January 9, 2017, 6:55pm Nation & World
Five years ago, in a meeting room in Alaska, two dozen federal wildlife biologists joined other experts to begin formulating a recovery plan for polar bears because the animals’ primary habitat, sea ice, was melting beneath their feet in summer. Read story
January 8, 2017, 6:00am Business
The tech industry’s annual Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, is known for showing off a ton of crazy gadgets, both useful and fanciful. It’s easy to dismiss some innovations out of hand, but even the wackiest products hint at what consumers should expect to see in the future, by… Read story
January 5, 2017, 6:00am Life
For dinosaurs, hatching eggs was a long-term commitment. Read story
January 5, 2017, 5:46am Life
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is not exactly at the North Pole, but it’s nearer to it than just about anywhere else, and well inside the Arctic Circle on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. This beguiling structure juts out from a mountain near the town of Longyearbyen, which is reputed… Read story
January 4, 2017, 8:04pm Politics
A new independent study shows no pause in global warming, confirming a set of temperature readings adjusted by U.S. government scientists that some who reject mainstream climate science have questioned. Read story
January 1, 2017, 6:05am Business
Smartphone cameras have seen dramatic improvements, but technology alone won’t produce shots that grab attention. Read story
January 1, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News
A science and technology learning program founded by a then-Vancouver woman is expanding its operations to New York City next year. Read story
December 30, 2016, 6:00am Business
Can Amazon’s Echo speaker really be a witness to a murder? Read story
December 25, 2016, 6:00am Business
Want to cut the cord? Read story
December 23, 2016, 6:00am Life
Strange things exist 13,000 feet below the ocean surface, such as the lumps of the metal manganese that slowly accrete like pearls along the deep seafloor. In certain places, especially in the Pacific, the spherical clumps of varying diameter form vast fields. Some of these metallic nodules, researchers found while… Read story
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