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Rich Isaacson, seen in his backyard in Pentagon City, Va., wrote his thesis on gravitational waves and says he always thought their existence would be proved sometime during his career. But he didn't realize that trying to see them would become his career. CREDIT: Ryan Kellman/NPR

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Yakima And King County Airports Risk Funding Loss If They Don’t Cooperate With ICE

How A ‘Singular Hero’ Helped Start A New Physics Field And Made A Big Wave Near Hanford

Critics Say USDA Plan To Move Agricultural Agencies Could Hurt Research Vital For Farmers

Worker At Hanford Contaminated In Lab Scheduled For Demolition

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘How Shostakovich Changed My Mind’ Touches On The Music-Body Connection

Don’t ‘Erase Me’ Says Quinn Christopherson In Winning NPR’s 2019 Tiny Desk Contest

‘Not The Time To Slow Down’: RAPtivist Aisha Fukushima Returns To Walla Walla

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At This Tony-Nominated ‘Prom,’ The Theme Is Acceptance

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Pride, Prejudice, And Other Flavors’ Is More Than Just Reheated Austen

Actress And Singer Doris Day, Hollywood’s Girl Next Door, Dies At 97

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To Improve Health, Cut Costs, Walmart Pushes For Better Medical Imaging For Workers

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U.S. Will Lift Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum From Canada And Mexico

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