Science – Page 27 of 69

Dec 8, 2018, 10:15 AM

‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ unearths the wacky world of corporate musicals: Where did they go?

No fan of Broadway musicals should miss classics like “I Never Enjoyed My Operation More,” “My Insurance Man” and “My… Read More

Dec 7, 2018, 6:33 PM

Morgan Stanley says market for self-flying cars could rise to $1.5 trillion by 2040

The market for autonomous flying cars — also known as eVTOL aircraft, air taxis or personal air vehicles — could amount… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 11:00 AM

How climate change choked ancient life to death — and why it could happen again

Scientists say rapidly warming oceans played a key role in the world’s biggest mass extinction, 252 million years ago, and… Read More

Dec 5, 2018, 7:00 AM

AI2 joins forces with Microsoft Research to upgrade search tools for scientific studies

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI2, is partnering with Microsoft Research to widen the sphere of… Read More

National Academies report on quantum computing

Dec 4, 2018, 5:33 PM

Experts say it’s high time to create new cryptography for quantum computing age

A new report from computer scientists estimates that it’s likely to be at least a decade before quantum computing tools… Read More

Nov 30, 2018, 10:36 AM

Tweets document ‘major’ damage after 7.0 Alaska quake rocks Anchorage

Buildings in downtown Anchorage were damaged and roads were ruined when a magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Alaska’s biggest city today. The… Read More

Nov 30, 2018, 7:45 AM

A fossil named after Burke Museum curator tells whale of a tale about evolution

A whale that lived 33 million years ago when present-day Oregon was part of the ocean floor has been newly… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 5:37 PM

GM shifts its president, Dan Ammann, to the CEO position at Cruise Automation

General Motors has shuffled its executive team to put its president, Dan Ammann, into the CEO spot at its autonomous-vehicle… Read More

Nov 28, 2018, 2:01 PM

Human gene-editing experiment is put on hold in China amid international furor

The Chinese researcher behind a controversial experiment to produce gene-edited children took the stage at a Hong Kong conference to… Read More

Nov 27, 2018, 11:15 PM

Investigation of Lion Air 737 crash focuses on faulty sensor: Why wasn’t it fixed?

Right from the start of last month’s fatal flight of a Lion Air 737 MAX jet from Indonesia, pilots were… Read More

Nov 27, 2018, 6:59 PM

Airbus and Audi demonstrate mini-me version of flying car at Amsterdam show

A flying car developed by Airbus, Audi and Italdesign took a high-profile test flight today at the Amsterdam Drone Week… Read More

Nov 26, 2018, 7:20 PM

Reports about gene-edited babies give birth to investigations in China and U.S.

Multiple investigations are being sought in the wake of reports that a Chinese laboratory facilitated the birth of twin girls… Read More

Nov 26, 2018, 9:06 AM

Bill Gates: Why renewable energy is not enough to solve climate change

Renewable energy is getting cheaper and more efficient. Environmentalists, like Bill Gates, celebrate that as progress toward reducing our reliance… Read More

Nov 25, 2018, 10:14 PM

Chinese scientist says first gene-edited babies have been born in effort to fight HIV

A Chinese researcher says his lab facilitated the first birth of gene-edited children — twin girls who are said to possess… Read More

Nov 23, 2018, 1:40 PM

White House issues grim Black Friday outlook for wildfires and more climate woe

If current climate trends continue, the Pacific Northwest will have more summer wildfires, less winter snowpack and smaller numbers of… Read More

Nov 20, 2018, 4:00 AM

Boeing and SparkCognition launch SkyGrid venture to build software for air mobility

Four months after announcing that they were linking up to create a traffic management system for drones, Boeing and SparkCognition… Read More

Nov 19, 2018, 7:30 AM

GM’s Cruise Automation self-driving car venture plans Seattle office with up to 200 engineers

Cruise Automation, General Motors’ autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, says it’s getting ready to open up an office in the Seattle area that… Read More

Nov 16, 2018, 10:14 PM

Elon Musk celebrates Boring Company’s big breakthrough at end of test tunnel

The Boring Company’s “cutting-edge technology” got a shout-out from billionaire founder Elon Musk tonight after the venture’s tunneling machine, nicknamed… Read More

Nov 14, 2018, 9:03 PM

Boeing subsidiary says its solar-powered Odysseus drone will fly high in 2019

Aurora Flight Sciences, a pioneer in experimental flying vehicles that became a Boeing subsidiary last year, says its solar-powered, high-altitude,… Read More

Nov 14, 2018, 7:10 PM

Census shows that U.S.-Russian polar bear population is stable … at least for now

The first census of polar bears living around the Chukchi Sea, straddling Alaska and eastern Siberia, suggests that the population… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 11:27 AM

What did pilots know about 737 MAX control issue? Debate swirls after crash

What did 737 MAX pilots know, and when did they know it? That’s become a subject of debate in the… Read More

Nov 12, 2018, 3:53 PM

Jeff Bezos unveils Amazon Prime Air’s flying tribute to veterans: Valor

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is big on veterans, and in honor of Veterans Day, he presided over the vet-friendly christening… Read More

Nov 9, 2018, 2:59 PM

American Heart Association and Allen Institute select teams for brain campaign

Medical researchers know all about the blood-brain barrier, but Seattle’s Allen Institute and the American Heart Association have selected three… Read More

Nov 9, 2018, 11:45 AM

FBI says Horizon Air plane thief Richard Russell acted alone, crashed intentionally

After a three-month investigation, the FBI has concluded that Horizon Air employee Richard Russell acted alone when he crept into… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 8:18 PM

Scientists design protein filaments that snap themselves together like Lego blocks

Researchers have created molecular building blocks that can weave themselves into long threads of protein. Well, maybe not all that… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 12:46 PM

After midterm power shift, White House officials say tech transformation will go on

In the wake of Tuesday’s power-shifting midterm elections, the White House plans to stay the course in tech policy and… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 6:00 AM

AI2’s Semantic Scholar spices up academic search engine with blogs, videos and more

You wouldn’t use an academic search engine to look for cat videos — but if there’s a video with cats… Read More

Nov 7, 2018, 5:19 PM

Egan Airships floats a sales campaign to get its Plimp hybrid aircraft off the ground

What do you get when you cross an airship and an airplane? If you’re willing to spend more than $4… Read More

Nov 7, 2018, 12:34 AM

In wake of 737 MAX crash, Boeing issues bulletin to address erroneous sensor input

Boeing says it has issued an operations manual bulletin to address concerns about erroneous readings from a sensor that has… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 10:06 AM

This Election Day, the battleground is shifting in the fight over fake news

Facebook and Twitter have been cracking down on political disinformation during the current election cycle, but there are signs that… Read More