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Image: Chemicals in interstellar space

A chiral link to life’s origins? Scientists find mirror molecules in interstellar cloud

Researchers say they’ve found the first evidence of mirror-image molecules in interstellar space – a discovery that relates to the chemistry that… Read More

Andrea Doria bow

OceanGate’s explorers map the Andrea Doria, the Mount Everest of shipwrecks

A crew of undersea explorers from Everett, Wash., has gotten the best look in decades at the Andrea Doria, an Italian… Read More

T-cells

Alpine Immune Sciences raises $48 million for cancer and autoimmune treatment

Seattle’s Alpine Immune Sciences says it has closed a $48 million Series A financing round, to fund the development of… Read More

Solar Impulse and Statue of Liberty

Solar Impulse round-the-world plane lands in NYC after Statue of Liberty photo op

The Solar Impulse 2 airplane finished up more than seven weeks of flying across America with an overnight hop to… Read More

Night sky

Most of us can’t see the Milky Way – this dark sky atlas shows you where you can

Eighty percent of Americans can’t see the Milky Way from where they live, according to a new analysis of light… Read More

Flying car concept

Report: Google’s Larry Page puts $100 million into the race to create flying cars

Google co-founder Larry Page is reportedly funding not just one, but two competing teams to turn the decades-old vision of flying cars… Read More

Boeing solar plane

Boeing tries, tries again with design for solar airplane that could stay up for years

Aerospace companies have been trying for years to create a solar-powered plane that can fly at high altitudes for years… Read More

Project Emerge AI program

Second-opinion software: Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz on how AI can save patients’ lives

Someday soon, your physician may be second-guessed by an artificial intelligence program – and you’ll probably be healthier for it, according to… Read More

Human and machine hands

Watch AI experts weigh in on the good (and potential evil) of artificial intelligence

Experts on artificial intelligence are following up on the first White House workshop on artificial intelligence, presented last month in… Read More

El Gordo undersea vent

Ocean Observatories Initiative ramps up real-time views of undersea wonders

The National Science Foundation and its partners, including the University of Washington, are showing off the real-time data streams from… Read More

Defibrillator

Legacies that save lives: Washington Life Science Hall of Fame gets first members

Six medical pioneers were inducted into the newly created Washington Life Science Hall of Fame today, and although some of… Read More

Leroy Hood

How your health care will change in 10 (and 100) years: Five predictions from Arivale’s Leroy Hood

Good news: Arivale co-founder Leroy Hood says he can “almost guarantee” there’ll be ways to keep yourself physically and mentally fit… Read More

Susan Desmond-Hellman

Gates Foundation CEO explains how giving mosquitos an STD could halt the spread of Zika

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding an approach to fighting Zika that relies on giving mosquitos a sexually… Read More

Bayer partners with Planetary Resources to use space data to boost agriculture on Earth

German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer today inked a memorandum of understanding with Planetary Resources as part of a deal to utilize… Read More

Above and Beyond simulation

Top 5 things to do at Museum of Flight’s ‘Above and Beyond’ aerospace exhibit

Most of the floor space at Seattle’s Museum of Flight is set aside to celebrate past glories of aerospace – but “Above… Read More

Solar Impulse landing

Solar Impulse plane flies from Ohio to Pennsylvania, sets its sights on New York

One day after a close call, the Solar Impulse 2 round-the-world airplane made a 17-hour trip from Ohio to Pennsylvania today in… Read More

First White House AI workshop focuses on how machines (plus humans) will change government

Intelligent machines won’t be ruling the world anytime soon – but what happens when they turn you down for a loan,… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold

Tech titan Nathan Myhrvold stirs up debate over search for killer asteroids

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Millionaire techie Nathan Myhrvold is used to stirring up controversy over issues ranging from patent licensing to dinosaur… Read More

Vietjet Boeing 737 MAX

Boeing seals the deal for $11.3 billion sale of 737 MAX jets to Vietjet Air in Vietnam

With President Barack Obama looking on, executives from Boeing and Vietjet Air signed a deal in Hanoi worth $11.3 billion… Read More

Solar Impulse 2 landing

After 17-hour flight, Solar Impulse plane lands in Ohio, home of the Wright Brothers

The Swiss-built Solar Impulse 2 airplane continued its fuel-free, round-the-world odyssey today with a nearly 17-hour flight from Oklahoma to Dayton,… Read More

Autoclave

Boeing opens its giant, billion-dollar 777X composite wing factory in Everett

Boeing is showing off the partially automated 777X Composite Wing Center it built at its campus in Everett, Wash. – the result… Read More

Mary-Claire King and President Obama

UW geneticist Mary-Claire King gets National Medal of Science and Obama’s praise for cancer research

A quarter-century after her discovery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene, University of Washington geneticist Mary-Claire King has received the nation’s… Read More

Carbon-free cloud: Microsoft sets ambitious goals for renewable energy

REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft is kicking up its targets for environmentally sustainable cloud computing by pledging that half of the electricity… Read More

Genetically engineered

Experts give genetically modified crops a clean bill of health, but it’s complicated

A scientific analysis backed by the National Academies finds no evidence that genetically engineered crops pose heightened health risks or environmental… Read More

Virtual robot dog software

How to train your robot: Treat it like a dog

To figure out the best way for a robot to move, designers have turned to snakes, cheetahs, fish and even… Read More

Southwest 737 MAX

Boeing’s 737 MAX jet gets drawn into Southwest Airlines’ dispute with pilots

Is Boeing’s 737 MAX just a 737 jet, or is it something new? That question figures in a years-long battle between Southwest… Read More

Microbiome

Gates Foundation commits $100M to White House’s National Microbiome Initiative

The White House today unveiled more than half a billion dollars’ worth of public and private programs aimed at unraveling… Read More

Solar Impulse landing

Round-the-world Solar Impulse plane dodges bad weather, lands in Oklahoma

After crossing the Himalayas and the Pacific, the fuel-free Solar Impulse 2 plane overcame the Rockies on Thursday during the Arizona-to-Oklahoma leg… Read More

Bill Nye geeks out on the science of baseball and his ‘Fango’ ball retriever invention

“Baseball is science, people.” That’s one fun soundbite from Bill Nye’s recent appearance on MLB Central, a daily live show… Read More

Hyperloop One test sled

Zero to 100 in two seconds! Hyperloop One zooms through first public speed test

The newly renamed Hyperloop One venture sent an electrically propelled sled down a Nevada test track at speeds that went… Read More

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