Science

Scenes from the ‘other Washington’: D.C.’s March for Science sparks a chain reaction

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The scenery for the world’s most watched March for Science may have featured the political icons of the… Read More

Germany’s Lilium shows off all-electric VTOL airplane – but how far will it go?

Lilium’s all-electric prototype airplane looks impressive as it makes a vertical takeoff and landing in a demonstration video – but… Read More

How Elon Musk and Neuralink aim to meld minds and machines with a ‘Wizard Hat’

Three weeks after word leaked out that billionaire deep-thinker Elon Musk was backing a venture called Neuralink, his detailed vision… Read More

Facebook tests ‘Tether-Tenna’ to beam down the internet from helicopters

Facebook is adding tethered helicopters known as “Tether-Tennas” to its toolkit for widening internet access around the globe, even in… Read More

Airbus strikes drone delivery deal with Singapore Post; Skyways trial set for 2018

Airbus Helicopters has partnered with Singapore Post for its Skyways drone delivery project, due to begin trials at the National… Read More

Underwater warehouses? Amazon’s aquatic fulfillment centers could make it so

Amazon has patented some crazy ideas, including flying fulfillment centers that drop packages from the air. But its patent for… Read More

Scientists use 3-D scans to ID duckbilled fish species 40 years after it was caught

After spending 40 years sitting in a museum jar, a toothy fish from the waters off Australia has been identified… Read More

Boeing will send layoff notices to hundreds of engineers, and more job cuts lie ahead

The Boeing Co. signaled that hundreds of employees involved in aerospace engineering in Washington state and other locations will be… Read More

UW, Microsoft and Twist Bioscience double down on DNA data storage experiments

Twist Bioscience says it’s extending its collaboration with Microsoft and the University of Washington on a project aimed at perfecting… Read More

SpaceX schedules Hyperloop II contest in August, and UW’s team is in the race

SpaceX’s second Hyperloop competition for student-led teams is coming up in August, with the University of Washington’s crew listed among two… Read More

Elon Musk keeps on truckin’: Tesla to unveil Semi in September, pickup by 2019

Getting the Tesla Model 3 electric car on the road clearly isn’t enough to occupy Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO… Read More

Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 jet makes first flight

The newest sibling in Boeing’s 737 family, the MAX 9, made its first flight today from the company’s assembly plant… Read More

Scientists zero in on how artificial intelligence absorbs all-too-human biases

There’s fresh evidence that artificial intelligence software absorbs human biases about race and gender, and it may be due to… Read More

Video game arcades are back – this time, with virtual reality for the masses

Remember the days when arcades were the places where kids could play the coolest video games? No? Well, now you… Read More

Lasermotive's David Bashford and Tom Nugent

LaserMotive raises $1.5 million to boost innovations in laser power transmission

LaserMotive, a stealthy pioneer in laser-based power transmission that’s based in Kent, Wash., has raised more than $1.5 million in… Read More

Hyperlapse video shows off UW’s campus in all its speeded-up, fly-through glory

What is hyperlapse? Like the bullet-time realm of “The Matrix,” hyperlapse videos provide an unorthodox perspective on time and space – and you… Read More

Tesla briefly tops GM as America’s most valuable automaker, amazing analysts

For a time on Monday, Tesla edged out GM in market capitalization to become the most valuable U.S. automaker, even… Read More

Help wanted: Sea lion scientists call on software engineers to help count the marine behemoths, offer $25,000 in prize money

Sea lion scientists need your help. Each summer, researchers from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries in Seattle trek… Read More

Zunum Aero emerges from stealth mode with big plans for hybrid electric planes

Four years after its founding, Zunum Aero is finally going public with a plan to build hybrid electric airplanes that could… Read More

Get a colorful 3-D view of human stem cells online with the Allen Cell Explorer

Imagine being able to see inside a transparent human stem cell, like the “Visible Man and Woman” models in biology… Read More

Tesla reports record production and deliveries as it closes in on more affordable Model 3

Tesla said it delivered more than 25,000 cars in the first quarter of the year, a record for the company… Read More

Public Lab citizen science on "The Crowd and the Cloud"

Citizen scientists star in public TV’s ‘The Crowd and the Cloud,’ premiering online

It’s fitting that a four-hour documentary series about citizen scientists, titled “The Crowd and the Cloud,” is available to the… Read More

Pilots give a ’10’ to the 787-10, Boeing’s biggest Dreamliner, after first test flight

The largest breed of its Dreamliner jet series, the 787-10, got a great review today after being put through its… Read More

March for Science spotlights Bill Nye plus Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Mona Hanna-Attisha

Lydia Villa-Komaroff and Mona Hanna-Attisha may not be as well-known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, but all three scientists… Read More

Researchers say automation’s effects could keep bringing bad news to the Rust Belt

Newly published research runs counter to the hope that the rise of automation should create as many jobs for human… Read More

Take an online trip with a real-live salmon navigating the perils of Puget Sound, and pick which one will make it out to sea first

Salmon — whether being tossed between Pike Place Market fish mongers or wending their way through the locks in Seattle’s… Read More