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Schade to present at San Francisco interactive design conference
Researchers probe how much sulfide Puget Sound eelgrass can withstand

What’s green, thin, slimy and sways in the water?

It’s eelgrass, an often unseen marine plant that is important for the environment and economy in the Puget Sound region.

The eelgrass in Puget Sound is sort of like a canary in a coal mine for the underwater world, serving as an…

Tickets on sale for upcoming CFPA events
Canadian dollar drops to 77 cents U.S.

The Canadian dollar sank to its lowest level in nearly 11 years as the Bank of Canada cut a key interest rate to try to restart a sluggish economy.

The loonie was hovering around 77 cents compared to the U.S. dollar at the end of the trading session on Wednesday, July 15. It hit the…

SYTI connects students, youth in theatre showcase
McLaughlin hosts Friday seminar on brain diseases

McLaughlin Research Institute on Friday will host speakers who will discuss two inherited, rare and fatal diseases. The seminar will be held at 11 a.m. at the MRI auditorium, 1520 23rd St S.

Jeff Carroll, Ph.D., of Western Washington University, will present "My Life in Huntington…

Could coal terminal could be net negative for local economy?

The week following the study’s release, a panel of export terminal proponents discussed lagging wages in Whatcom County.
Hart Hodges, an economist with Western Washington University’s College of Economics and Business Research, was on that panel. Hodges questions whether the shift in the…

Port Susan estuary takes a hit from warming, low Stillaguamish River flow

The early summer, with its unusually hot days and low snowpack, offers a window into the future for local scientists.
Researchers have turned their attention to Port Susan and the mouth of the Stillaguamish River. Important tidal ecosystems there have been dwindling over the past…

Celebrate Pluto expedition in downtown Bellingham

While Pluto has not been an official planet since 2006, it will be stealing the spotlight when a NASA spacecraft makes the closest-ever encounter with it on Tuesday, July 14.

The Spark Museum of Electrical Invention will be hosting Pluto Revealed, a free event from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday to…

Big Picture Science Radio Show: Forget to Remember

You must not remember this. Indeed, it may be key to having a healthy brain. Our gray matter evolved to forget things; otherwise we’d have the images of every face we saw on the subway rattling around our head all day long. Yet we’re building computers with the capacity to remember everything.…

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