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December 2012 Will Be One in a Thousand (Almost) – Guess Why
It happens only every 824 years and is starting again this December! What is it? Nope...it's not a comet...
Science
Science
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9 Great Gadgets To Simplify Your Life? – Not Mine, Bub!
Do I really need something electronic to make my life go smoother?
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Author Ray Bradbury Dies
Writer Ray Bradbury died Tuesday night at the age of 91 in his Los Angeles home. Bradbury is perhaps best known for his book Fahrenheit 451, a novel depicting a dystopian future where books are outlawed
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Raising Crows in My Backyard
A couple of weeks ago I ended up with an injured crow in my backyard. It had a severely damaged wing. It was able to hop and walk around but completely unable to fly. Soon I noticed a baby crow following it around the yard. It too was unable to fly.
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New PNNL Finding: Pollution Makes Clouds Bigger, Storms Stronger & Air Warmer
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered pollution makes storm clouds larger. Because storm clouds trap heat in the atmosphere, bigger ones could be helping warm the Earth, a recent study concluded in the journal Geophysical Research Letters on May 10
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Come Watch Salmon Released into the Columbia River
The annual Salmon Summit is a wonderful educational experience to take your family to see. I remember volunteering two years ago and highly recommend you attend. Through-out the year, elementary schools in the Tri-Cities raise salmon from fingerlings until they've grown to fish, when they release them into the Columbia River for the Salmon Summit
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Do Eggs And Brooms Really Balance Because Of The Equinox?
As I was watching the evening news last night I heard my wife yell ,"It works, it really works!" She had just successfully got a broom to balance straight up. One of her friends told her that the gravitational pull this time of year is strong and it allows brooms and other things like eggs to balance unassisted. Is that true?
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Daylight Saving Time Sunday
What is that bright object in the sky? Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday morning at 2am!
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Ice Fingers of Death – Discovery Channel [VIDEO]
I'm a Discovery Channel junkie. Will you be watching on March 18th? Here's a sneak peek!
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Hey Fat Head! You’ll Never Guess What Your Brain Is Made Of – Find Out This Weekend at TRAC
The Pacific Science Center is bringing a brain exhibit to the Family Expo at TRAC this weekend.
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Internet Buzz Jewel The Black Bear Gives Birth To Cubs! [VIDEO]
This has become quite the social phenomenom a couple of years ago when a radio collared North American Black Bear being studied by Dr Lynn Rogers in Ely Mn gave birth 2 years ago to a black bear club named Hope. The whole world watch and was fixated at the behavior of the bears and it became so popular that they even set up a Facebook page with over 130,000 fans!
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Tri-Cities Sportsman Show – 3 Big Days
The 19th Annual Tri-Cities Sportsmen Show opens this Friday and runs through Sunday at the TRAC facility in Pasco.