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| Fossil teeth reveal how brains developed in utero over millions of years of human evolution | Fossilized bones help tell the story of what human beings and our predecessors were doing hundreds of thousands of years ago. But how can you learn about important parts of our ancestors鈥 life cycle 鈥 like pregnancy or gestation 鈥 that leave no obvious trace in the fossil record? 罢丑别鈥 |
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| Farming our way to starvation: Unsustainable food systems | Marco Hatch, an associate professor of Environmental Science at Western Washington University and a member of the Samish Indian Nation, works in the Pacific Northwest with 鈥 |
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| Boston takes rare step of apologizing for its role in slavery and its lasting harm | About a quarter of all white Bostonians who had estate inventory taken between 1700 and 1775 owned enslaved people, according to Western Washington University history professor Jared Ross Hardesty, who is quoted in the resolution. At the peak of slavery in鈥 |
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| Why snow is turning pink at high altitudes | AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: You've heard of white snow, maybe even gray snow, but what about pink snow? High up in the mountains across the U.S., rapid growth of algae, or algal blooms, are turning melting snow pink. They further darken the surface of the snow and make it melt more quickly, and鈥 |
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| 'It felt like it was from another planet:' Scientists studying mysteries of volcanoes in Washington | It鈥檚 the most northwestern university in the mainland U.S. and it sits right under the nose of a major mystery. 鈥淲e have these active volcanoes right in our backyards,鈥 said , PhD, Professor of Geology, 鈥 |
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| 鈥業 just wanted to crunch some data:鈥 How mentoring and team skills led to a research success story | |||
| Cross-border news sources impact Skagit headwaters mining threat | New research published by Western Washington University鈥檚 Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI) shows cross-border news sources and advocacy groups鈥 impact on efforts to prevent mining in the Skagit River headwaters. Derek Moscato, BPRI faculty fellow and associated professor of鈥 |
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| Old North Church, a beacon of freedom, grapples with its own ties to slavery | Nearly a decade ago, Boston鈥檚 Old North Church opened a Colonial-themed chocolate shop named for Captain Newark Jackson, a prominent early member of the historic church and a pillar of Boston鈥檚 lucrative chocolate trade with the British in the 1700s. For years,鈥 |
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| Hawaii鈥檚 Mauna Loa erupts for the first time in 38 years. What happens next? | After a 38-year period of calm鈥攖he longest in its recorded history鈥擧awaii鈥檚 Mauna Loa has reawakened. At approximately 11:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, |