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Seattle crows are so smart, they’re challenging what we know about evolution

Researchers have made startling discoveries in recent years about a crow’s ability to communicate, solve problems, remember people, and use tools. What they’re discovering about crow brains is changing how scientists understand intelligence — and bringing into question our accepted version of evolution.
- Stephen Howie
Seattle's accessory dwelling unit boom continues, outnumbering single-family permits 2 to 1

Seattle has entered a new era of housing, with skyrocketing permits for backyard cottages and in-home apartments, primarily in the city's single-family zoned neighborhoods.
- Dyer Oxley
Robots are helping build new apartments in Seattle

The construction industry - has been having a hard time finding enough workers lately. The worker shortage can delay projects and push the cost of housing higher. That situation has led one contractor to try something new, at a project in Seattle. They’re bringing in a robot.
- Joshua McNichols
It’s so hot in Seattle, they’re spraying down the drawbridges

It’s been blazingly hot in Seattle this week with Tuesday being the hottest day in the city since the deadly 2021 heat dome. With temperatures this high, the city’s drawbridges have to be cooled down to keep operating properly.
- Casey Martin
Beat the heat at Seattle's 'hidden beaches,' the pearls of the city's shoreline

Seattle has about 140 shoreline street ends, literally where the city’s streets meet the shore. Some end in small parks, others in pristine little beaches.
- Katie Campbell
New Seattle semi-pro league takes a swing at baseball's lack of diversity

Good news, sports fans. Seattle is about to get more baseball. This summer the GOOD Neighbor League was announced, a plan for eight semi-professional teams focused in southeast Seattle neighborhoods.
- Casey Martin
Downtown Seattle office values are dropping like overripe plums. That's not all bad

In the Seattle metro area, the market price for a place to attempt to concentrate on your work while colleagues talk loudly near your desk is dropping significantly. Eastside, don't get cocky - it's happening there too.
- Joshua McNichols
Hundreds in Seattle become U.S. citizens on Independence Day

Hundreds of people in Seattle woke up this morning not as immigrants, but as newly minted U.S. citizens. The annual naturalization ceremony was held at Seattle Center on July 4 — Independence Day.
- Casey Martin
Off the Charts: Hosting a (small) Fourth of July barbecue could set you back almost $200 this year

KUOW pulled prices for various barbecue staples from four grocery stores within city limits (two Safeways and two QFCs) and averaged them together to get a better sense of barbecue costs this summer.
- Teo Popescu
Get ready, Seattle. Summer '24 is about to bring the heat

Western Washington is bracing for potentially record-breaking heat this weekend. While that might sou
- Stephen Howie

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