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Bellingham man's car goes from Canada to Mexico on one tank of fuel | Bellingham resident Craig Henderson has driven the car he built in the 1980s from Canada to Mexico on one tank of diesel, getting an average of 119.1 miles per gallon, he said, and shattering the old record the car set back in 1986. Henderson started his border-to-border drive Sunday, Aug… |
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MAX Update No. 57: The Avion Goes 100+ MPG from Canada to Mexico | Craig Henderson is my hero. He was an automotive technology student at Western Washington University when he and his friend, Bill Green, designed and built the Avion. Other than paint and graphics, it doesn't look much different than it did in 1986, when it first broke 100 mpg on the… |
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PBS chooses Bellingham to show sustainable economy | The crew filmed in a variety of locations: Lummi Island Wild, which practices sustainable reefnet fishing; the Willows Inn, a bed and breakfast that serves local fish and produce; a treetop office with a green roof that hangs over Chuckanut Bay; the Vehicle Research Institute at Western… |
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Seals rarely aggressive, says medical centre | Publicity surrounding the seal-pup swimming pool at the Ohau Stream waterfall has led one person to raise concern about aggressive seals. An online comment response at marlexpress.co.nz to a story on Wednesday suggests that divers are being bitten and harassed by fur seals along the… |
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Top Weird Science Stories of 2010 | Western Washington University geophysicists are making localized air-pollution maps by tracking the magnetism of tree leaves. Car and some industrial pollution contains particles of magnetic iron oxide that stick to the leaves, making them magnetic. |
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David Brancaccio visits ²ÝÁñÉçÇø for PBS documentary featuring VRI, Bellingham | |||
Seal pool playground amazes | Western Washington University biology and science education specialist Associate Professor Alejandro Acevedo has been studying the interaction between the pups and tourists at the pool, where the pups play and rest before going back to the shore to nurse from their mothers. He has… |
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²ÝÁñÉçÇø students help hydroplane win Unlimited Lights final at Seafair 2010 | |||
Video: Becker wins lights final at Seafair | Paul Becker and the UL-14 Sammamish Mortgage/²ÝÁñÉçÇø College Engineering Tech wins the Graham Trucking Unlimited Lights final. |
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Boat with ²ÝÁñÉçÇø pit crew wins Unlimited Lights event at Seafair 2010 | Excellent racing by the Unlimited Light hydroplanes warmed up a drizzly day in Seattle. Paul Becker led the way with heat victories in 1B and 2A and both were closely contested. Becker, driving the UL-14 Sammamish Mortgage-Western Washington University College of Engineering and Technology-GO… |