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Science

Stories about scientific discoveries, education, research, and more.

Rosie Revere, Engineer

Season’s readings: 12 gift books for geeks

In this age of e-readers, there are still occasions when it’s nice to have a book printed on actual paper – like holiday giving, for… Read More

Laser light

Coast Guard aborts copter training mission after Port Angeles laser flash

The U.S. Coast Guard says it had to cut a helicopter training mission short on Monday night after the airborne crew… Read More

R2-D2 Dreamliner jet flies in from Tokyo, sets Seattle abeep-boop-beep

  All Nippon Airways’ R2-D2 Dreamliner jet touched down today at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for the first time, two and… Read More

Amazon’s hybrid Prime Air drone breaks new ground, but questions are still up in the air

The hybrid drone design that Amazon unveiled over the weekend may be only one of several under consideration for delivering… Read More

Google Cardboard on Tested

Tech toy guide: 5 fun gifts for the geek in your life

Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, give a little thought to what’ll tickle the science geek on your gift list.… Read More

Image: Lead-ion collision at LHC

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider hits 1-PeV milestone with heavy ions (and re-ignites doomsday talk)

The Large Hadron Collider set another record for particle-smashing energy levels this week – which set off another round of hyped-up rumblings… Read More

Rwandan phone user

What mobile phone data can reveal about you, in Rwanda or right here at home

Researchers have analyzed data about mobile phone use in Rwanda to figure out how wealthy a phone’s user is – and they… Read More

Drone

FAA publishes drone registration recommendations: You must be 13 to enter

The Federal Aviation Administration has released a task force’s recommendations for setting up a registration system for recreational drones – and… Read More

Albert Einstein

After 100 years, Einstein’s general relativity faces a big party – and a big test

This week’s 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity is a geeky cause for celebration, but what’s arguably… Read More

Drone

Drone for the holidays? Get ready for FAA’s registration rules next month

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says the interim rules for registering recreational drones are likely to be issued… Read More

"Machine Learning"

Inspired by Microsoft Research projects, top sci-fi writers share ‘Future Visions’ in new e-book

When you’re developing technologies that sound like science fiction, why not use science fiction stories to show what you’re up to? That’s… Read More

Precision Hawk Lancaster drone

Can Amazon’s delivery drones fly out of sight? Pathfinder test flights will show the way

Should commercial operators be able to fly their drones beyond their line of sight? The question is a big deal for… Read More

OLYMPEX exposed: Inside the flying NASA lab that’s probing our rain clouds

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now – from below, on the receiving end of an… Read More

Gene expression in human brain

Allen Institute scientists identify human brain’s most common genetic patterns

Researchers say they’ve traced 32 of the most common genetic patterns at work in the human brain, as part of a mapping project… Read More

How computers broke science – and what we can do to fix it

[Editor’s Note: Ben Marwick is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Washington. This article was originally published on The Conversation. It’s republished… Read More

DC-8 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

NASA’s OLYMPEX rain-measuring campaign gets off to a good, soggy start

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — The weather forecast for the Olympic Peninsula is dark and rainy, and that’s putting the scientists behind NASA’s… Read More

Amazon makes Thomson Reuters’ list of top innovators for the first time, IBM drops off

Amazon was named to Thompson Reuters’ annual list of the Top 100 Global Innovators on Thursday, marking the first time the… Read More

Surprises emerge as scientists map the tectonic plate that could cause ‘The Big One’

For the first time ever, scientists have gotten a full picture of the plate that is pushing its way under… Read More

KCTS’ Katie Campbell wins science journalism award for Alaska starfish tale

A mini-documentary about the die-off facing the West Coast’s sea stars has won KCTS producer/photographer Katie Campbell one of the country’s most prestigious science journalism… Read More

Image: Pyramid heat map

More mysteries! Heat scan points to ‘impressive’ anomaly in Egypt’s Great Pyramid

Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities says thermal scanning has turned up anomalies inside the pyramids of Giza, including a “particularly impressive… Read More

UW and China’s Tsinghua University announce first dual tech degree

Representatives of Seattle’s University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University met in Beijing on Monday to announce the first degree program… Read More

Blade 200 QX drone

Reports suggest drone registration will be free, simple, online – and wide-reaching

Recreational drones as small as 9 ounces will have to be registered, but users should be able to go through… Read More

Eldamaty with camera

Infrared imagery hints at hidden chamber inside King Tut’s tomb

Infrared imaging conducted inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt has raised hopes that it has a hidden chamber, which would be… Read More

B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber

Boeing and Lockheed protest Air Force’s snub on long-range bomber

Boeing and Lockheed Martin say they’ve filed a formal protest of last month’s Pentagon decision to award a bomber contract… Read More

Veteran journalist Alan Boyle joins GeekWire as aerospace and science editor

One of the most fascinating stories in technology and science these days is the emergence of a new space industry.… Read More

James Bond and his car

SPECTRE tech: 7 gadgets for 007 (and the bad guys) in the new James Bond movie

What’s a James Bond movie without gadgets? “SPECTRE,” the latest film in the decades-long series, delivers way-out innovations that aren’t… Read More

Smart Reply: Google enlists machine learning to help you robo-reply to email

Weary of spambots, robo-calls and Twitter bots? Google is coming out with an artificial-intelligence tool that’s on your side for… Read More

Quadcopter drone

FAA chief urges drone registration task force to ‘think outside the box’

  The head of the Federal Aviation Administration told the members of a policy task force to “think big, and think outside… Read More

Driverless car

‘Hyper lanes’ for driverless cars? Microsoft Research’s Eric Horvitz on the future of A.I.

“No human drivers wanted”: That just might be the road sign for the high-speed highway transit lanes of the future,… Read More

Driving will be a hobby by 2035, and more predictions from AI expert Oren Etzioni

Artificial intelligence thought leader Oren Etzioni stepped out on a limb on Friday to make some predictions about what the industry will… Read More

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