• A Redmond-based firm's high-tech biomaterial is being used to treat dogs with glaucoma, reports TechFlash.
• Rainier Valley Post has a story about a woman whose laptop was stolen right out of her lap as she was working in a Southend coffeeshop.
• CHS is celebrating the release of a new infographic (!!) showing the busiest pedestrian areas of downtown, and wishing we had the same kind of map for the Hill.

Things over at the Slog are currently retarded--and we mean that in the clinical sense of the word. We suggest you avoid the site entirely until further notice. more ›

As a follow-up to yesterday's post about Metro bus service ("Report Says Metro Runs on People"), we've tracked down two other commentaries. ECB over at the Slog has some illuminating boarding cost numbers to share: "Because so many suburban buses still run virtually empty (while urban buses are crammed past capacity), the cost per boarding in outlying areas is significantly higher—$7.27 in the East subarea, and $4.79 in the South, compared to $3.64 in the West." The Seattle Transit Blog mentions Metro's defense, that the "cost-per-passenger-mile is relatively low." more ›

Over at the Slog, the ECB has interrupted the usual stream-of-pop-cultural-consciousness with some actual health news: "According to a new analysis, plastic products marketed for infants or labeled "microwave safe" (including those stamped with "safe" plastic numbers 1, 2, and 5) leached out potentially toxic levels of a chemical called bisphenol-A (BPA) when heated in a microwave." The worst offender was Enfamil baby formula, which is like a kick in the gut, as BPA is an endocrine disruptor and especially unsafe for kids. So you can go ahead and throw that shit out. And by "that shit," we mean of course the FDA. more ›