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The average cost of a four-year public college shot up 6 percent last year to over $17,000 a year on average. Private colleges are up to over $35,000 a…

Zombies. The walking dead. The slow moving but inescapable pop culture phenomenon. Even on The Conversation we’ve discussed zombies. We had on Max Brooks,…

You may have heard of the video service chat roulette but today on The Conversation we are taking a stab at radio roulette. Here’s how it works. You call…

Environmental reporter Ashley Ahearn has been covering the different sides of the coal debate over the last year and today on The Conversation we want to…

Online learning may be widening the education achievement gap for some community college students in Washington state, according to a new study by…

US Attorney General Eric Holder is pondering what to do about Washington and Colorado’s legalization of marijuana, a substance still illegal under US law.…

Leaders of some cities in Washington state say public-records requests take a big bite out of their already strained budgets. A new bill in Olympia aims…

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of food allergies in the US has more than doubled over the past decade. The New York…

"Big data" refers to our ability to analyze vast quantities of information to come to surprising conclusions. What’s the promise of big data, and what…

Some prisoners in Washington state are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed when they were under…