Science – Page 34 of 69

Apr 6, 2018, 7:51 AM

Get an inside look at the New Burke Museum (and the Old Burke’s T. rex)

Stealing a sneak peek at the University of Washington’s new Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is like looking… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 9:02 PM

Open Philanthropy Project awards $11M to protein designers for universal flu vaccine

The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design has won an $11.3 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project to… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 2:45 PM

China hits back at U.S. with $50B tariff plan, but Boeing puts faith in dialogue

China took less than 24 hours to respond to proposed U.S. tariffs with a 106-item list of its own that… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 10:57 AM

Scientists dig the wild jazz music that bowhead whales are singing in the Arctic

A research team led by an University of Washington oceanographer has published the largest known set of songs from bowhead… Read More

Apr 3, 2018, 7:15 PM

Zipline adds zip to medical delivery service with next-gen drone that goes 80 mph

A California-based aerial delivery venture called Zipline has unveiled what it calls “the fastest commercial delivery drone on Earth,” capable… Read More

Apr 3, 2018, 4:39 PM

U.S. proposes tariffs on $50B in Chinese imports, including planes, robots and TVs

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today rolled out a list of $50 billion worth of Chinese-made goods that could be… Read More

Apr 3, 2018, 10:18 AM

Lockheed Martin wins $247.5M NASA contract for super-quiet supersonic test jet

NASA says Lockheed Martin will be its partner in building a supersonic test plane that’s designed to muffle sonic booms… Read More

Apr 2, 2018, 10:58 AM

OECD report dials down the risk to jobs from automation – but it’s still daunting

A working paper written for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that about 14 percent of the jobs… Read More

Apr 1, 2018, 5:07 PM

Elon Musk turns Tesla’s troubles into April Fools’ joke — but flamethrowers are real

Between Model S recalls and Model 3 production snags, Tesla has been having a hard time lately — but not as… Read More

Mar 30, 2018, 6:00 PM

Cancer researchers report positive results for larotrectinib, a ‘tumor-agnostic’ drug

Two clinical studies have provided evidence suggesting that an experimental precision-medicine drug called larotrectinib can fight soft-tissue tumors regardless of… Read More

Mar 30, 2018, 12:43 PM

5 tech twists from ‘Ready Player One,’ Steven Spielberg’s film about gaming’s past and VR’s future

“Ready Player One,” the Steven Spielberg movie that blends memes from the 1980s with a virtual-reality vision of 2045, is… Read More

Mar 29, 2018, 6:06 PM

Want to fight virtual zombies while riding in a real car? Apple aims to patent that idea

Running over virtual zombies might seem like a strange way to fight motion sickness in a moving car, but that’s… Read More

Mar 29, 2018, 11:44 AM

Triassic Park: Paleontologists publish piles of papers on dinosaurs and their relatives

News Brief: “Jurassic Park” may be all the rage this summer, but a research team led by the University of… Read More

Mar 29, 2018, 10:26 AM

Scientists report successful start to undersea drones’ Antarctic ice shelf study

A scientific team supported by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is reporting the successful deployment of a trio of undersea drones… Read More

Mar 26, 2018, 6:32 PM

Underground experiment takes a step toward solving matter-antimatter puzzle

An experiment conducted deep underground in an old South Dakota gold mine has given scientists hope that a future detector… Read More

Mar 26, 2018, 12:11 AM

Elon Musk takes the wraps off the Boring Company’s next product line: bricks

What do you do for an encore after you’ve sold 20,000 flamethrowers? If you’re billionaire Elon Musk, you sell rocks.… Read More

Mar 25, 2018, 11:03 PM

Boeing delivers first 787-10 Dreamliner, marking a first for South Carolina factory

Boeing delivered its first stretched-out, wide-body 787-10 Dreamliner jet tonight, scoring yet another first in the process. The ceremonial handover… Read More

Mar 23, 2018, 4:30 PM

Deep-sea video captures the sexual hookup of live anglerfish for the first time

Scientists studying deep-sea anglerfish have long known about the bizarre mismatch between the species’ whiskered females and teeny-tiny males. But… Read More

Mar 23, 2018, 12:11 PM

From Earth’s depths to the stars, there’s good news for science in spending bill

The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law today preserves several of the scientific initiatives his… Read More

Mar 23, 2018, 10:58 AM

Elon Musk axes Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX (after finding out they’re there)

Facebook suffered another blow today: Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, had those two companies’ official pages… Read More

Mar 22, 2018, 2:13 PM

‘Not fun’: Technology experts get real about automation’s impact on today’s jobs

It’s a thrilling time for technology, with innovations in artificial intelligence and robotics propelling society ever faster forward. But is… Read More

Mar 21, 2018, 3:45 PM

Allen Institute adds artist-in-residence to interact with scientists and provoke mutual inspiration

It’s well documented that Paul Allen is an art fanatic by way of the museums (Museum of Pop Culture) and… Read More

Mar 21, 2018, 3:30 PM

Boeing delivers first 737 MAX 9 to Lion Air

Boeing made its first delivery of a 737 MAX 9 jet to Lion Air Group today — less than a year… Read More

Mar 20, 2018, 7:23 PM

Even after death, Stephen Hawking stirs up fresh cosmological tiffs and tributes

The ashes of the late British physicist Stephen Hawking will get a fitting resting place in Westminster Abbey, near the… Read More

Mar 20, 2018, 10:40 AM

Policymakers admit they need to get more intelligent about artificial intelligence

It’s high time for government officials to get up to speed on the promise and potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence,… Read More

Mar 19, 2018, 8:40 PM

Star seismologist Lucy Jones sizes up Seattle’s readiness for ‘the Really Big One’

When it comes to taking earthquakes seriously, Seattle’s problem may be that the city doesn’t get enough of them. That’s… Read More

Mar 19, 2018, 3:33 PM

Buff Jeff Bezos and his robot dog get the tech party started at Amazon’s MARS fest

Amazon’s invitation-only conference on machine learning, automation, robotics and space exploration, also known as MARS, has become an annual tradition… Read More

Mar 19, 2018, 1:34 PM

With Paul Allen’s backing, explorers find wreckage of USS Juneau, famous for the Sullivan Brothers

The latest chapter of an Irish-American family tragedy played out on St. Patrick’s Day when an expedition team backed by… Read More

Mar 19, 2018, 10:56 AM

Why Walmart wants to patent robot bees

Robot bees have hit the big time. In the 10 days since Walmart’s patent application for “systems and methods for… Read More

Mar 16, 2018, 5:31 PM

Portland to Seattle to Vancouver: B.C. kicks in $300,000 for rapid transit study

News Brief: British Columbia will contribute $300,000 toward a study that will look into the business case for an ultra-high-speed… Read More