Environment Nick on the Rocks: Mount Baker, the volcano born from volcanoes Shifting glaciers revealed the North Cascade peak’s origins, forged from three ancient volcanoes that lived and died over the past million years. by Shannen Ortale / January 12, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The North Cascades' gneiss-est bedrock The range’s oldest bedrock sits high in the mountains near Canada. But the yellow aster gneiss originated an ocean away 400 million years ago. by Shannen Ortale / January 19, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The mystery of Waterville's basalt boulders Just north of Withrow, WA, pancake-flat fields are dotted with massive rocks that help us visualize an Ice Age glacier. by Shannen Ortale / January 26, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: Why Mount Shuksan is made of sea green stone Greenschist gets its tint from minerals compressed under the ocean long ago. Now it caps an entire mountaintop in the North Cascades. Special thanks to Central Washington University as the original... by Shannen Ortale / January 5, 2024
News The Newsfeed: Key takeaways from the 2024 WA legislative session Lawmakers addressed guns and the environment, but housing was left behind. Also, the deaths of rideshare drivers leads to requests for more aid. by Shannen Ortale / March 21, 2024
Crosscut Tout: 2010's Best Picture movie marathon The 10 current Oscar film nominees are being screened in a 2-day movie massive dose at 3 Seattle suburban movie theaters. by Skip Ferderber / February 14, 2011
Politics Egypt and other tech news: a roundup Al Jazeera has carried continuous special coverage of the uprising in Cairo. by Skip Ferderber / February 11, 2011
Tech HP's TouchPad tablet: a new major player shows its hand HP is gambling that its sophisticated WebOS operating system will earn it a seat at the mobile-technology table along with Apple and Android. Now all it needs is buyers. by Skip Ferderber / February 10, 2011
Tech Rupert Murdoch: Here to help with The Daily? Rupert Murdoch at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. by Skip Ferderber / February 4, 2011
Culture Tech tips for today's road warriors What's in your bag of tech tricks? by Skip Ferderber / January 31, 2011