Science – Page 51 of 69

Dec 15, 2016, 4:32 PM

‘Rogue One’ and more: 10 big-screen tales of science fiction (and fact) to watch for

Mild spoiler alert! This review doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but wait to read it if you don’t want… Read More

Dec 15, 2016, 10:59 AM

Underwater volcano’s rumblings point the way to improved eruption predictions

An underwater seismic network pioneered by the University of Washington and other institutions is revealing how thousands of tiny shocks… Read More

Dec 14, 2016, 4:55 PM

Amazon drone deliveries in England show how small steps add up to a big deal

Amazon’s multimillion-dollar effort to deliver goods via drone currently has just two customers in the English countryside, but this could well… Read More

Blended branding for Alaska Airlines and Virgin America

Dec 14, 2016, 10:45 AM

Alaska Air makes its takeover of Virgin America official with a blue-red Boeing jet

Alaska Air Group completed its acquisition of Virgin America today, celebrating the rise of the nation’s No. 5 air carrier… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 6:02 PM

Victory for V2V: Connected car technology gets Transportation Department’s vote

The U.S. Department of Transportation today laid out its proposal for enabling cars and light trucks to connect to each… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 3:25 PM

This year’s Arctic Report Card heats up international concern about climate change

The latest update on Arctic climate shows that temperatures at the top of the world are increasing at twice the… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 1:47 PM

Bad news, good news: Boeing trims back 777 jet production while raising dividend

The Boeing Co.’s decision to trim back production of its wide-body 777 jet is likely to bring bad news for employment… Read More

Dec 12, 2016, 10:18 AM

Lockheed Martin shares take big hit after Trump grumps about F-35 fighters in tweet

Today it was Lockheed Martin’s turn to feel the Twitter burn from President-elect Donald Trump over the cost of the… Read More

Dec 11, 2016, 5:17 PM

Boeing and Iran Air announce $16.6 billion jet deal, but what will Donald Trump do?

The Boeing Co. and Iran Air say they have signed a sale agreement for 80 jets, valued at a list… Read More

Dec 9, 2016, 5:13 PM

OceanGate starts building submersible craft that can take crews 13,000 feet deep

The company that helped map the wreck of the Andrea Doria is moving forward with the construction of a submersible… Read More

Dec 9, 2016, 2:04 PM

Boeing donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration … before Twitter tirade

The Boeing Co. donated its traditional $1 million to support President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration celebration, days before Trump dinged the… Read More

Dec 8, 2016, 6:27 PM

Gorgonopsid gone wild! Weird, toothy tumor found in 255 million-year-old fossil

A weird type of benign tumor has been discovered in an unlikely place: the fossilized jaw of a distant ancestor… Read More

Dec 8, 2016, 4:06 PM

After Boeing, Ford and Google … secretary of state? Alan Mulally talks with Trump

Update for 8:30 p.m. PT Dec. 10: News outlets are reporting that Donald Trump is expected to nominate ExxonMobil CEO… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 10:49 AM

Pizza deliveries by Google drone? Alphabet X’s Wing Marketplace faces tough climb

You don’t hear as much about Google’s (now Alphabet X’s) Project Wing as you do about Amazon’s Prime Air drones,… Read More

Dec 6, 2016, 12:53 PM

Weather Channel meteorologist slams Breitbart for using video to mislead on global warming

Is it getting hot in here? Meteorologist Kait Parker of The Weather Channel is fired up in a new video in… Read More

Dec 5, 2016, 6:01 PM

Elon Musk touts Universe, a platform that lets AI agents hone their computer skills

If you were weirded out by HBO’s “Westworld,” hold onto your cowboy hats: OpenAI, the artificial intelligence lab backed by… Read More

Dec 4, 2016, 5:19 PM

Breakthrough Prize program awards $25 million to a dream team of researchers

A program that’s richer than the Nobels rewarded more than a dozen researchers tonight with Breakthrough Prize awards amounting to $25.4… Read More

Dec 3, 2016, 10:58 AM

How self-driving buses could help fix the Seattle region’s traffic mess

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Self-driving cars are all well and good for cross-country trips, but what Madrona Venture Group’s Tom Alberg really wants… Read More

Dec 2, 2016, 8:34 PM

One company’s vision for electric trucks, delivery drones — and a hybrid flying car

BELLEVUE, Wash. – A company called the Workhorse Group wants to beat Amazon to the punch and provide the U.S.… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 5:32 PM

After Brexit and Trump, Stephen Hawking says we’re at ‘most dangerous moment’

World-famous physicist Stephen Hawking says Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump’s presidential victory serve as wakeup… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 5:00 PM

Fred Hutch researcher Dr. Julie Overbaugh receives prestigious Nature award for mentoring in science

Dr. Julie Overbaugh has devoted her professional career to studying viral pathogens that cause HIV. But amid publishing papers, running… Read More

Nov 30, 2016, 10:47 PM

LIGO goes back to the gravity-wave grind

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory is back on the hunt for ripples in spacetime, months after reporting the first signature of… Read More

Nov 30, 2016, 9:45 PM

Nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, oganesson: Welcome to the periodic table

After months of review, the world’s authority on chemical names has approved the official labels for four extremely rare elements… Read More

Nov 30, 2016, 12:01 AM

CRISPR in color: Allen Institute edits genes to create color-coded stem cells

Researchers in Seattle have taken advantage of two of the hottest trends in biotech – cell reprogramming and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing –… Read More

Nov 28, 2016, 2:00 PM

WTO says Boeing’s tax break for 777X production is illegal; appeal is certain

In the latest chapter of a years-long legal battle, the World Trade Organization says Washington state’s tax break for production… Read More

Nov 25, 2016, 9:53 PM

Was the presidential vote hacked? Not likely – but $5 million is raised to find out

A flurry of reports has raised questions over whether electronic voting systems were hacked during this month’s election, and Green… Read More

Nov 25, 2016, 1:18 PM

Future life as we don’t know it? Scientists breed proteins to bond silicon and carbon

Using directed evolution, researchers say they’ve “bred” protein molecules from an unusual type of bacteria to create chemical bonds between… Read More

Nov 25, 2016, 10:00 AM

Holiday guide to science books about life, the universe and everything

Fans of the late science-fiction humorist Douglas Adams know that the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and… Read More

Nov 23, 2016, 11:00 AM

Donald Trump’s victory brings the jobs vs. automation issue into the spotlight

Six months ago, computer scientist Moshe Vardi felt as if he was a voice crying in the wilderness when it… Read More

Nov 22, 2016, 1:13 PM

Amazon’s delivery drones just might be on the job in 2020 … at least in Britain

Regulators have to work out lots of issues before they let drones start delivering packages routinely, but in Britain at… Read More