92. Why do we feel pain?

92. Why do we feel pain?

Dear Sara, Pain is unpleasant, but we need it for survival. Just the other day I was out exploring when I stubbed my paw and let out a big meow. My nervous system was doing its job. Part of the reason we feel pain is because our bodies have tons of nerves that help us...
87. Addressing Food Safety and Preventing Disease

87. Addressing Food Safety and Preventing Disease

Washington State University researchers have developed a portable biosensor that makes it easier to detect harmful bacteria. The research team, led by Yuehe Lin, professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and the Paul G. Allen School for Global...
85. The Epidemic

85. The Epidemic

By Rebecca Phillips “This program saved my life,” he says as he enters the room. Kris, 37, is in the Spokane Regional Health District methadone clinic where he has come for treatment of heroin addiction since 2008. The intense, dark-haired man speaks openly,...
85. The Epidemic

72. Emerging disease: A case study

By Rebecca Phillips Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at WSU 1999 Hundreds of people, cats, dogs, porpoises, birds, and other animals on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, fell victim to what was diagnosed as a rare fungal infection called Cryptococcus...
68. Leen Kawas is on a mission…

68. Leen Kawas is on a mission…

By Alyssa Patrick …to cure the disease that took her grandmother’s life. A scientific discovery that could lead to treatments for Alzheimer’s and cancer drives biochemist and executive Leen Kawas. For her, it’s a personal and professional quest to develop that...
65. It takes a (walkable) village

65. It takes a (walkable) village

By Rebecca Phillips They call it Tangletown—a Seattle neighborhood where streets and trolley tracks intersect like wayward skeins of yarn. In the 1930s, local residents routinely chose the trolley for trips to work, the market, or hardware store. They did that several...