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

Underwater lifting bag
Apr 18, 2017, 3:02 PM

Underwater warehouses? Amazon’s aquatic fulfillment centers could make it so

Amazon has patented some crazy ideas, including flying fulfillment centers that drop packages from the air. But its patent for… Read More

Apr 17, 2017, 3:54 PM

Scientists use 3-D scans to ID duckbilled fish species 40 years after it was caught

After spending 40 years sitting in a museum jar, a toothy fish from the waters off Australia has been identified… Read More

Boeing
Apr 17, 2017, 12:39 PM

Boeing will send layoff notices to hundreds of engineers, and more job cuts lie ahead

The Boeing Co. signaled that hundreds of employees involved in aerospace engineering in Washington state and other locations will be… Read More

Ceze and Organick in DNA lab
Apr 17, 2017, 10:58 AM

UW, Microsoft and Twist Bioscience double down on DNA data storage experiments

Twist Bioscience says it’s extending its collaboration with Microsoft and the University of Washington on a project aimed at perfecting… Read More

Purple pod
Apr 14, 2017, 12:56 PM

SpaceX schedules Hyperloop II contest in August, and UW’s team is in the race

SpaceX’s second Hyperloop competition for student-led teams is coming up in August, with the University of Washington’s crew listed among two… Read More

Tesla Semi design
Apr 13, 2017, 4:20 PM

Elon Musk keeps on truckin’: Tesla to unveil Semi in September, pickup by 2019

Getting the Tesla Model 3 electric car on the road clearly isn’t enough to occupy Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO… Read More

737 MAX 9 takeoff
Apr 13, 2017, 1:53 PM

Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 jet makes first flight

The newest sibling in Boeing’s 737 family, the MAX 9, made its first flight today from the company’s assembly plant… Read More

AI bias demonstration
Apr 13, 2017, 11:00 AM

Scientists zero in on how artificial intelligence absorbs all-too-human biases

There’s fresh evidence that artificial intelligence software absorbs human biases about race and gender, and it may be due to… Read More

Teen tries out virtual reality
Apr 12, 2017, 4:24 PM

Video game arcades are back – this time, with virtual reality for the masses

Remember the days when arcades were the places where kids could play the coolest video games? No? Well, now you… Read More

Lasermotive's David Bashford and Tom Nugent
Apr 11, 2017, 5:14 PM

LaserMotive raises $1.5 million to boost innovations in laser power transmission

LaserMotive, a stealthy pioneer in laser-based power transmission that’s based in Kent, Wash., has raised more than $1.5 million in… Read More

Scene from "UW in Motion"
Apr 11, 2017, 1:47 PM

Hyperlapse video shows off UW’s campus in all its speeded-up, fly-through glory

What is hyperlapse? Like the bullet-time realm of “The Matrix,” hyperlapse videos provide an unorthodox perspective on time and space – and you… Read More

Tesla Model 3
Apr 11, 2017, 10:56 AM

Tesla briefly tops GM as America’s most valuable automaker, amazing analysts

For a time on Monday, Tesla edged out GM in market capitalization to become the most valuable U.S. automaker, even… Read More

Apr 5, 2017, 12:30 PM

Help wanted: Sea lion scientists call on software engineers to help count the marine behemoths, offer $25,000 in prize money

Sea lion scientists need your help. Each summer, researchers from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries in Seattle trek… Read More

Zunum Aero planes
Apr 5, 2017, 2:00 AM

Zunum Aero emerges from stealth mode with big plans for hybrid electric planes

Four years after its founding, Zunum Aero is finally going public with a plan to build hybrid electric airplanes that could… Read More

Allen Cell Explorer
Apr 5, 2017, 12:01 AM

Get a colorful 3-D view of human stem cells online with the Allen Cell Explorer

Imagine being able to see inside a transparent human stem cell, like the “Visible Man and Woman” models in biology… Read More

