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Portland Opera: Glass on Galileo
The adventurous opera company gives the 2001 Philip Glass chamber opera a stirring, imaginative new production.
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The Burke Museum's mystery vessel
A mysterious jug washed up on a Washington beach, now it's the subject of a research experiment: using crowdsourcing to fund and extend looking into its origins.
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Seattle Weekender: Futuristic physics, femmes on film, and Seattle's best grub
Crosscut's guide to a culturally enriching weekend in the city. Or at least some fun.
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Big shows: Tut, Tut, and more Tut
The Pacific Science Center prepares for a major King Tut show this spring. It's the third time for Tut in Seattle, and it might be the last exhibit outside of Egypt for the foreseeable future.
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The Westneat Plan for tax fairness; rising local costs of living; bootstrapping in Kitsap; vindication for a Mastodon scientist; and a hero's tale in India.
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Jonathan Raban's lonely journeys
The eccentric West through the eyes of Seattle's British expat author is a landscape of strange customs, forlorn towns, and back roads. His mantra: "To be alone is to be safe."
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A major break-through on prehistoric hunting in North America is confirmed by a study of Sequim's Manis mastodon bone and spear point.
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An impending report on Sequim's Manis Mastodon site may break 14,000-year-old news.
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Time to suspend all deep-ocean commercial fishing?
Fisheries scientists around the world are divided about whether enough is being done to protect the health and sustainability of global fish populations; inequitable national regulations only confuse the matter. Experts debate whether we should haul in our nets and call it a day.
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Radioactive Ranch: How Hanford's history reflects the West
A new history of Hanford tells us about the motives, contradictions, and influences that shaped the "nuclear reservation" that has changed lives and re-shaped the world.
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In the news: Corrections abstains from more projected budget cuts; an Alaska town takes environmental controversy into its own hands; city council badmouths the mounted police; social security, explained; and why ATM users should watch their backs.
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A dark day for gleaming visions
Minoru Yamasaki's science pavilion at the Century 21 world's fair got him the commission to design the World Trade Center. Its ruins are resonant still, in part because of the ideals he brought from Seattle.
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A science believer among 21st century know-nothings
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