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UW researchers create wearable device that detects and reverses opioid overdoses

November 29, 2021, 7:45am Health

University of Washington researchers have developed a wearable device used to detect and reverse opioid overdoses, a potentially significant step in curbing a local and national opioid epidemic that’s resulted in a record number of deaths this year. Read story

A researcher holds pieces of a meteorite that they identified as coming from the asteroid Vesta, on June 30, 2021, at the Field Museum in Chicago.

NASA launches test to deflect killer asteroids away from Earth

A researcher holds pieces of a meteorite that they identified as coming from the asteroid Vesta, on June 30, 2021, at the Field Museum in Chicago.

November 27, 2021, 6:00am Nation & World

The Russia incident was a warning. Read story

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, Pacific time (Nov. 24 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Calif. NASA launched the spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.

NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, Pacific time (Nov. 24 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Calif. NASA launched the spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.

November 24, 2021, 8:12am Life

NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. Read story

In this photo taken from video provided by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, The Soyuz rocket blasts off from the launch pad at Russia's space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. A Russian rocket blasted off successfully on Wednesday to deliver a new docking module to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled at 6:06 p.m. (1306 GMT) from the Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying the Progress cargo ship with the Prichal (Pier) docking module attached to it.

New Russian module launched to International Space Station

In this photo taken from video provided by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, The Soyuz rocket blasts off from the launch pad at Russia's space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. A Russian rocket blasted off successfully on Wednesday to deliver a new docking module to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled at 6:06 p.m. (1306 GMT) from the Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying the Progress cargo ship with the Prichal (Pier) docking module attached to it.

November 24, 2021, 8:10am Life

A Russian rocket blasted off successfully on Wednesday to deliver a new docking module to the International Space Station. Read story

Florida had already set a record for manatee deaths in 2021. The toll has now officially surpassed 1,000. (Douglas R.

Manatee deaths set grim milestone

Florida had already set a record for manatee deaths in 2021. The toll has now officially surpassed 1,000. (Douglas R.

November 23, 2021, 6:05am Life

Since July, every weekly update from state wildlife officials has set a new record for the most manatee deaths counted in a single year. On Wednesday, Florida crossed an especially tragic threshold: more than 1,000 manatees dead. Read story

Lit by a red light, a rare forest elephant is photographed in Gabon's Pongara National Park forest, on March 11, 2020. Gabon holds about 95,000 African forest elephants, according to results of a survey by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the National Agency for National Parks of Gabon, using DNA extracted from dung. Previous estimates put the population at between 50,000 and 60,000 or about 60% of remaining African forest elephants.

Forest elephant tally encouraging

Lit by a red light, a rare forest elephant is photographed in Gabon's Pongara National Park forest, on March 11, 2020. Gabon holds about 95,000 African forest elephants, according to results of a survey by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the National Agency for National Parks of Gabon, using DNA extracted from dung. Previous estimates put the population at between 50,000 and 60,000 or about 60% of remaining African forest elephants.

November 23, 2021, 6:02am Life

Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River Basin remain a “last stronghold” of the magnificent creatures, according to new research that concluded the population is much higher than previous estimates. Read story

Butterflies land on branches Wednesday at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif.

Monarch butterflies making comeback in California

Butterflies land on branches Wednesday at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif.

November 22, 2021, 6:02am Life

There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies. Read story

NASA seeks ideas for nuclear reactor on moon

November 20, 2021, 5:44pm Northwest

If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it. Read story

NASA: Space station remains at risk from weapons test debris

November 18, 2021, 9:11am Nation & World

The International Space Station remains at increased risk from orbiting debris following this week’s Russian weapons test, NASA said Thursday. Read story

Butterflies land on branches at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. The number of Western monarch butterflies wintering along California's central coast is bouncing back after the population reached an all-time low last year.

After record low, monarch butterflies return to California

Butterflies land on branches at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. The number of Western monarch butterflies wintering along California's central coast is bouncing back after the population reached an all-time low last year.

November 17, 2021, 8:55am Life

There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies. Read story