Science

Oct 23, 2017, 7:05 PM

Boeing’s robotic and human workers join up to start production of 777X jets

EVERETT, Wash. — With the rat-a-tat-tat of a robotic riveter, Boeing celebrated the official kickoff for production of its next-generation 777X… Read More

Oct 23, 2017, 2:55 PM

Simulations show how major 9.0 earthquake could impact Northwest — and what Seattle should fear

“None of the pictures is rosy,” says a line in a new report from the University of Washington detailing a… Read More

Oct 21, 2017, 10:45 AM

Gourmet tech: Nathan Myhrvold’s ‘Modernist Bread’ finds new twists in one of the oldest foods

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Did you ever try inflating bread dough with a bicycle pump? Gourmet technologist Nathan Myhrvold did — and after thumbing… Read More

Oct 20, 2017, 8:00 PM

Satellite readings track how climate change is thinning out mountain glaciers

Elevation readings captured by satellites confirm that glaciers in the western United States are fading away at a worrisome rate.… Read More

Oct 19, 2017, 5:40 PM

Elon Musk’s Boring Company digs into a plan for tunnel from Baltimore to D.C.

One of billionaire Elon Musk’s lesser-known ventures is taking the spotlight with word that The Boring Company is planning to… Read More

Oct 19, 2017, 8:34 AM

Boeing HorizonX invests in Near Earth Autonomy, boosting self-flying tech

Boeing’s venture capital arm, Boeing HorizonX, says it has made a substantial investment in Near Earth Autonomy, a Pittsburgh-based startup… Read More

Oct 18, 2017, 6:40 PM

Mohawk tribe sues Amazon and Microsoft in complicated supercomputer patent spat

A Native American tribe and a small computer company have reportedly sued Amazon and Microsoft, claiming that they’re infringing on… Read More

Oct 18, 2017, 6:00 AM

UW spinout WiBotic unveils its PowerPad wireless charging system for drones

Seattle-based WiBotic today took the wraps off an integrated wireless charging pad for drones, as well as an onboard charger… Read More

Oct 17, 2017, 4:53 PM

Amazon patents a method for identity authentication that uses music as the key

Amazon’s inventors have come up with a computer-based system that makes use musical transformations to authenticate a whole group of… Read More

Oct 17, 2017, 8:00 AM

AI2 scales up Semantic Scholar search engine to encompass biomedical research

The inspiration for the latest extension of the Semantic Scholar search engine, adding tens of millions of biomedical studies, may… Read More

Oct 16, 2017, 6:58 PM

Airbus partners with Canada’s Bombardier, complicating trade dispute over Boeing jets

Airbus added a twist to a U.S.-Canada trade dispute by announcing a plan to partner up with Bombardier, the Boeing… Read More

Oct 12, 2017, 6:49 PM

NASA’s carbon-monitoring OCO-2 satellite confirms that El Nino weather boosts CO2

Readings from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 have confirmed that the El Niño weather pattern of 2015-2016 was behind the biggest… Read More

Oct 12, 2017, 6:20 PM

Will AI create a new god for us? Sounds like the plot of a Dan Brown thriller

Imagine an age when artificial intelligence takes the sum of human experience and turns it into a “global consciousness” that… Read More

Oct 12, 2017, 2:43 PM

Virgin adds its investment (and its brand name) to Hyperloop One transit venture

British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has invested in the Hyperloop One rapid-transit venture, which will soon be rebranded as… Read More

Oct 11, 2017, 9:50 PM

B.S. for Ph.D.s: Not even science is immune from the fake-news epidemic

The controversy over fake news may focus on politics, but it’s also slipping into the scientific realm, says one of… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 4:47 PM

Brain scientist Christof Koch maps out a path to merge humans and machines

It may sound like a zombie movie, but Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science is studying fresh human brain tissue… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 1:20 PM

Future battles against cancer will expand tech frontiers, Fred Hutch’s chief says

The fight against cancer isn’t just about drugs and genetics. It’s also about wearable devices, health-savvy chatbots, machine learning and… Read More

Oct 6, 2017, 8:01 AM

Elon Musk’s tweets about a solar rescue plan spark interest from Puerto Rico

A Twitter conversation about beefing up Puerto Rico’s hurricane-hit power grid with solar power and heavy-duty batteries is turning into… Read More

Oct 6, 2017, 7:45 AM

Entrepreneurs swarm to get in on the idea factories at Intellectual Ventures and AI2

Less than two months after Intellectual Ventures and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence put out the call for entrepreneurs,… Read More

Oct 5, 2017, 7:23 AM

Boeing plans to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences in bid to boost autonomous flight

Boeing says it has struck a deal to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences, a leader in the field of autonomous flight,… Read More

Oct 5, 2017, 4:00 AM

Zunum unveils its electric airplane design for 2022 – and adds to its team in Chicago

Zunum Aero is fleshing out its plan to build an electric-powered airplane that could be delivered to airlines as early… Read More

Oct 4, 2017, 1:08 PM

Boeing wins seven more contracts for its growing data analytics business

Seven more companies have joined the list of customers for data analytics services from Boeing AnalytX, bringing the total of… Read More

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Oct 4, 2017, 10:20 AM