Dr. Know Is it true that 80 percent of the male bass fish in Washington’s major river are now exhibiting female traits as a result of contraceptive pills being flushed into the water? Say it ain’t so   More

Dr. Know Sitting in rush-hour traffic on I-5 to Vancouver got me thinking: Has anyone done a study to see...   More

Dr. Know What is cryptosporidium, anyway? I know it can turn up in water, but that’s about it. I asked a friend who works in public radio, and she said, “It’s a parasite. It eats your body.” That d   More

Dr. Know Recently, I was unnerved that a canvasser who called my house seemed to know that my roommate hadn’t voted yet. Is it legal for election authorities in Oregon to disclose to individual campaigns   More

Dr. Know Lately, I have noticed an increase in helicopters around the new light-rail bridge. The cops suggest asking the news stations, but no big news stories correspond to the time and place. Any idea    More

Dr. Know On the drawbridges in Portland, there are signs telling you not to sit with your car idling because of pollution. So why do we have to stop at lights before entering the freeways, forcing thousand   More

Dr. Know I can’t help noticing there have been an awful lot of sinkholes opening in the ground lately. Are we under attack from some malevolent, subterranean menace? How long before the Earth swallows us   More

Dr. Know Does the Oregon Lottery manipulate video poker machines to be “looser” at certain times—like when Social Security checks come in...   More

Dr. Know The nice weather got me thinking: Is there a local upside to climate change? If the weather changes everywhere, some places are bound to improve—why not us? I’m willing to sacrifice a few po   More

Dr. Know  How do I stop FOODday? I’ve tried phone calls...   More