Science – Page 62 of 69

AI software masters the game of Go, takes aim at the world’s top player

Mark another milestone in the rise of the machines: An artificial intelligence program pioneered by Google DeepMind has learned how… Read More

Marvin Minsky, artificial intelligence pioneer, dies of brain hemorrhage at 88

Marvin Minsky, the computer scientist who helped blaze the trail for virtual smartphone assistants and other manifestations of artificial intelligence, died of… Read More

Meet the biologist who puts the scientific truth out there in ‘The X-Files’

If the truth is out there in this year’s reboot of “The X-Files,” microbiologist Anne Simon helped put it there.… Read More

New program seeks startups to solve tech challenges in changing healthcare market

The top challenge that startups face is finding a market need, according to Chris Edell, CEO of the “enterprise-startup connector” Elevar. And healthcare technology is a… Read More

Boeing will ratchet down 747 production in Everett to one jet every two months

The Boeing Co. says it will cut back the production rate for its 747 jets to one every two months… Read More

Hoverboard meets Hyperloop: Arx Pax is finding buyers for magnetic levitation tech

The company that brought you a real-life hoverboard from “Back in the Future” wants to levitate you in the Hyperloop… Read More

Stephen Hawking: Mad scientists could kill us all – that’s why we need space colonies

British physicist Stephen Hawking says we need to colonize other worlds because humanity will almost certainly face a disaster on… Read More

UW’s NutriRay3D smartphone gadget maps your meal and counts the calories

How many calories are on your plate? Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a gizmo that estimates the… Read More

Planetary Resources’ Eric Anderson raises $500,000 for mystery venture Idea.com

The latest big idea from Seattle tech entrepreneur Eric Anderson is … Idea.com. He has raised $500,000 to support the idea,… Read More

Amazon Prime Air’s drone plan still leaves key questions unanswered

How much will it cost to get a 30-minute drone delivery from Amazon Prime Air? A newly published interview with… Read More

Airbus and Uber will preview on-demand helicopter rides at Sundance Film Festival

Independent films aren’t the only things that’ll be previewed at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this week: Airbus Group… Read More

Twitter truce: Jeff Bezos takes the high road, offers kudos to Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Rocket launches can sometimes turn into flame wars, as shown by last year’s Twitter tug of war between space-minded billionaires Jeff… Read More

Boeing engineers prove you don’t have to golf to design a better golf club

EVERETT, Wash. – When experts at Callaway Golf sought Boeing’s help to improve their golf clubs’ aerodynamics, Boeing turned to a special… Read More

Airbus Ventures dips into $150 million fund to back 3-D printing at Local Motors

Airbus Ventures, the European aerospace giant’s Silicon Valley spin-off, says the first investment from its $150 million venture fund is going… Read More

Senators join forces in campaign to close America’s Arctic icebreaker gap

Two U.S. senators from opposite sides of the aisle – Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell and Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski – teamed up… Read More

Women in astronomy use #astroSH hashtag to share stories of sexual harassment

The hashtag #astroSH is being used on Twitter this week to highlight stories from women who say they have been sexually… Read More

Prediction markets sense a disturbance in the presidential campaign force

Although Donald Trump has long dominated coverage of the GOP presidential campaign, electoral prediction markets have been favoring Marco Rubio instead.… Read More

Space ventures get shout-outs in State of the State Address – and State of the Union

Even though they happened far from the Evergreen State, last year’s Pluto flyby and the rocket landings accomplished by Blue… Read More

Mirai vehicle with Kymeta antenna system

A satellite antenna on your car: Toyota and Kymeta aim to make it so

Redmond-based Kymeta Corp. and Toyota took the wraps off their collaboration on a satellite antenna system that can send data… Read More

Bill Gates and other investors give $62M boost to Kymeta satellite antenna venture

Kymeta Corp., the Redmond-based satellite antenna venture backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, says it has closed a $62 million… Read More

Powerball math mistake fires up the Internet as $1.4 billion drawing nears

The math behind this week’s upcoming $1.4 billion Powerball drawing boggles the mind, but at least a few minds were… Read More

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos invest in Grail, Illumina’s $100M cancer testing venture

One of the giants of gene sequencing, Illumina, has spun off a new $100 million company called Grail to create… Read More

Tesla owners, try this at home: ‘Summon’ your car to pick you up, drop you off

Over the weekend, Tesla car owners picked up a new superpower: A feature called Summon can command the Model S… Read More

Life science investment group Accelerator Corp. backs two New York startups

Fresh off a $62.8 million round of funding, Seattle-based life sciences investment company Accelerator Corp. is backing two new biotech startups. Earlier this… Read More

Chinese company unveils a drone so big it can carry a human – but is it a drone?

Look! Up in the air! It’s a drone, it’s a plane, it’s … Super-Quadcopter! Droves of drones were unveiled this… Read More

Living Ink updates invisible messages with morphing algae for Kickstarter project

Remember invisible ink? You could write a secret message with the stuff, watch your words disappear, then make them magically… Read More

Signs of the Anthropocene Age: How we’re leaving our mark on the geological record

Millions of years from now, could alien geologists pinpoint a distinct time when humans changed the world? An international team… Read More

Did 5,300-year-old Iceman have an ulcer? Mummy’s gut bacteria surprise scientists

An analysis of the stomach contents from a 5,300-year-old European mummy known as Ötzi the Iceman has turned up a double surprise,… Read More

Why Boeing helped Callaway design its high-tech XR16 golf clubs

What do aerospace and golf have in common? For the Boeing Co. and Callaway Golf, it’s a new line of… Read More

LHC photon readings hint at Higgs boson’s big brother, but it’s too early to tell

The Higgs boson is the biggest find of the century in particle physics, but for the past few weeks, physicists at… Read More