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Crews install a new Tesla roof at Dave Miller's Camas home. At top: The glass photovoltaic tiles in a Tesla roof are stronger than standard roofing tiles, according to the company.

Camas home likely first in region to boast Tesla solar roof

Crews install a new Tesla roof at Dave Miller's Camas home. At top: The glass photovoltaic tiles in a Tesla roof are stronger than standard roofing tiles, according to the company.

October 21, 2021, 6:03am Business

Last Wednesday was an important day for Camas resident Dave Miller. That was the day crews finished installing his new Tesla roof. Yes, that Tesla. Read story

In this photo taken from video footage released by Roscosmos Space Agency, actress Yulia Peresild sits in a chair shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-18 space capsule, southeast of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. The Soyuz MS-18 capsule landed upright in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday with cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko aboard after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station.

Back to gravity: Russians talk about world’s 1st space movie

In this photo taken from video footage released by Roscosmos Space Agency, actress Yulia Peresild sits in a chair shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-18 space capsule, southeast of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. The Soyuz MS-18 capsule landed upright in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday with cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko aboard after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station.

October 19, 2021, 8:42am Nation & World

A Russian actor and a film director who spent 12 days in orbit making the world’s first movie in space said Tuesday they were so thrilled with their experience on the International Space Station that they felt sorry to leave. Read story

A puffin prepares to land with a bill full of fish on Eastern Egg Rock off the Maine coast.

Nothing funny about bad year for clownish puffins

A puffin prepares to land with a bill full of fish on Eastern Egg Rock off the Maine coast.

October 19, 2021, 6:05am Life

Maine’s beloved puffins suffered one of their worst years for reproduction in decades this summer due to a lack of the small fish they eat. Read story

Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample brought in from Japan for research in Blaine in 2020.

When catchy names for insects sting — think ‘Asian giant hornet’

Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample brought in from Japan for research in Blaine in 2020.

October 19, 2021, 6:00am Life

Akito Kawahara moved from Japan to upstate New York amid an outbreak of Japanese beetles. Read story

The Lucy spacecraft approaching an asteroid.

Lucy in the sky: Spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids

The Lucy spacecraft approaching an asteroid.

October 19, 2021, 6:00am Life

Attention asteroid aficionados: NASA is set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system’s most enticing space rocks. Read story

As researchers look to bring back the woolly mammoth, a prized specimen from Spokane County still stands in Chicago

October 18, 2021, 6:05am Life

Walking through the Field Museum’s Evolving Planet exhibit, a museum visitor can see how the world has changed during the last 4.5 billion years. Read story

A sign warns motorists of the closure of Sequoia National Park as the KNP Complex fire threatens the area on Sept. 15, 2021 in Three Rivers, California.

‘Running out of options’: Fight to protect giant sequoias has gotten experimental

A sign warns motorists of the closure of Sequoia National Park as the KNP Complex fire threatens the area on Sept. 15, 2021 in Three Rivers, California.

October 17, 2021, 10:30am Nation & World

As flames from the KNP Complex threatened to race up a steep slope toward the remote Muir Grove of giant sequoias, officials at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks had to think fast. Read story

The spaceship Shenzhou-13, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center today in northwest China's Gobi Desert.

China launches 3 astronauts on 6-month space station mission

The spaceship Shenzhou-13, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center today in northwest China's Gobi Desert.

October 15, 2021, 4:09pm Nation & World

China today sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost Read story

Space flight participant Yusaku Maezawa attends a training session ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center in Star City outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. A Japanese fashion tycoon who's booked a SpaceX ride to the moon is going to try out the International Space Station first. Yusaku Maezawa announced that he's bought two seats on a Russian Soyuz capsule. He'll blast off in December on the 12-day mission with his production assistant and a professional cosmonaut.

Japanese billionaire gets ready for December space mission

Space flight participant Yusaku Maezawa attends a training session ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center in Star City outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. A Japanese fashion tycoon who's booked a SpaceX ride to the moon is going to try out the International Space Station first. Yusaku Maezawa announced that he's bought two seats on a Russian Soyuz capsule. He'll blast off in December on the 12-day mission with his production assistant and a professional cosmonaut.

October 15, 2021, 7:46am Business

A forthcoming flight to space by a Japanese billionaire will allow the public to have a closer look at life on board the orbiting outpost, the president of Space Adventures, a company that organized the flight, said Friday. Read story

Volunteers monitor invasive crab species in South Aberdeen

October 15, 2021, 7:41am Northwest

In the spring, the Washington Sea Grant volunteer Crab Team began monitoring Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay for invasive European green crab, which are growing in numbers and can wreak havoc on native species. Read story