November 3, 2009The ballot initiative has long been one of the key instruments by which residents of Washington state can write laws directly.
October 26, 2009Buying textbooks is one of those academic chores every student dreads.
October 20, 2009Microsoft is a popular bad guy in the technology world.
October 13, 2009Puget Sound is one of those iconic symbols of the Pacific Northwest.
October 6, 2009Students returning from summer break got a bit of a shock when they opened up their UW mail before the start of autumn quarter.
September 30, 2009Trash, garbage, waste.
August 12, 2009Ever since the untimely death of General Motor’s EV1 early this decade, the mass production of electric vehicles has stalled.
July 29, 2009Improving quality while reducing cost is the intractable problem of health-care reform.
July 15, 2009This weekend, Seattle will be joining an exclusive list of cities with light-rail transportation.
July 1, 2009As Washington state’s unemployment rate approaches double digits, legislators are trying to curb the loss of jobs through a variety of programs.
June 22, 2009The 2008 U.S.
June 1, 2009With spring quarter almost over, most students have just one last hurdle to overcome before summer bliss: finals week.
May 27, 2009Clean-energy act will make the United States a leader in confronting climate change
May 18, 2009It is cliché to state that the Internet has become integral to modern society.
May 7, 2009As a form of punishment, some Roman generals would divide up legionnaires into groups of 10 and have them select one man by lot.
April 27, 2009Seattle is once again at the forefront of building an environmentally sustainable society with its current efforts to implement a 20-cent fee on disposable bags.
April 13, 2009For those not from the Pacific Northwest, living in the Emerald City can be quite an experience.
March 30, 2009Nearly 40 years ago, Congress passed legislation to control air pollution and clean up our skies.
February 23, 2009Being on the campus of a major public university has many privileges.
February 2, 2009Can we grow the economy in an environmentally friendly way? That is an important question to ask when trillion-dollar stimulus and recovery plans are being debated in the halls of Congress.
January 12, 2009Western Washington got a rare surprise this past month.
December 3, 2008If you have been listening to the auto industry bailout debate, you might think the major problem is generous union contracts (Full disclosure: I am a member of UAW Local 4121).
November 19, 2008Since the days when Isaac Newton formed his theory of gravity by observing a falling apple, science has been intricately woven into our modern society.
November 5, 2008For as long as technology has been integrated into our lives, people have lamented the scientific invasion of society.
October 22, 2008When someone mentions “renewable energy,” what comes to mind? Solar panels on a roof? Biodiesel-powered cars? The term covers several technologies that could power the green economy of the future.
October 8, 2008As the days of summer weather come to an end in Seattle, the season of sniffles, pains and headaches begins.
September 24, 2008Microscopic black holes that will consume the Earth? Portals to an alternate dimension? Rarely do scientific experiments gain as much fame or notoriety as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has received in the past month.
June 5, 2008This past week has seen a milestone in fighting climate change.
May 22, 2008Astronaut Eugene Cernan is not a name that usually comes up in discussions of the U.S.
May 8, 2008Hydrogen has been touted as the clean alternative to our fossil-fuel-driven society.
April 24, 2008For the past seven years, travelers crossing Pennsylvania along the turnpike have encountered an interesting scene.
April 10, 2008“Nuclear” has a negative connotation for most people in the United States.
March 6, 2008There has been a strange disconnection between Americans and the economy in recent years.
February 21, 2008The Northwest is a public transportation paradise.
February 7, 2008You can do just about anything and everything online these days.
January 24, 2008In the world of computing, the general rule is bigger, better and faster.
January 10, 2008The future looks bright for renewable energy.
