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Cloned monkeys Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua in Shanghai, China. Researchers said the genetically identical long-tailed macaques are the first primate clones made by by the method that produced Dolly the sheep.

Move over, Dolly: Monkeys cloned; a step closer to people?

Cloned monkeys Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua in Shanghai, China. Researchers said the genetically identical long-tailed macaques are the first primate clones made by by the method that produced Dolly the sheep.

January 24, 2018, 9:59am Life

For the first time, researchers have used the cloning method that produced Dolly the sheep to create two healthy monkeys, bringing science an important step closer to being able to do the same with humans. Read story

C by GE Sol combines LED lamp, Amazon’s Alexa in futuristic package

January 21, 2018, 6:00am Business

Amazon’s Alexa started out inside the original Echo, but I always knew she would turn up in other products. Read story

Moderator Mei Wu, from left, joins panelists Andy Lowery of RealWear, Kevin Getch of Webfor, Dorota Shortell of Simplexity Product Development and Aaron Holm of Blokable Inc. during the 2018 Economic Forecast Breakfast at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Vancouver, Thursday morning January 18, 2018.

Vancouver tech firms draw crowd at Economic Forecast Breakfast

Moderator Mei Wu, from left, joins panelists Andy Lowery of RealWear, Kevin Getch of Webfor, Dorota Shortell of Simplexity Product Development and Aaron Holm of Blokable Inc. during the 2018 Economic Forecast Breakfast at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Vancouver, Thursday morning January 18, 2018.

January 18, 2018, 12:11pm Business

Technology will continue to change the way we work and live, but it won’t change the need for people. Read story

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 file photo, a man walks his dog across the snow-covered beach while a cargo ship sits in the steaming fog of Lake Ontario in Toronto. According to a report released on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, U.S. and British scientists calculate that 2017 wasn’t the hottest year on record, but close and unusually warm for no El Nino cooking the books.

Even without El Niño last year, Earth keeps on warming

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 file photo, a man walks his dog across the snow-covered beach while a cargo ship sits in the steaming fog of Lake Ontario in Toronto. According to a report released on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, U.S. and British scientists calculate that 2017 wasn’t the hottest year on record, but close and unusually warm for no El Nino cooking the books.

January 18, 2018, 8:44am Nation & World

Scientists say last year wasn't quite as hot as 2016's record-shattering mark, but it ranked either second or third, depending on who was counting. Read story

The Aeolus Robot can clean homes, memorize objects and even bring you a beer from your fridge. The machine’s creators say it will be available for purchase by the end of this year, although they aren’t saying yet just how much it will cost.

Robotic maid gets us closer to ‘The Jetsons’

The Aeolus Robot can clean homes, memorize objects and even bring you a beer from your fridge. The machine’s creators say it will be available for purchase by the end of this year, although they aren’t saying yet just how much it will cost.

January 18, 2018, 6:03am Life

Imagine this: You’re rushing to get ready for work — juggling emails, kids and lunches — and your home is a disaster, with toys on the floor, a carpet that needs of vacuuming and spilled milk in the kitchen. Read story

Erosion is revealing surprising amounts of water ice on Mars

January 18, 2018, 6:03am Life

Thanks to erosion wearing away surface rock on Mars, scientists using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have spotted thick deposits of ice in the planet’s mid-latitudes that extend hundreds of feet deep. Read story

Karen Heiting was dropped off at a church in downtown Chicago as an infant. She found her family using ancestry.com last year and met her brothers, pictured in the photograph, Ed Biancalana, left, and Ray Biancalana, who live in Northern California. Jose M.

DNA testing producing surprising news

Karen Heiting was dropped off at a church in downtown Chicago as an infant. She found her family using ancestry.com last year and met her brothers, pictured in the photograph, Ed Biancalana, left, and Ray Biancalana, who live in Northern California. Jose M.

January 14, 2018, 6:00am Life

When she was an infant, Karen Heiting was abandoned on a doorstep of a church in downtown Chicago. Read story

Lab technologist Rebecca Consbruck analyzes urine samples while working with colleagues at Molecular Testing Labs on Monday afternoon. Like many life sciences companies in Clark County, the east Vancouver company expects to grow in 2018.

Clark County strives to capitalize on surging life sciences industry

Lab technologist Rebecca Consbruck analyzes urine samples while working with colleagues at Molecular Testing Labs on Monday afternoon. Like many life sciences companies in Clark County, the east Vancouver company expects to grow in 2018.

January 14, 2018, 6:00am Business

Jonathan DeHart had hoped to land his company, a fledgling manufacturer of gene sequencing devices borne out of incubators at Intel, in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area. Then they found a glitch. Read story

Ava Hanna of Battle Ground, 11, left, and Grace Maruhn of Vancouver, 11, search for music on a site called EarSketch during their second Girls Who Code session at the Vancouver Community Library on Wednesday evening. Girls Who Code is a national program aimed at closing the gender gap in technology, and getting more young woman involved in computer science.

Girls Who Code teaches that computer skills aren’t just for boys

Ava Hanna of Battle Ground, 11, left, and Grace Maruhn of Vancouver, 11, search for music on a site called EarSketch during their second Girls Who Code session at the Vancouver Community Library on Wednesday evening. Girls Who Code is a national program aimed at closing the gender gap in technology, and getting more young woman involved in computer science.

January 11, 2018, 7:41pm Clark County News

It’s evening at the Vancouver Community Library, and one wall of the computer classroom is laden with sticky notes. Read story

Seven Dreamers CEO Shin Sakane demonstrates use of the Laundroid, a laundry folding machine, at CES International, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C.

CES showcases gadgets we don’t need, until we do

Seven Dreamers CEO Shin Sakane demonstrates use of the Laundroid, a laundry folding machine, at CES International, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C.

January 11, 2018, 6:05am Business

Today’s vision of a smart home has more to do with what’s technologically possible than what people really need. Read story