Science – Page 53 of 69

Stray DNA suggests the waters along urban shorelines are surprisingly lively

A novel method for analyzing the DNA left behind in the waters of Puget Sound shows that urban shorelines tend to harbor a wider… Read More

Allen Institute’s atlas of the human brain gets published … as a 350-page atlas!

As neuroscience marches on, researchers are creating more and more brain maps and atlases – but the Allen Human Brain Reference… Read More

Bad news for the polar bears: Arctic sea ice is shrinking in all habitats, UW team says

Scientists have long known that Arctic climate change is bad news for bears, but University of Washington researchers quantify just… Read More

Trump vs. Clinton vs. Stein: Climate policy differences show up on Science Debate

If you think something absolutely has to be done about climate change and other environmental worries, Donald Trump isn’t the… Read More

Edward Snowden’s ex-boss speaks out: ‘I would have hired him again’ — but not now

The cybersecurity expert who hired Edward Snowden for his last job is laying out his lessons learned – but admits it would have… Read More

That skydiver who jumped from 25k feet without a chute will speak at the GeekWire Summit

Luke Aikins, the veteran skydiver who made headlines this summer by leaping from a plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute —… Read More

Why Tesla’s Autopilot will rely on radar (and the cloud) to make driving safer

Tesla car owners are getting an upgrade to their Autopilot semi-autonomous driving software, but this won’t be your standard software upgrade:… Read More

George Takei and his Actiongram character

Oh my! Microsoft adds George Takei (a.k.a. Mr. Sulu) to HoloLens mixed-reality menu

Want to put a little George Takei in your living room? Microsoft can make it so, thanks to the Actiongram app… Read More

Inside the invention factory: Get a peek at Intellectual Ventures’ lab

BELLEVUE, Wash. – It’s tough enough to move a laboratory to new digs, but when you add in a world-class kitchen… Read More

Museum of Flight teams up with Microsoft for virtual reality tours of historic airplanes

It’s not easy to crawl through the guts of a World War II bomber, but a new virtual reality project… Read More

Study of Juno Therapeutics cancer treatment shows high rates of remission, possible promise for other drugs

A study published today on a Juno Therapeutics immunotherapy treatment for blood cancers shows that the drug and others like it could… Read More

Fred Hutch study: Cord blood transplants may be more effective for high-risk Leukemia patients

When a patient is diagnosed with Leukemia or another blood cancer, they generally undergo long, painful rounds of chemotherapy to… Read More

Spike Aerospace looks at Washington (and seven other states) for supersonic jet plant

Washington state is among the candidates for a supersonic jet factory being planned by Boston-based Spike Aerospace, but it’s not… Read More

Prevencio announces successful study of predictive blood tests for coronary heart disease

Prevencio, a Kirkland, Wash., based biotech startup, announced today a successful study on its suite of blood diagnostic tests. The… Read More

Airbus and Local Motors push forward with crowdsourcing project on cargo drones

Amazon isn’t the only big-name company that’s developing a new kind of drone for cargo delivery: Europe’s Airbus Group is… Read More

Want to find ‘Dory’? She might be in your fish tank, as scientists learn to breed movie’s blue tang species

“Finding Dory” might get a whole lot easier if all you have to do is look in your home aquarium.… Read More

AI100 study says artificial intelligence will change our lives but won’t kill us

A 100-year project conceived by Microsoft Research’s Eric Horvitz to trace the impacts of artificial intelligence has issued its first report:… Read More

Feds clear Alaska Airlines for flights to Cuba as JetBlue ends 55-year travel gap

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines today won the federal government’s formal approval to fly between Los Angeles and Havana, on the same… Read More

Paul Allen’s Great Elephant Census confirms catastrophic decline in Africa

A first-of-its-kind census of African savanna elephants reveals that populations have declined by as much as 30 percent over the… Read More

Be afraid. Be very afraid: IBM’s Watson makes AI trailer about ‘Morgan’ AI movie

Experts may reassure us that artificial intelligence won’t take over the world anytime soon – but they just might invade the… Read More

Boeing engineer Joe Sutter, the ‘Father of the 747,’ dies at the age of 95

Boeing engineer Joe Sutter, who led the engineering team for the 747 jet in the mid-1960s and played a role in… Read More

AT&T drone strategy targets down-to-earth applications and sky-high ambitions

When you think of the up-and-coming players in the commercial drone market, you might think of Amazon, or Google … but… Read More

NASA spotlights its GLOBE Observer smartphone app for citizen scientists

One of NASA’s longest-running citizen science programs isn’t just for kids anymore: A newly released app called GLOBE Observer can… Read More

Boeing 777X trim tool wins Guinness record for biggest 3-D-printed object

A trim-and-drill tool that will be tested during construction of the Boeing Co.’s next-generation 777X jet has already produced something… Read More

Brain scans confirm that dogs understand what you’re saying, and how you say it

Scientists have put dogs through brain scans to confirm what pet owners already suspected: Dogs not only comprehend the words we speak,… Read More

Thousands sign up for drone pilot testing as new FAA rules take effect

More than 3,000 people signed up today to get certified as commercial drone pilots under new regulations, and there’ll be more… Read More

Could Amazon reviews keep you from getting sick? Researchers analyze text to predict food recalls

For the past year, Amazon has been cracking down on sellers and third parties offering money for positive reviews. But for… Read More

‘Migrations in Motion’: Visualization shows where climate change will push species

A University of Washington professor’s research into climate-caused migrations has been transformed into a hypnotic map of the Americas that gets… Read More

Feds approve $2.6 billion Tesla-SolarCity merger, but stock market says ‘meh’

The Federal Trade Commission has given its approval for Tesla Motors’ acquisition of the SolarCity power panel company, saying that… Read More

Flying saucer? No, it’s the first drone pizza delivery, from Domino’s and Flirtey

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises and Flirtey teamed up today to demonstrate a drone delivery system that could theoretically bring you a pizza in… Read More