a special thank you to the following companies who were generous enough to donate their products for our volunteers during the 2012 Spring…

The Woodland Park Zoo's new reticulated python

Name that snake!

An 8 year old male reticulated python (Python reticulatus) is settling into its new home at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. The new 100 pound snake needs a…

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