Science – Page 55 of 69

UW prof delves into why we got genes linked to autism, but Neanderthals didn’t

One of the biggest genetic differences between humans and other members of the primate family tree, including Neanderthals, predisposes people to… Read More

Scientists say bat-killing fungus came to Washington state from back east

Genetic analysis has shown that the first West Coast case of white nose syndrome, a disease that’s killing millions of… Read More

Google’s Project Wing drone delivery system gets boost from White House

The White House says it’s taking steps to speed up the development of civil and commercial applications for drones –… Read More

Zillow says climate change could leave 2M U.S. homes underwater — literally

The U.S. housing market is finally recovering from the Great Recession — but now comes the tide of an equally insidious threat:… Read More

Tesla and SolarCity boards approve Elon Musk’s $2.6 billion merger deal

The boards of directors for Tesla and SolarCity, two companies that have billionaire Elon Musk as a top executive, have… Read More

How aerodynamics saved skydiver Luke Aikins during parachute-less landing feat

Kids, don’t try this at home: Veteran skydiver Luke Aikins made an amazing injury-free landing without a parachute on national television… Read More

Out of this world! Seattle sisters launch their Loki Lego 2.0 balloon craft past 100,000 feet

Update: A new YouTube video, below, captures the preparation and launch of Loki Lego Launcher 2.0. The girls have also… Read More

Neither Trump nor Clinton is addressing the biggest challenge to jobs: automation

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both promising to bring good-paying jobs back to America, but analysts say neither… Read More

Seattle girls who captivated nation with homemade spacecraft ready to launch again — with new science goals, new Star Wars hero on board

The Seattle sisters who captivated GeekWire’s audience and earned an invitation to the White House after launching a homemade craft… Read More

‘I believe in science’: Hillary Clinton wows geeks with Democratic convention speech

Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight may not have been rated as highly as… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos joins tech titans on Pentagon’s innovation advisory board

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is joining the Defense Innovation Advisory Board, a 15-member panel that’s meant to help the Pentagon… Read More

This Seattle biotech startup just secured funding to tackle the Zika virus

Seattle-based biotech startup Kineta announced today that it has received an undisclosed amount of funding to expand research that could… Read More

Solar Impulse ends first solar-powered flight around the world in Abu Dhabi

Solar Impulse’s history-making 22,000-mile flight around the world ended tonight with a solar-powered landing in the dark in Abu Dhabi, where it… Read More

Solar Impulse plane takes off from Egypt on final leg of round-the-world odyssey

The Swiss-built Solar Impulse 2 airplane rose into the skies over Cairo, Egypt, tonight to finish off its 16-month, 22,000-mile, fuel-free… Read More

Starship Enterprise in "Star Trek Beyond"

5 tech tidbits from ‘Star Trek Beyond’

Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore some new twists seen in “Star Trek Beyond.”… Read More

Experts weigh the promise – and the politics – behind the Internet of Things

When U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene and a Republican colleague set up a congressional caucus focusing on the Internet of Things,… Read More

Facebook shares video from the first flight of its Aquila solar-powered internet drone

After more than a year of development, Facebook unveiled a video showing the first flight of its full-scale Aquila drone, which… Read More

Elon Musk’s new Tesla master plan: Self-driving shared cars, a Semi and personal energy utilities

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has just shared his once-secret master plan for the electric-car company, which he now casts as… Read More

New brain map doubles the number of distinct areas in the human cortex

The number of separate domains recognized in the human cortex has doubled, thanks to a newly developed map based on functional… Read More

Play Pokémon Go on Microsoft HoloLens augmented-reality headset? Make it so!

Millions of Pokémon Go players are peering into smartphones to look for animated characters in an augmented-reality world, but what… Read More

What a fish story: UW professor has the pictures to prove that he’s digitizing every species

Forget the one that got away. A University of Washington professor is concentrating on the ones he can get his… Read More

A new low in digital data storage: Information encoded in chlorine atoms

Researchers have stored and read out a kilobyte’s worth of data using the world’s smallest hard disk – a speck of… Read More

Boeing bans Pokémon Go game-playing at work – but don’t take it personally, Pikachu

Mark off the Boeing Co. as one more place where you shouldn’t be playing Pokémon Go, the monster-catching game that’s been… Read More

Seattle-area 8th graders give U.S. another victory in International Rocketry Challenge in London

A team of eighth graders from Odle Middle School in Bellevue, Wash., captured first place at the International Rocketry Challenge… Read More

Founders Day: Boeing’s centennial party blends the old and the new

The Boeing Company pulled out all the stops today to celebrate its 100th birthday – from the opening bell at the… Read More

The $10 million molecule: Juno Therapeutics’ acquisition of RedoxTherapies could improve cancer treatment

Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics has acquired RedoxTherapies for $10 million, to secure exclusive rights to a molecule that may provide a new… Read More

How your future car’s virtual driver will take advantage of computing in the cloud

The car of the future may well be controlled by a certified virtual driver that relies on the cloud for… Read More

Juno Therapeutics resumes cancer clinical trial after removing suspect drug

Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics says it’s resuming a clinical trial of its immunotherapy treatment, a week after the Food and Drug… Read More

Congress OKs funding for FAA, plus new measures on airport security and drones

The U.S. Senate today gave final congressional approval to a measure that authorizes funding for the Federal Aviation Administration through September 2017 –… Read More

Genes from monkey brains shed light on autism and other neurological mysteries

A project led by Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science has mapped out how genes get fired up in key areas… Read More