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Leak inside nuclear waste storage tank triggers alarm at Hanford

A long-simmering leak inside a double-walled nuclear waste storage tank at the Hanford Site in Eastern Washington got worse over… Read More

Albert Einstein

Are you getting paid more than Einstein?

This week’s Parade magazine lets you compare your pay with the annual earnings of a Seattle bridge operator ($53,575) or… Read More

Resilience Project graphic

DNA quest finds 13 mystery ‘superheroes’ who are shielded from genetic diseases

Hundreds of diseases have been linked to genetic factors, but now scientists say they’ve found some people who stay healthy… Read More

Tesla Model 3

Elon Musk’s Tesla Model 3 update: 325,000 cars ordered, and your bike will fit

In the week since Tesla Motors unveiled its Model 3 electric car at the not-so-ludicrous price of $35,000, would-be owners… Read More

Pencil and test tube of DNA

LOL! Researchers store cat photo (and lots more digital data) in DNA molecules

Researchers at the University of Washington and Microsoft are developing a digital storage system that can archive data in DNA… Read More

Supernova blast

Scientists say supernovae spread fallout when human ancestors walked the earth

Researchers say they’ve found evidence of supernova explosions that spewed radioactive fallout over Earth during the age when humanity’s ancestors were evolving… Read More

FAA panel calls for drone crash tests and other measures to guard against injuries

Drones should face the equivalent of crash-test dummies to gauge how safe they are for flying around people, a panel… Read More

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Gov. Jay Inslee names John Thornquist to head Washington state’s aerospace office

Longtime engineering executive John Thornquist has been chosen to head up Washington state’s Office of Aerospace, just as the state’s $70… Read More

Zipline Zip plane

Zipline unveils drone delivery venture with a medical mission and big-name funding

A drone delivery venture called Zipline International is coming out of stealth mode with backing from big-name investors and a… Read More

Excavation at Point Rosee

‘Vikings Unearthed’: Watch how a satellite spotted a lost village in North America

Archaeologists worked hard to unearth what might well be only the second Viking site ever discovered in North America – but… Read More

Virgin America and Alaska Airlines tails

Alaska Air confirms purchase of Virgin America for $2.6 billion after ‘hard-fought competition’

Alaska Air Group confirmed reaching a $2.6 billion deal to buy Virgin America after a bidding war with JetBlue Airways. “This… Read More

Image: Alaska Airlines jet

Alaska Air Group reportedly closes in on $2 billion purchase of Virgin America

  Seattle-based Alaska Air Group is close to a $2 billion deal to purchase Virgin America, beating out a rival… Read More

Image: Allan Jones and Paul Allen

Paul Allen boosts bioscience in Science

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen is making a pitch for out-of-the-box bioscience from one of the scientific community’s most respected soapboxes:… Read More

Susie the gorilla

Scientists take gorilla genome to next level

A team led by University of Washington researchers has taken a second turn at sequencing the gorilla genome, putting together puzzle… Read More

Image: Elasmotherium

Siberian unicorns? Five incredible science tales that aren’t April Fool’s jokes

Unicorns are real! Scientists propose cloaking device to protect Earth from aliens! Glow-in-the-dark skin grown in lab! Those may sound… Read More

Tesla Model 3

‘Affordable’ Tesla Model 3 electric car gets 5-star reveal from Elon Musk

Tesla Motors’ Model 3 electric sedan may be geared for mass-market affordability, but CEO Elon Musk made it clear at… Read More

Image: Albert Hubo and David Hanson

Robots for sale? Price drop in the android market could open new frontiers for AI

Artificial intelligence and robots are hot topics right now, but will we ever get to the stage we saw 50… Read More

Bat with white nose syndrome

Bad news for bats: Fatal white nose syndrome shows up in Washington state

Researchers are dismayed by the first-ever case of the bat-killing disease known as white nose syndrome in Washington state, more than 1,000 miles west… Read More

‘Here we go!’ Buyers throng to sign up for Elon Musk’s Tesla Model 3 electric car

BELLEVUE, Wash. – As the clock counted down to the big reveal for the Tesla Model 3 electric sedan, would-be… Read More

Boeing 777

Boeing takes steps to trim 4,000 jobs; more layoffs may be on the way

Boeing Commercial Airplanes says it’s following through on its job reduction plan with the target of reducing its workforce by 4,000 positions by… Read More

Mount Pavlof

Alaska’s Mount Pavlof volcano settles down, and so do flight disruptions

Update for 6 p.m. PT March 29: The massive ash cloud from Alaska’s Mount Pavlof has thinned out, two days… Read More

Holoportation demonstration

Microsoft Research shows off ‘Star Wars’ holoportation with HoloLens

As Microsoft gets set to ship its HoloLens development kit, it’s previewing a “Star Wars” application called holoportation that takes full advantage of the… Read More

Image: Neural connections

Scientists trace the myriad connections in a tiny tangle of mouse neurons

Scientists say they’ve analyzed trillions of bytes’ worth of mapping data from the brain of a mouse to trace the… Read More

What the frack? Map shows where quakes triggered by humans are likely to happen

For the first time, the U.S. Geological Survey is pinpointing the places where quakes induced by human activity as well as natural seismicity are… Read More

Pacific Ocean temperatures could give early warning for Eastern heat waves

Meteorologists say they’ve found a pattern in Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures that could help authorities prepare for heat waves in the… Read More

Flirtey drone

Flirtey makes first urban drone delivery in FAA test, beating Amazon to the punch

A startup named Flirtey says it’s executed the first FAA-approved urban drone delivery in the United States, in a test that… Read More

Sophia and Ava

Experts work to turn artificial intelligence into a friendly face – but it doesn’t always succeed

Can artificially intelligent robots be our friends? Our helpmates? Our companions? Roboticists and AI researchers are trying to make it… Read More

Syn 3.0 minimal genome cells

Microbe’s genome gets cut down to its essentials, but scores of mysteries remain

Scientists say they’ve pared down a microbe’s genome to the minimum necessary for life – a mere 473 genes – but they… Read More

Paul Allen launches $100M Frontiers Group program for ‘out-of-the-box’ bioscience

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen added another venture to his philanthropic portfolio today with the creation of the Paul G. Allen… Read More

Mindfulness meditation

Seattle study finds value in mindfulness meditation for easing low back pain

Mindfulness meditation can give a boost to treatments for chronic low back pain for a wide spectrum of patients, a study… Read More

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