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National forests can be used as a carbon "sink" with vast numbers of trees absorbing carbon dioxide to help slow global warming, the Forest Service chief said Wednesday, but that goal must be balanced.

The Obama administration announced last month that people who buy or sell medical marijuana in the growing number of states that have decriminalized its therapeutic usage should not be targeted for arrest or prosecution by federal authorities.

The parents of Amanda Knox are so hopeful she'll be freed after her murder trial in Italy they have bought an airplane ticket home to Seattle for their daughter.

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Italian prosecutors have begun their closing arguments in the trial of Amanda Knox, the Seattle woman accused of killing her British roommate.

For the first time, scientists have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a mendelian disorder.

People who suffer from depression are much more likely to be prescribed powerful opioid painkillers like morphine and codeine and to stay on the drugs long-term, new research shows.

Herpes, the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital lesions, never truly goes into a dormant state, new research suggests.

Montana State University officials will ask the Montana Board of Regents to greatly expand the state's participation in a program that educates medical students with the hope of keeping more doctors in state.

A new small study raises the prospect, but doesn't prove, that there's a link between pregnant women's exposure to common chemicals called phthalates and the type of toys their male children prefer to play with when they reach preschool age.

A moderate-fat diet may work better than a low-fat regimen for people suffering from metabolic syndrome, a collection of conditions putting them at higher risk for cardiovascular disease, new research finds.

The Washington coast has felt the tremors of a megaquake in the past. But results of a new study shows Seattle may feel them as well.

Young athletes' achievement goals can change in a healthy way over the course of a season when their coaches create a mastery motivational climate rather than an ego orientation, University of Washington sport psychologists have found.

The woman who underwent the first facial transplant in the United States can now smell, taste what she eats and breathe through her nose, according to a report from her surgeons.

Cat. Pig. Cow. Animals are Tristian Clayborne's favorite fascination and, like other toddlers, the 16-month-old has the easy words down.

Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression, according to new research.

University of Washington police have sent out an alert to students, faculty and staff about a robbery on campus on Sunday.

A study by NOAA and the University of Washington says a yearlong closure of recreational razor clam digging could result in as much as $22 million in lost revenue to counties on the Washington coast.

The history of evolution is becoming well understood. Where might its future go? The past of human evolution is coming to light as scientists uncover a trove of fossils and genetic knowledge.

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