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Planning for the megaquake, and after | Two years after Japan was rocked by the same type of monster quake and tsunami that will strike the Pacific Northwest someday, the world’s most seismically fortified nation faces another five to 10 years of rebuilding. Nearly 320,000 people are still in temporary housing. Mountains of debris… |
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²ÝÁñÉçÇø professor offers guidance on benefits, risks of social media for teens | Adriana Manago has picked a doozy of a topic for her academic research. A new assistant professor at Western Washington University, she is studying the impact of Facebook and other social media on the social development of young people. |
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Green studying tsunami's impact on coastline debris | |||
Really? Annoying Songs Get Stuck in Our Heads | Virtually everyone experiences them, and rarely are they thought of fondly. They are earworms, the tunes that burrow into our consciousness and play on repeat. In a recent study involving hundreds of people, Ira Hyman Jr. of Western Washington University and colleagues looked at what made… |
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Officials: Federal cuts in Whatcom would be felt most at border, airport | Longer lines at the border and the airport are expected if across-the-board federal spending cuts kick in as expected on Friday, March 1. A longer-term ripple in the economy can be avoided, however, if Congress passes significant budget legislation within the next month, said U.S. Rep… |
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²ÝÁñÉçÇø chemist hopes to turn algae into biofuel | Ask consumers about the idea of switching from fossil fuel to biodiesel and two questions are likely to come up: Will biodiesel production hurt the environment? How much will the cost at the pump pinch their wallets? Scientists are trying to produce biofuels that will answer both… |
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The Science Of Songs You Can't Escape | It sounds shocking, but earworms are an epidemic that affect at least 90 percent of people as often as once a week. That’s according to a Goldsmiths University study. But before you go logging onto WebMD, fear not! These earworms are more commonly referred to as songs, regular old songs — often… |
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Green receives grant to study tsunami debris | A Western Washington university researcher received a grant to study things like that big dock that washed up near Forks. They'll be tracking what items have come ashore. |
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Rich environments can reduce cravings, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø professor finds | A stimulating environment may be the key to rehabilitation for drug and food addicts, according to a study by a Western Washington University professor. |
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Feds urged to help keep shoppers north of border | Border crossings from the Lower Mainland into the United States hit a 15year high last year, according to a recent report out of Washington State. The Western Washington University compiled the report, showing that Canadians from the region went across the line 13.8 million times in 2012… |