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From dams to drought, salmon face a lot of threats in the West. Add thiamine deficiency to the list. New research sheds light on where salmon could get this vitamin.
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October 11, 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most infamous crimes in Southern Oregon. This tale has train robbers, rumors of gold, dynamite, and all the intrigue of an old timey wild west crime overlaid on the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing world. Four innocent men brutally lost their lives on that day, and the ensuing manhunt captured the attention of the nation.
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We know a few things about the birth of the universe. Do we know enough to recreate the process? The question alone provokes thought. But scientists have…
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It's not just that our region is full of interesting people. There are plenty of non-human living things to make the place unique and exciting. Some of…
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Compared to some other animals, humans have it rough. When we lose a body part, it does not grow back. We've dreamed of regeneration for as long as we…
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The answer to the question "where did that come from?" is easy for some situations.It's infinitely harder to answer when it is directed to the universe.…
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Living things will go to amazing lengths to find meals, mates, and places to sleep. And that's not just humans in college. Matt Simon, a science writer at…
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We don't think of solar eclipses as punishment from angry deities anymore. Good thing, too: the United States will see its first total eclipse in decades…
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Stephanie Majewski likes it when things bump into each other. Which is a huge OVER-simplification of her work in the field of physics at the University of…
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It's important to us, when people say "I'm proud of you." Pride in ourselves can be another matter entirely. Pride is supposedly the deadliest of sins,…
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If the concept of "citizen journalism" makes you a little uneasy, how might you feel about "citizen science?" In either case, there's more going on in the…
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President Kennedy talked about putting humans on the moon by the end of the 1960s. The job got done, but it took a lot of people, money, and work. Now…
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Easter Island is a fascinating place, and not just because of the the moai, the statues with the big heads. If you look beyond the statues in photographs,…
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The same people who pointed out how many critters live in our houses are now doing the same thing for our faces. Yes, faces. We learned in a previous…