Tesla Model 3
Apr 3, 2017, 10:59 AM

Tesla reports record production and deliveries as it closes in on more affordable Model 3

Tesla said it delivered more than 25,000 cars in the first quarter of the year, a record for the company… Read More

Public Lab citizen science on "The Crowd and the Cloud"
Mar 31, 2017, 8:45 PM

Citizen scientists star in public TV’s ‘The Crowd and the Cloud,’ premiering online

It’s fitting that a four-hour documentary series about citizen scientists, titled “The Crowd and the Cloud,” is available to the… Read More

Mar 31, 2017, 12:24 PM

Pilots give a ’10’ to the 787-10, Boeing’s biggest Dreamliner, after first test flight

The largest breed of its Dreamliner jet series, the 787-10, got a great review today after being put through its… Read More

Villa-Komaroff, Nye, Hanna-Attisha
Mar 30, 2017, 11:00 AM

March for Science spotlights Bill Nye plus Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Mona Hanna-Attisha

Lydia Villa-Komaroff and Mona Hanna-Attisha may not be as well-known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, but all three scientists… Read More

Mar 29, 2017, 2:58 PM

Researchers say automation’s effects could keep bringing bad news to the Rust Belt

Newly published research runs counter to the hope that the rise of automation should create as many jobs for human… Read More

Mar 29, 2017, 10:34 AM

Take an online trip with a real-live salmon navigating the perils of Puget Sound, and pick which one will make it out to sea first

Salmon — whether being tossed between Pike Place Market fish mongers or wending their way through the locks in Seattle’s… Read More

Flying Heritage hangar
Mar 27, 2017, 9:11 PM

Paul Allen’s airplane showcase expands, rebrands as Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum

Cross Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection off your list of local attractions, and put a new name in its… Read More

Richard Branson at Sea-Tac
Mar 27, 2017, 7:31 PM

Richard Branson has warm words for Seattle, cold criticism for Alaska Air

British billionaire Richard Branson kicked off Virgin Atlantic’s nonstop service from London to Seattle today with a rhetorical kiss for the Emerald… Read More

Elon Musk
Mar 27, 2017, 2:13 PM

Elon Musk reportedly backs Neuralink venture to connect brains with computers

Billionaire brainiac Elon Musk is following up on his interest in (and wariness about) artificial intelligence by backing Neuralink Corp.,… Read More

Richard Branson
Mar 27, 2017, 10:58 AM

Virgin Atlantic and its founder, Richard Branson, bring London buzz to Seattle

Virgin Atlantic inaugurated its nonstop service between London and Seattle today with the glitz that’s typically associated with the airline’s… Read More

SAL cell
Mar 24, 2017, 4:51 PM

Electroimpact to pay $485,000 over claims of workplace harassment against Muslims

Mukilteo-based Electroimpact, one of Boeing’s best-known suppliers for aerospace tools and automation, will pay $485,000 after an investigation into allegations of… Read More

Donald Trump and Steven Mnuchin
Mar 24, 2017, 3:26 PM

Outcry rises when Trump’s treasury chief, Steve Mnuchin, scoffs at AI impact on jobs

Experts say the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence could be one of the biggest economic issues of the… Read More

Amazon drone with Bloe Origin spaceship at MARS 2017
Mar 24, 2017, 10:28 AM

Video provides another look at Amazon delivery drone (and Blue Origin spaceship)

We already knew that Amazon provided a rare public demonstration of its delivery drone dropping off some sunscreen at this… Read More

Mar 24, 2017, 9:17 AM

Elon Musk posts a sneak peek of the first drive for a Tesla Model 3 electric car

Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, is showing off a video of the company’s more affordable Model 3 electric car – but… Read More

Larry Dalton
Mar 23, 2017, 5:51 PM

$12 million gift from professor and his wife will serve as a catalyst for UW chemistry

The University of Washington’s Department of Chemistry will be the beneficiary of a $12 million gift from an unusual source:… Read More

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