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Plan to tag Puget Sound orcas raises concerns
January 25, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — Federal biologists plan next month to attach tiny satellite devices on Puget Sound’s endangered orcas off the West Coast to better understand where they go during winter. But …
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Plan to dart tag orcas raises concerns
January 25, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — Federal biologists plan next month to attach tiny satellite devices on Puget Sound’s endangered orcas off the West Coast to better understand where they go during winter. But … 2
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Caldwell: Spokane’s higher-ed grades improving
September 19, 2010 in Business on Page E1 Spokane is not at the forefront of higher education. Lack of a major research institution has consistently been called a weakness as community officials assemble a 21st-century information-based economic curriculum. …
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Tax authority awards medical grant
September 23, 2009 in City on Page A5 A Spokane medical research organization has received a $675,000 grant from a local taxing authority. The Institute for Systems Medicine will use the grant from the Health Sciences and Services …
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Shot of security
October 2, 2007 in Features on Page D1 Getting vaccinated does not make the elderly bullet-proof against influenza, as many people believe, according to a paper co-authored by a Group Health researcher in Seattle. But don’t use that …
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Shot support
May 29, 2007 in Features on Page D1 Moms and dads, keep this in mind when you take your kids to the doctor for a shot: If the thought of that needle leaves you white-faced and rushing for …
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Nasa To Take A Closer Look At The ‘Face On Mars’ Some Say Alien Intelligence Made Eerie Face First Seen In 1976 Viking 1 Photos
March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 The “Face on Mars” was photographed by the Viking spacecraft. File/Associated Press
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Dinosaur Guts Preserved In Fossil Remains Of Previously Unknown Species Show Extraordinary Details
March 26, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 This fossilized baby dinosaur has proved to be so well-preserved that scientists can see muscle fibers and the intestine. Photo by Associated Press
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Baby Teeth Allow Peek Into Fallout Researchers Tracking Effects Of Chernobyl, Nuclear Power Plant Leaks
March 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Tooth Fairy Project may sound like child’s play, but it has a serious purpose: to find out how much radiation humans have been exposed to before and after the …
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Firing Someone Bad For The Heart
March 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Feel bad for folks who get fired? Maybe you should pity those who do the firing. A new study released Thursday found that managers run double their usual risk of …
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Pheromone Study Gives New Meaning To Body Language
March 12, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 University of Chicago researchers reported today that they have proved the existence of human pheromones - powerful airborne chemicals that people may emit and receive to influence one another without …
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Harnessed Light Killing Cancer Cells Scientists Excited About ‘Photodynamic Therapy’
March 4, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A9 Dr. Marcia Canto uses “photodynamic therapy” on cancer patient Jesus Jimenez at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Feb. 18. Photo by Associated Press
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Unknown Civil War Soldiers Identified Man Spends Years Checking Documents To Come Up With Names
February 19, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A14 For the past 120 years, visitors to the Warrenton (Va.) Cemetery have paid homage to 600 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in a mass grave underneath a simple marble monument. Now, …
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Proof Positive? Photos Indicate There Was Water On Mars, And Where There’s Water, There’s Life
February 19, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 This picture of a canyon on the Martian surface was taken Jan. 8 from the Mars Orbiter Camera during the 87th orbit around Mars of the Mars Global Surveyor. Photo …
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New World Not So New, Scientists Say First People Arrived Up To 40,000 Years Ago
February 17, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 The first Americans reached the New World as long as 40,000 years ago, more than three times earlier than previously realized, scientists reported Monday. Until recently, scholars believed that a …
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Study Of Twins Links Longevity, Exercise
February 11, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 Taking brisk, half-hour walks just six times a month appeared to cut the risk of premature death by 44 percent among twins in a study that researchers say is the …
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Trace Of Deadly 1918 Flu Epidemic Holds Research Promise Corpse, One Of 21 Million Dead, Yields Sample
February 7, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 A specimen of the influenza virus that killed 21 million people in the 1918 worldwide epidemic has been recovered from the frozen remains of a flu victim buried in Alaska. …
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Government Approves First Artificial Blood In Use For Dogs
February 1, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A6 The government approved the first artificial blood Friday - but it’s just for dogs. BioPure Corp.’s Oxyglobin for dogs is big news for veterinarians because animal blood banks are rare …
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Scientists Extend Life Of Human Cell
January 14, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 Striking new evidence that life span may be stretchable is coming from experiments in which human cells were engineered to stay young and vigorous far longer than usual, scientists reported …
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Huge Black Hole At Hub Of Milky Way Eating Up Old Stars Astronomers Say This Is ‘Best Evidence Yet’
January 8, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Astronomers reported new evidence Wednesday that an immense black hole, weighing as much as 2,600,000 suns, squats at the hub of the Milky Way, gobbling up elderly stars while the …
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Nasa Heads To The Moon Again On The Cheap
January 5, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 NASA will try to go back to the moon tonight for the first time in 25 years, but it’s a far cry from the space agency’s Apollo heydays. Instead of …
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Scientists Revisit Site Where Kennewick Man Found
December 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 Scientists have begun taking dirt samples from the Columbia River bank where prehistoric bones were found more than two years ago. The sampling that began Saturday at Columbia Park could …
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Medication Promises To Quiet Violent Episodes Of Alzheimer’s
December 11, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 A schizophrenia medicine is showing promise in treating some heart-rending complications of Alzheimer’s disease: the aggression and delusions that can lead patients to attack loved ones and nursing home workers. …
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Drink A Day May Keep Reaper Away Study: Alcohol Can Drop Midlife Threat By 20%
December 11, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 The biggest study ever of alcohol’s effects on health found that a drink a day in middle age reduces the risk of death by 20 percent. The research documented this …
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Western Ways Make Navajos Overweight Changes Lead To More Cases Of Diabetes, Hypertension
November 24, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 As Navajos prepare for the season of eating - when festive treats can create holiday hips - tribal health officials hope they remember many are losing the battle of the …
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Alaskans Suffer From Lack Of Sun Disorder Pushes Many Into Depression
November 24, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 As the land of the midnight sun slides into another winter of long, dreary darkness, the psyches of at least a third of all Alaskans are destined to suffer. Most … 1
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Study Pairs Wine Type With Music
November 13, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Music and wine go together, no? Maybe more than you think, a study suggests. Psychologists say that by serenading supermarket shoppers with either French accordion music or German oom-pah-pah, they …
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Cancer Treatment Debated Bone Marrow Transplants Save Women’s Lives, Doctor Says
November 4, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 A major debate over how to treat potentially deadly breast cancer spilled into an international breast-cancer conference Monday, with a Detroit doctor arguing bone-marrow transplants give women the best chance …
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Scientist Finds ‘Intelligence’ Gene Some Concerned Discovery Has Potential For Abuse
November 4, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 An American scientist working in Britain says he has isolated the first specific gene to be associated with human intelligence. Professor Robert Plomin, a behavioral geneticist at London’s Institute of …
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Herbal Medicine Found Effective Against Alzheimer’s
October 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Scientists may now have one more weapon in their continuing war against Alzheimer’s disease an herbal medicine called ginkgo biloba, researchers said Tuesday. Vitamin E, ibuprofen, estrogen and the anti-Parkinson’s …
