Science – Page 60 of 69

Virtual regality: Now you can crawl through King Richard III’s grave online in 3-D

One year after King Richard III’s remains were reburied, the much-maligned monarch’s skeleton has been exposed once again – this time, in… Read More

Institute for Systems Biology joins Providence; Biotech pioneer Leroy Hood named health system’s chief science officer

The non-profit Institute for Systems Biology, a Seattle-based biomedical research organization that has spun off eight companies in the past 15 years, is joining Providence… Read More

Human outsmarts AI: AlphaGo program loses a game to Go champion Lee Sedol

Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo AI program may have won the $1 million five-game Go match with three straight wins, but Go… Read More

Washington state lawmakers pass tough new cybercrime bill — but that’s about it for tech

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Cybercrime became more of a crime. But proposed tax-breaks and gender-pay-equity bills died in committee. That’s how a… Read More

AlphaGo AI program wins $1 million prize in Go showdown with champion Lee Sedol

Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo artificial intelligence program will take home the $1 million prize after winning the first three games in its… Read More

Allen Institute joins in IARPA’s massive MICrONS project to create a tiny bit of virtual brain tissue

Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science is in on a multimillion-dollar campaign to trace the connections between the neurons in a… Read More

AlphaGo AI program gets stronger, beats champion Lee Sedol again in second game of Go showdown

The second game of a million-dollar, man-vs.-machine Go showdown was a real nail-biter, but the outcome was a repeat of the first… Read More

Gravitational waves spark a loving LIGO parody from A Capella’s Tim Blais

Tim Blais, the singing scientist behind “Bohemian Gravity,” “Rolling in the Higgs” and “The Surface of Light,” is back with another… Read More

Man vs. machine: AlphaGo AI program beats Lee Sedol in first game of Go duel

Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo artificial intelligence program won the first of five Go games in a milestone million-dollar match against South… Read More

Seattle Go players plan watch parties for Google’s man-vs.-machine showdown

This month’s human-vs.-machine Go match between South Korean legend Lee Sedol and Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo AI program is a teachable… Read More

Alaska Airlines changes Anchorage-Honolulu flight to catch total solar eclipse

Now, that’s service: Amateur astronomers persuaded Seattle-based Alaska Airlines to shift its departure time for Tuesday’s flight from Anchorage to… Read More

Good news for germophobes! Boeing introduces the self-cleaning airplane toilet

In-flight services may be getting worse, but there’s at least one aspect of commercial air travel that might get better –… Read More

SuperKEKB collider gets closer to addressing antimatter mystery in Japan

What happened to all the antimatter? A particle-smasher in Japan is well on its way to addressing that question and others… Read More

PayScale ratings rank SpaceX and Tesla low on salary, but high on meaningfulness

What do the employees at two of billionaire brainiac Elon Musk’s companies, SpaceX and Tesla Motors, think about their job… Read More

After 53 years, Boeing’s first 727 jet makes its last trip … to Seattle’s Museum of Flight

Today’s final flight of the first Boeing 727 prototype jet ever produced was one of the shortest trips it’s made… Read More

Boeing puts out the call for memorabilia to celebrate a century of innovation

Think of it as “Antiques Roadshow” for the aerospace set: The Boeing Co. is looking for historical artifacts and memorabilia… Read More

Real dog doesn’t back down from robot dog as video catches face-to-face meeting

Dogs are not dummies and robots can be scary. That’s the takeaway from a new video uploaded to YouTube by venture… Read More

Solanum watneyi: Flower named after ‘Martian’ astronaut gets its day in the sun … again

Timing is everything, even when it comes to naming plant species. Bucknell University botanist Chris Martine found that out last… Read More

Where is that sound coming from? Signal Interface’s acoustic imager will show you

Not even the click of a pen or the rustle of a shirt goes undetected by Signal Interface Group’s acoustic… Read More

Next-gen B-21 bomber’s design unveiled

Today the U.S. Air Force took the wraps off the design for its Long Range Strike Bomber, now known as… Read More

Navy investigates mystery drone sighting near Bangor submarine base

The Navy has confirmed that it’s investigating the illegal flight of an unidentified drone over Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, the home base… Read More

Charlie Sheen shows interest in CytoDyn, which just raised $33M to develop ‘functional cure’ for HIV

If you are one of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV, your treatment options are basically limited to taking… Read More

Will self-driving cars be good or bad for the planet? That all depends on the policies

Experts expect self-driving cars to make the roads much safer, and driving much more convenient. But what will they do… Read More

FAA creates panel to come up with rules for letting drones come near innocent bystanders

What are the rules for letting a drone get in your face? Right now, there are no rules, but today… Read More

‘X-Files’ climax shines alien spotlight on CRISPR gene-editing technology

Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore significant elements of the “X-Files” season finale.… Read More

Watch Boston Dynamics’ next-gen Atlas robot do warehouse work (and bounce back from bullying)

We already know that Boston Dynamics’ robots can run with the big dogs and go dashing through the snow. But… Read More

Low-power Passive Wi-Fi system wins high praise for UW researchers

Computer scientists and engineers from the University of Washington say they’ve figured out a way to generate Wi-Fi transmissions using 10,000 times… Read More

UW researchers’ robot hand comes creepily close to human functionality

You’ve got to hand it to the roboticists at the University of Washington: They’ve built a robotic hand modeled so… Read More

GAO shoots down challenge to Northrop Grumman’s Long Range Strike Bomber contract

The Government Accountability Office ruled that Northrop Grumman won the U.S. Air Force’s contract for the Long Range Strike Bomber… Read More

Scientists trace starfish die-off to virus plus warmer seas, but mysteries remain

The mass die-off of starfish off the West Coast is becoming a little less mysterious: Scientists say the starfish, also… Read More