“The second bomb hit,” said one paramedic. “Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.” As the US and Israel continued to wage war on Iran Wednesday, paramedics and victims’ relatives said last weekend’s bombing of an elementary in southern Iran was a so-called “double-tap” airstrike—a common tactic used by US, […]
Heart rate is an important sign of fetal health, yet few technologies exist to easily and inexpensively track fetal heart rates outside of doctors’ offices. This can create risks for pregnancies in low-resource regions where doctors are far away or inaccessible. A team led by University of Washington researchers has created DopFone, a system that […]
Applied research collects data needed to ensure food security for Indigenous subsistence hunters in the United States and Canada. In 2025, NOAA and the Alaska North Slope Borough successfully completed a survey to count bowhead and beluga whales in the U.S. and Canadian Beaufort Seas and Amundsen Gulf. This international, multi-agency, multi-species project was the result of 3 […]
On March 5th, 1959, 42 Detroiters packed up and left that city bound for Alaska to take advantage of the homestead land on the Kenai Peninsula that could be had for a $10 filing fee. The 21 families, displaying Alaska or Bust! banners and signs were accompanied by Detroit News reporter, John Treen, in a […]