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American biochemist David Baker, 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, speaks to members of the media during a tour of a lab at the University of Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Seattle.

David Baker, a UW professor who grew up in Seattle, wins Nobel Prize

American biochemist David Baker, 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, speaks to members of the media during a tour of a lab at the University of Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Seattle.

October 10, 2024, 8:13am Latest News

University of Washington School of Medicine professor David Baker and his biochemistry colleagues have had the audacity to think they can design complex molecules that function faster and more effectively than the ones created by Mother Nature. Read story

FILE - Carver Cammans installs cloud seeding equipment, Dec. 3, 2022, in Lyons, Colo.

Control the path and power of hurricanes like Milton? Forget it, scientists say

FILE - Carver Cammans installs cloud seeding equipment, Dec. 3, 2022, in Lyons, Colo.

October 8, 2024, 7:50am Life

Hurricanes are humanity’s reminder of the uncontrollable, chaotic power of Earth’s weather. Read story

This photo combo shows the 2024 Nobel Prize winners in Physics, professor John Hopfield, left, of Princeton University, and professor Geoffrey Hinton, of the University of Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024.

Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physics

This photo combo shows the 2024 Nobel Prize winners in Physics, professor John Hopfield, left, of Princeton University, and professor Geoffrey Hinton, of the University of Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024.

October 8, 2024, 7:35am Life

Two pioneers of artificial intelligence – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton – won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats to humanity, one of the winners said. Read story

Karl Mondon/ Bay Area News Group (Karl Mondon/ Bay Area News Group)

More pet owners taking advantage of cloning

Karl Mondon/ Bay Area News Group (Karl Mondon/ Bay Area News Group)

October 8, 2024, 6:05am Life

Everyone has that one pet in life with whom they fall in love at first sight — or first scratch. Read story

FILE - The sun rises above a frozen Lake Superior off the coast of Duluth, Minn., Feb. 9, 2021.

Push on to map bottom of Great Lakes

FILE - The sun rises above a frozen Lake Superior off the coast of Duluth, Minn., Feb. 9, 2021.

October 8, 2024, 6:00am Life

Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Fla., for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave up. Read story

A male tarantula looks for a mate on the plains Sept. 27 near La Junta, Colo.

Spidey sense tingles at festival

A male tarantula looks for a mate on the plains Sept. 27 near La Junta, Colo.

October 8, 2024, 6:00am Life

Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Read story

Learn to identify misinformation on social media at WSU Vancouver workshop

October 7, 2024, 5:04pm Clark County News

Washington State University Vancouver is hosting a free workshop, “Spotting Misinformation and Propaganda on Social Media,” from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 17 on campus, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., in the Dengerink Administration building, Room 110. It is open to the public and reservations aren’t needed. Read story

A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

October 7, 2024, 9:16am Life

A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. Read story

Instagram update aims to protect kids, give parents control

October 5, 2024, 5:57am Life

Worried about your teen’s Instagram use? Faced with growing pressure to do more to stop online harm, the social media platform has rolled out a major new update to protect young people and give parents more control. Read story

A beluga whale swims behind a boat through the Churchill River, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay

A beluga whale swims behind a boat through the Churchill River, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

October 1, 2024, 8:42am Life

Playful large white beluga whales bring joy and healing to Hudson Bay. Their happy chirps leap out in an environment and economy threatened by the warming water melting sea ice, starving polar bears and changing the entire food chain. Read story