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Tri-Cities home to influential scientists

December 8, 2020, 6:02am Life

Seventeen of the scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been named among the most influential in the world. Read story

Sea lions sit on a dock in Oceanside harbor in Oceanside, Calif., on Dec. 1. (K.C.

In Oceanside, Calif., the sea lions are winning

Sea lions sit on a dock in Oceanside harbor in Oceanside, Calif., on Dec. 1. (K.C.

December 8, 2020, 6:01am Life

Sea lions have their own special place at the Oceanside harbor, but it’s not enough. Read story

Student-scientist Time’s ‘Kid of the Year’

December 4, 2020, 12:39pm Life

A 15-year-old Colorado high school student and young scientist who has used artificial intelligence and created apps to tackle contaminated drinking water, cyberbullying, opioid addiction and other social problems has been named Time Magazine's first-ever "Kid of the Year." Read story

FILE - This artist&#039;s rendering provided to China&#039;s Xinhua News Agency on Aug. 23, 2016, by the lunar probe and space project center of Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, shows a concept design for the Chinese Mars 2020 rover and lander. China&#039;s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and plans to put humans back on the lunar surface.

Chinese spacecraft carrying lunar rocks lifts off from moon

FILE - This artist&#039;s rendering provided to China&#039;s Xinhua News Agency on Aug. 23, 2016, by the lunar probe and space project center of Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, shows a concept design for the Chinese Mars 2020 rover and lander. China&#039;s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and plans to put humans back on the lunar surface.

December 3, 2020, 3:33pm Life

A Chinese spacecraft lifted off from the moon Thursday night with a load of lunar rocks, the first stage of its return to Earth, the government space agency reported. Read story

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a screen shows the landed Chang&#039;e-5 spacecraft and a moon surface picture, below, taken by camera aboard Chang&#039;e-5 spacecraft during its landing process, at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) in Beijing on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. A Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon Tuesday to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s, the government announced.

China spacecraft collects moon samples to take back to Earth

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a screen shows the landed Chang&#039;e-5 spacecraft and a moon surface picture, below, taken by camera aboard Chang&#039;e-5 spacecraft during its landing process, at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) in Beijing on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. A Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon Tuesday to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s, the government announced.

December 2, 2020, 8:36am Life

A Chinese spacecraft took samples of the moon’s surface Wednesday as part of a mission to bring lunar rocks back to Earth for the first time since the 1970s, the government said, adding to a string of successes for Beijing’s increasingly ambitious space program. Read story

Lunar eclipse coming Sunday night, though it might be hard to see

November 27, 2020, 10:17am Life

The celestial bodies are aligning for a show this weekend, though clouds over Portland might block it from view. Read story

Lonnie Thompson, left, and Ellen Mosley-Thompson, paleoclimatologists in their ice core freezer at the Byrd Polar Climate and Research Center at Ohio State University.

Ohio ice core collection at risk for damage

Lonnie Thompson, left, and Ellen Mosley-Thompson, paleoclimatologists in their ice core freezer at the Byrd Polar Climate and Research Center at Ohio State University.

November 26, 2020, 2:45pm Nation & World

The history of the world is carefully documented and kept in a freezer at Ohio State University. Read story

Chobe the lioness, who was rescued from “Tiger King” Joe Exotic’s Oklahoma facility in 2018 and now lives at the WildCat Ridge Sanctuary in Scotts Mills, was brought in for a CT scan at the Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Oregon State University.

Lioness originally from “Tiger King” Joe Exotic’s park gets surgery at OSU

Chobe the lioness, who was rescued from “Tiger King” Joe Exotic’s Oklahoma facility in 2018 and now lives at the WildCat Ridge Sanctuary in Scotts Mills, was brought in for a CT scan at the Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Oregon State University.

November 26, 2020, 8:44am Latest News

A lioness previously rescued from “Tiger King” Joe Exotic’s big cat park was treated for a uterine infection at Oregon State University on Monday. Read story

Seattle startup joins NASA-sponsored moon-rover team

November 26, 2020, 6:05am Life

One could never call a lunar rover sleek. Typically weighing hundreds of pounds, they’re studded with solar panels, sensors, cameras and robotic arms. They carry heavy nuclear-powered heaters to help them survive the moon’s frigid, 14-day-long lunar night. Read story

Prayer flags flutter in the breeze at Mount Everest.

Scientists find plastic fibers in Mount Everest snow samples

Prayer flags flutter in the breeze at Mount Everest.

November 26, 2020, 6:00am Nation & World

Scientists have identified the highest instance of microplastics ever found on Earth, near the summit of Mount Everest. Read story