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More than 1,000 people filed into the Performing Arts Center for Western’s second independent Technology, Education and Design (TED) conference. Understanding fear, humans using fire in evolution, and transgender inclusion in the NCAA were a few topics discussed Saturday, April 11. TEDx��������…

Melissa Rice’s career revolves around answering a question that continues to entice the human imagination: Can life evolve elsewhere in the universe?

Rice, an assistant professor at Western Washington University, thinks the answer may be found on Mars.

The volcanic ridges of the Cascades have long been poked and prodded by people who want to know what kind of geothermal energy they'll find beneath the surface.

But many of the Northwest's hot spots are on public lands. And in some cases, federal land…

Bert Webber, a retired professor of environmental and marine science at Western Washington University and the driving force behind the naming of the Salish Sea, is quick to tell you that not having a name can create problems. In the early 1970s, people in Washington state were worried about the…

Sara Stamey, who returned to her Bellingham roots after years of wanderlust teaching scuba in the Caribbean; backpacking around Greece, New Zealand and South America; and owning a farm in southern Chile, shares her new book, “The Ariadne Connection,” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 10, at Village Books…