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All-new, all-electric commuter aircraft takes off on maiden flight from Moses Lake

An aircraft maker from Western Washington on Tuesday provided a glimpse at one possible future for sustainable air travel — electric commuter planes. Eviation celebrated the maiden flight of an all-new, short hop airliner named Alice in Moses Lake.
- Tom Banse
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With a few cups of water, scientists use eDNA to study reclusive, rare creatures

A growing technology is helping scientists save time and effort when they study rare critters and vast places.
- Courtney Flatt
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Factual climate change reporting can influence Americans positively, but not for long

Climate change has impacted the world's water, air and land masses. But today's news media isn't designed to reinforce public belief, say researchers.
- Ayana Archie
The disgusting, and fascinating, case of the worm in the oyster

If you’ve shucked an oyster from Washington State recently, you might have noticed something new. Black blisters on the meat of the oyster. Researchers are attributing many of these blisters to a parasite they’ve never seen before.
- Libby Denkmann
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Believing 'virtually anything that they want': The rise of the flat earth movement

The earth is round. Science has proved it. We, as a fact based news organization, feel comfortable stating that fact. But there are people who would disagree. Those people are called "flat earthers". A new book by reporter Kelly Weill documents the rise of the flat earth
- Libby Denkmann
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'How down are you' with space travel? UW grad Hip Hop MD on a mission for STEM leaders

Rocketing into space is an experience many have dreamed of, but few will actually experience. Maynard Okereke is now among them.
- Angela King
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Ecologist Suzanne Simard’s life work is highlighted in ‘The Mother Tree’

‘Nothing should be lost. Everything has a purpose. Everything is in need of care.’
- John O'Brien
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Seattle politics enter a new frontier this week

Stop me if you've heard this one: A couple of billionaires launch themselves into suborbital space.
- Paige Browning
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Glowing bunnies and climate change denial. What could go wrong?

Nathaniel Rich considers ‘the horrific interconnectedness of all things’
- John O'Brien
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Robotic balloons to explore Venus? An Oregon company is working on it

The space agency NASA has chosen a small Tillamook-based aerospace company to design and test robotic balloons for future scientific exploration of...
- Tom Banse
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