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This 2020 image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows Jupiter and one of its moons, Europa, at left, when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth.

Predawn parade: In late June, Clark County’s early risers can catch all the planets

This 2020 image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows Jupiter and one of its moons, Europa, at left, when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth.

June 7, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Parade season is underway for the first time in several pandemic years, with the Hazel Dell Parade and Portland’s many Rose Festival parades returning public celebrations to local streets. Read story

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Celebrate dad with cool gadget gifts for Father’s Day

Retekess V115 Digital Radio

June 5, 2022, 6:05am Life

Father’s Day is three weeks away, and I’ve collected a few suggestions for gifts any father would love. Not all of these gifts are gadgets, but most are. I took some inspiration from my own father. Dad loved his iPad, his smoker and his portable radios, so you’ll see a… Read story

Spotify has rolled out a feature for mobile users called "Only You," a collection of data based on the user's streaming activity over the past six months.

Spotify podcasters are making $18,000 a month with nothing but white noise

Spotify has rolled out a feature for mobile users called "Only You," a collection of data based on the user's streaming activity over the past six months.

June 5, 2022, 6:02am Business

People on the prowl for a new podcast to consume often go for a stimulating option like a political debate or a true crime mystery to quicken the pulse. But when the din of the world becomes too much, listeners often need the opposite vibe: something soothing and sedating, maybe… Read story

Oregonians asked to turn off lights as birds migrate north

June 3, 2022, 7:26pm Northwest

During migration season, millions of birds fly though Oregon as they head north for the summer. Read story

Katya Echazarreta will become the first Mexican-born woman and one of the youngest women in space when she and five others blast off from West Texas atop a New Shepard rocket for a 10-minute tourist flight launched by Blue Origin planned for launch on Saturday, June 4, 2022. The flight comes amid efforts to increase diversity in space travel, which long has been dominated by white men.

Mexican-born engineer pushing for more diversity in space

Katya Echazarreta will become the first Mexican-born woman and one of the youngest women in space when she and five others blast off from West Texas atop a New Shepard rocket for a 10-minute tourist flight launched by Blue Origin planned for launch on Saturday, June 4, 2022. The flight comes amid efforts to increase diversity in space travel, which long has been dominated by white men.

June 3, 2022, 2:46pm Nation & World

Growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, Katya Echazarreta was encouraged to abandon her dreams of traveling to space. Read story

Did NASA find Hell? Scientists brace for first glimpse of world that constantly burns

June 1, 2022, 6:02am Nation & World

Mankind’s first look at conditions on a “super-Earth” 50 light years away is expected in coming weeks via the James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA is bracing to see the stuff of nightmares. Read story

A vampire bat in flight.

Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood

A vampire bat in flight.

May 31, 2022, 6:05am Life

Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. Read story

A Devil's Hole pupfish swims in a propagation aquarium at the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility in April in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada.

Hope floats for rare fish

A Devil's Hole pupfish swims in a propagation aquarium at the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility in April in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada.

May 31, 2022, 6:02am Life

How the Devil’s Hole pupfish has survived for centuries in a spalike cistern cloistered by a barren rock mountain in Death Valley National Park remains a biological mystery. Read story

An Asian elephant named Happy strolls inside the Bronx Zoo's Asia Habitat in New York City. A legal fight to release Happy from the zoo after 45 years was argued last week before New York's highest court in a closely watched case over whether basic rights for people can be extended to animals.

Can elephant be considered a person?

An Asian elephant named Happy strolls inside the Bronx Zoo's Asia Habitat in New York City. A legal fight to release Happy from the zoo after 45 years was argued last week before New York's highest court in a closely watched case over whether basic rights for people can be extended to animals.

May 27, 2022, 6:02am Life

She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City. Happy, by species, is an Asian elephant. But can she also be considered a person? Read story

Oceanographers Andrew McDonnell, from left, Claudine Hauri, and engineer Joran Kemme on May 4 after an underwater glider was pulled aboard the University of Alaska Fairbanks vessel Nanuq in the Gulf of Alaska.

An ocean first: Underwater glider tracks CO2 in Alaska gulf

Oceanographers Andrew McDonnell, from left, Claudine Hauri, and engineer Joran Kemme on May 4 after an underwater glider was pulled aboard the University of Alaska Fairbanks vessel Nanuq in the Gulf of Alaska.

May 25, 2022, 7:00pm Northwest

In the cold, choppy waters of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, all eyes were on the gray water, looking for one thing only. Read story