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Other Mar 16, 2024

What washing machine settings can I use to make my clothes last longer?

Orbiting 400 kilometers above Earth's surface, the astronauts on the International Space Station live a pretty normal social life, if not for one thing: they happily wear their unwashed clothes for days and weeks at a time. ...

Plants & Animals Mar 13, 2024

Researchers say Olympic tower construction could damage Tahiti reef ecosystem

In preparation for the 2024 Olympic surfing competition, a new judging tower is being constructed in the reef lagoon at Teahupo'o, Tahiti. That construction poses a threat to the reef and its ecosystem, according to researchers ...

Environment Mar 7, 2024

Washington's lackluster snowpack draws concerns, especially on the Olympic Peninsula

Not since 2015 has Washington's snowpack fallen so far below normal. Some regions of the state are preparing for another drought this summer. Others are still enmeshed in the drought that began last summer.

Environment Mar 5, 2024

Opinion: Why hosting an Olympics competition in Tahiti is a really bad idea

Last year, the International Olympic Committee announced that the South Pacific island of Tahiti will host the two-day surfing competition for the 2024 Paris Summer Games. The site in question, Teahupo'o, is revered among ...

Environment Feb 29, 2024

Blizzard warning of up to 10 feet of snow in the Sierra could make travel 'dangerous to impossible'

A Pacific storm packing powerful winds and heavy snow is shaping up to be the strongest of the season, forecasters say, as it pushes toward California with potential blizzard conditions in the Sierra and up to 10 feet (3 ...

Economics & Business Feb 25, 2024

Does hosting the Olympics, the World Cup or other major sports events really pay off?

After a long battle, Paris's beloved bouquinistes will be staying put this summer. The decision, announced on 13 February by the French government, came after considerable public backlash to the police prefecture's original ...

Earth Sciences Feb 22, 2024

Cooler, wetter parts of Pacific Northwest likely to see more fires, new simulations predict

Forests in the coolest, wettest parts of the western Pacific Northwest are likely to see the biggest increases in burn probability, fire size and number of blazes as the climate continues to get warmer and drier, according ...

Ecology Feb 20, 2024

Even very low levels of pesticide exposure can affect fish for generations, study finds

Fish exposed to some pesticides at extremely low concentrations for a brief period of time can demonstrate lasting behavioral changes, with the impact extending to offspring that were never exposed firsthand, a recent study ...

Environment Feb 13, 2024

Forever chemicals in ski wax are being spread on snowy slopes

Every February half-term, I think back to the French ski trips I went on as a teenager. I remember the freshness of the cold, crisp air as I snow-plowed my way down the slopes. Escaping to somewhere seemingly so pristine ...

Social Sciences Feb 9, 2024

Ski like a girl: Researchers reveal hidden histories of women in Nordic sport

When Lyndsay Conrad dove into her archival research on early 20th-century ski history in Alberta, she found women were missing in the standard narratives, yet leap out in old University of Alberta yearbooks from the 1930s.

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