Science – Page 35 of 69

Mar 16, 2018, 4:34 PM

Aging icebreaker Polar Star returns to Seattle after challenging Antarctic voyage

The U.S. Coast Guard’s only active heavy-duty icebreaker, the 42-year-old Polar Star, returned to its homeport in Seattle today to… Read More

Mar 16, 2018, 2:00 PM

Boeing’s 737 MAX 7 jet aces first flight

For its first test flight, the newest and smallest sibling in Boeing’s top-selling 737 family of jets, the 737 MAX… Read More

Mar 15, 2018, 5:01 PM

Did space scramble Scott Kelly’s genes so much he’s no longer a twin? Um, not really

My Twitter feed was buzzing this week with reports that Scott Kelly’s genes were knocked permanently out of phase because… Read More

Mar 15, 2018, 10:49 AM

Boeing HorizonX gets in on $15M funding round for Fortem drone radar venture

Boeing’s HorizonX venture capital arm signaled that it’s doubling down on autonomous flight technologies by participating in a $15 million… Read More

Mar 14, 2018, 1:11 PM

Get a sampler of Stephen Hawking’s ‘crazy smarts’ in his Seattle lecture on the theory of everything

This week’s passing of famed British physicist Stephen Hawking has sparked reflection around the globe — and perhaps, dreamily, even throughout… Read More

Mar 14, 2018, 1:59 AM

This Pi Day, don’t forget the reason for the season

Maybe it’s time to put the pi back in Pi Day. I remember a time when 3/14 really stood for… Read More

Mar 13, 2018, 11:30 PM

‘We lost a great one’: Microsoft CEO and other celebs salute Stephen Hawking

Few luminaries bridged the frontiers of science and pop culture as completely as physicist Stephen Hawking, and that fact was… Read More

Mar 13, 2018, 9:22 PM

Stephen Hawking, the world’s most famous physicist, dies peacefully at the age of 76

Stephen Hawking, the British physicist who became famous for his way-out theories and for overcoming debilitating disease, has died at… Read More

Mar 13, 2018, 2:44 PM

Boeing and Guinness World Records celebrate production of 10,000th 737 jet

Boeing 737 jets are rolling out of the factory in Renton, Wash., more than once a day, but the Southwest… Read More

Mar 13, 2018, 10:45 AM

Protect your Amazon drone-delivered package? There’s an APP airbag for that

Seven years after Jeff Bezos had the idea of putting an airbag on your smartphone, Amazon’s inventors have kicked it… Read More

Mar 12, 2018, 7:00 PM

Beyond the Avatar XPRIZE: ANA airline unveils ambitious vision for telepresence

All Nippon Airways’ newly announced sponsorship of a $10 million contest for real-life avatars is just one part of a… Read More

Mar 12, 2018, 5:00 AM

Fusion energy venture branches out into cancer therapy with TAE Life Sciences

TAE Technologies, the California-based fusion energy company backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has spawned a spinoff focusing on a… Read More

Mar 12, 2018, 4:00 AM

ANA Avatar XPRIZE puts up $10 million to boost breakthroughs in telepresence

All Nippon Airways is sponsoring a $10 million, four-year competition to spur the development of real-life avatars that could provide… Read More

Mar 10, 2018, 10:36 AM

Elon Musk shifts focus of his grand tunnel vision from cars to walkers and cyclists

Tesla cars riding electric-powered tracks? Forget about it, at least for now. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and founder… Read More

Mar 9, 2018, 8:03 PM

Scientists verify that fake news outruns truth on Twitter — and call for a fix

A study published in the journal Science provides hard evidence that fake news — or, to use the researchers’ preferred term,… Read More

Mar 9, 2018, 10:51 AM

MIT and Commonwealth startup add a new twist to the commercial fusion race

A new entrant in the race to commercialize fusion energy, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, aims to capitalize on superconductor technology from… Read More

Mar 8, 2018, 10:55 AM

Experts predict how big data (and family ties) will shape the future of health

It’s no secret that a rising flood of data, from the results of sophisticated genetic tests to the vital signs… Read More

Mar 8, 2018, 6:00 AM

Science — without the mansplaining

[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary by Seattle-based writer Megan Watzke and data scientist Kimberly Arcand is part of GeekWire’s coverage of International Women’s Day.] It’s been… Read More

Mar 7, 2018, 4:14 PM

Expert reviews bone measurements and says they’re likely Amelia Earhart’s remains

A newly published study lends support to the view that famed aviator Amelia Earhart died on the remote Pacific island… Read More

Mar 7, 2018, 2:00 PM

Elon Musk enlists Tesla’s all-electric Semi trucks to ship Tesla’s battery packs

“Eat Your Own Dog Food” is an aphorism referring to the Microsoft tradition of using its own software products, but it… Read More

Mar 6, 2018, 7:30 PM

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Bill Nye talk science (and pipelines) with students

Canada’s highest-ranking science geek, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shared a stage with Bill Nye the Science Guy at the University… Read More

Mar 6, 2018, 10:46 AM

How do you service a computer server? Send in the robots, Amazon patent says

Does something need checking out in your data center? Before you send out a technician, why not send out a… Read More

Mar 5, 2018, 3:08 PM

Scientists say there’s a link between taking out ‘fringe loans’ and reporting health woes

For some low-income workers, short-term fringe loans — coming from payday lenders and check cashing services — are a fact of… Read More

Mar 5, 2018, 10:43 AM

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg hails the air taxi as an idea whose time is coming … fast

It’s not exactly a revelation that the Boeing Co. is interested in autonomous flight, including robo-planes that can fly people.… Read More

Mar 2, 2018, 8:05 PM

Who’ll win big at the Oscars? Number crunchers put in their predictions

Update for 1:25 p.m. PT March 5: Looks like the living, breathing humans — and Unanimous AI — take the statuette for… Read More

Mar 1, 2018, 11:44 AM

Allen Brain Institute shares huge database of computerized neurons at work

Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science has created a publicly available database of computerized neuron models that could be used… Read More

Feb 28, 2018, 3:07 PM

How Paul Allen’s plan to make AI more sensible aims to keep us humans safer

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s new $125 million initiative to give artificial intelligence programs more common sense has another goal that’s… Read More

Feb 27, 2018, 5:45 PM

Chinook salmon are shrinking, and Alaska’s killer whales may be among the culprits

King salmon, the big fish that are famous in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, are shrinking — not only in numbers,… Read More

Feb 27, 2018, 4:10 PM

Such a deal? White House reports $3.9B contract with Boeing for Air Force One

The White House says President Donald Trump has struck an “informal deal” with Boeing on a $3.9 billion fixed-price contract… Read More

Feb 22, 2018, 3:36 PM

Airbus’ Vahana venture shows off video of its flying car’s first test flight in Oregon

News brief: Vahana, the Airbus-backed venture that’s developing a fleet of electric-powered air taxis, shared the results of its first… Read More