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Josh McKinney, chief technology officer at Edge Networks, left, and President Mark Tishenko work at the downtown Vancouver office. The company has seen revenues rise 20 percent since offering an on-call cybersecurity service.

Cybersecurity firm Edge Networks works to keep computer systems stable

Josh McKinney, chief technology officer at Edge Networks, left, and President Mark Tishenko work at the downtown Vancouver office. The company has seen revenues rise 20 percent since offering an on-call cybersecurity service.

July 9, 2017, 6:01am Business

The computer screens on the walls of Edge Networks paint a picture of an industry’s ongoing battles. Read story

Ann-Audrey Ezi, left, gets a high-five from Amber Smith-St. Louis of the Norfolk Navy Shipyard after Ezi’s floating aluminum foil structure held the most marbles, 27, before sinking during a naval engineering session at FOCUS camp at George Mason University on June 28, 2017 in Fairfax, Virginia. The camp is designed to expose middle school-aged females of color to a variety of disciplines in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Camp at Virginia college shows girls a future in STEM

Ann-Audrey Ezi, left, gets a high-five from Amber Smith-St. Louis of the Norfolk Navy Shipyard after Ezi’s floating aluminum foil structure held the most marbles, 27, before sinking during a naval engineering session at FOCUS camp at George Mason University on June 28, 2017 in Fairfax, Virginia. The camp is designed to expose middle school-aged females of color to a variety of disciplines in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

July 6, 2017, 6:00am Life

Jhalak Singh slipped her boat, created out of aluminum foil, into a plastic container filled with water. Then she watched as Amber Smith-St. Louis began to fill it with blue marbles, counting aloud each time one dropped in. Read story

Fighting to save horseshoe crabs

July 6, 2017, 5:53am Life

All along the shoreline, for as far as you can see, slick shells of horseshoe crabs glisten in the fading daylight. Listen closely, and you can hear their subtle clacking and the whisper of water over their carapaces. Read story

Fish swim over a patch of bleached coral in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay off the island of Oahu. American scientists announced June 19 that a record global coral reef bleaching event has finally ended after three deadly years. About three-quarters of the world’s delicate coral reefs were damaged or killed by hot water in what scientists say was the largest coral catastrophe in severity, time and amount of area affected.

Coral crisis eases; reefs still at risk of bleaching

Fish swim over a patch of bleached coral in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay off the island of Oahu. American scientists announced June 19 that a record global coral reef bleaching event has finally ended after three deadly years. About three-quarters of the world’s delicate coral reefs were damaged or killed by hot water in what scientists say was the largest coral catastrophe in severity, time and amount of area affected.

June 29, 2017, 6:05am Life

A mass bleaching of coral reefs worldwide is finally easing after three years, U.S. scientists announced Monday. Read story

Wildfires can have an effect on glaciers from thousands of miles away. Ash from Canadian fires have been found as far away as Greenland.

Wildfire soot found on glaciers

Wildfires can have an effect on glaciers from thousands of miles away. Ash from Canadian fires have been found as far away as Greenland.

June 29, 2017, 6:00am Life

For the first time, scientists have tracked soot from Canadian wildfires all the way to the Greenland ice sheet where the dark, sunlight-absorbing particles landed on the ice and had the potential to significantly enhance its melting — pointing to a possible new driver of sea level rise. Read story

A spiny red crab is seen.

Scientists trawl ocean floor, find scary creatures, lots of garbage

A spiny red crab is seen.

June 29, 2017, 5:42am Life

Two-and-a-half miles below the ocean near Australia, there is crushing pressure, total darkness and a collection of some of the strangest creatures on the planet — if you’re willing to go find them. Read story

A screen of an idle virus affected cash machine in a state-run OshchadBank says “Sorry for inconvenience/Under repair” in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. The cyberattack ransomware that has paralyzed computers across the world hit Ukraine hardest Tuesday, with victims including top-level government offices, energy companies, banks, cash machines, gas stations, and supermarkets.

Vancouver firm offers aid for malware attack

A screen of an idle virus affected cash machine in a state-run OshchadBank says “Sorry for inconvenience/Under repair” in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. The cyberattack ransomware that has paralyzed computers across the world hit Ukraine hardest Tuesday, with victims including top-level government offices, energy companies, banks, cash machines, gas stations, and supermarkets.

June 28, 2017, 5:01pm Business

As another strain of ransomware swept through international computer networks, predominantly in Europe for now, a local company is offering a free check-up of sorts. Read story

Migrating wildebeests leap into the Mara River on the Serengeti in Kenya.

Drowning wildebeests benefit river ecosystem

Migrating wildebeests leap into the Mara River on the Serengeti in Kenya.

June 22, 2017, 6:16am Life

African wildebeests are like clueless couples that get hacked to pieces in horror movies. Time after time, year aft er year, giant herds of the animals creep to the edge of the Mara River in Kenya and start to drink, seemingly oblivious to danger. Read story

Gray seal iStock

Grays seals make comeback in Mass.

Gray seal iStock

June 22, 2017, 5:18am Life

Gray seals are booming. They’ve flocked to coastal Massachusetts, where hunters once killed the animals wholesale — a dead seal’s nose could fetch a $5 reward in the 1960s. Read story

Photos were of conjoined porpoises

June 22, 2017, 5:16am Life

In the cold waters of the North Sea, trawlers catch all manner of unintended things. Garbage, often. Porpoises, sometimes. Read story