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"Science for Everyone" includes 3D-printed statues of women innovators from the Pacific Northwest, a play area to explore STEAM careers and lays out the inequalities that remain in scientific fields.
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Scientists in Washington recently used NASA satellites to learn more about snow in the mountains and manage water resources.
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Thanks to the James Webb telescope, we can now see the nebula with more clarity. As one expert says, "We always knew planetary nebulae were pretty. What we see now is spectacular."
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Two stellar lunar events are happening this August, with a sturgeon supermoon on Aug. 1 and then a rare blue supermoon on Aug. 30.
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A previous forecast predicted a geomagnetic storm happening Wednesday and Thursday, but the sun's activity has greatly weakened over the past few days.
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Northwest scientists say the region’s unique geology could help the planet. To keep heat-trapping gasses out of the atmosphere, researchers want to pump CO2 deep underground.
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Jevin West, co-founder of the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public, talks about the ways generative AI — a form of artificial intelligence that can create new content — could accelerate misinformation and cause confusion.
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For over a century, four hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border have cut off habitat to fish swimming up the Klamath River from the ocean. Now, researchers are in the midst of a project to learn how fish will use this ecosystem once the dams are removed.
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CRISPR meat produced at Washington State University is now ready for people to eat. Researchers say the technology could one day help reduce world hunger.
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An intense solar storm has the northern lights gracing the skies farther south than usual. Forecasters say a blast of superhot material from the sun late last week hurled scorching gases known as plasma toward Earth at nearly 2 million mph.
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With the climate rapidly changing, researchers are trying to find ways to make clean energy developments less expensive and easier to build. For the Northwest, offshore wind power could play a critical role, but it also presents major challenges.
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Northwest scientists are going to great distances – and great depths – hoping to help us understand our volcanic risk closer to home.