Science – Page 57 of 69

Jul 8, 2016, 10:19 AM

Killer bomb robot ends Dallas shooting ordeal and begins new debate over policing

Thursday night’s horrific Dallas shooting ordeal may well mark the first time police ended a standoff with a suspect by… Read More

Google Deepmind eye image analysis for AI

Jul 7, 2016, 6:45 PM

White House’s final artificial intelligence workshop highlights need for humans to hold the reins on AI

The White House wound up a nationwide series of workshops on artificial intelligence today on a cautionary note: Yes, AI… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 4:01 PM

FDA suspends Juno Therapeutics clinical trial for leukemia treatment after 2 patient deaths

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a hold on a Juno Therapeutics clinical trial of a treatment for a… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 3:09 PM

Alaska Airlines wins tentative approval to fly Seattle-L.A.-Havana route to Cuba

The U.S. Department of Transportation today gave its tentative go-ahead for Alaska Airlines to fly between Los Angeles and Havana, the capital of… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 10:55 AM

Boeing shows off its 787-9 Dreamliner jet in teaser video for Farnborough Airshow

If you love watching airplanes taking it to the max, you’ll dig the video showing a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jet… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 5:30 AM

Video in a test tube? Microsoft and UW raise the bar for DNA data storage systems

Computer scientists from Microsoft and the University of Washington say they’ve set a new standard for DNA storage of digital… Read More

Jul 6, 2016, 3:12 PM

Washington is creating Unmanned Systems Industry Council for drone ventures

Officials at the Washington State Department of Commerce are working to create an Unmanned Systems Industry Council to foster commercial… Read More

Jul 5, 2016, 6:04 PM

How climate change plus asteroid struck a ‘one-two punch’ for dinosaur extinction

Scientists generally agree that a catastrophic asteroid blast killed off the dinosaurs and most of Earth’s other species more than… Read More

Jul 4, 2016, 7:00 AM

NASA-funded UW researchers develop kidney-stone zapping technology

Imagine you are an astronaut, chosen for the first manned mission to Mars. After years of preparation, dozens of health… Read More

Jul 3, 2016, 10:59 AM

6 bright ideas for summer science books

Summer reading is often light and airy, but those are qualities that don’t usually apply to science books. Now that… Read More

Jul 1, 2016, 4:32 PM

30 years in the making, ‘Voyage of Time’ trailer sends you on a cosmic trip

The video trailer for “Voyage of Time” provides a trippy taste of a movie that’s been more than 30 years… Read More

Jun 30, 2016, 5:16 PM

Feds investigate crash that killed driver while using Autopilot on Tesla Model S car

Tesla Motors says it’s cooperating with federal authorities in the investigation of the first known traffic death involving a driver… Read More

Jun 30, 2016, 10:04 AM

Chatbot pioneer Next IT raising $20M to deploy an army of AI assistants

Before Siri, Cortana and Alexa, there was Next IT and its chatbots: The Spokane Valley company made it possible for… Read More

Jun 29, 2016, 5:54 PM

UW mulls disciplinary action in sexual harassment case involving Ebola researcher Michael Katze

The University of Washington says that an internal investigation has found virus researcher Michael Katze violated sexual harassment policies – and… Read More

Jun 29, 2016, 10:34 AM

Watch today: Fred Hutch hosts Cancer ‘Moonshot’ Summit in Seattle to accelerate search for a cure

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Americans to rally around a lofty goal: Landing on the moon. Today, Vice… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 4:26 PM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella lays out 10 Laws of AI (and Human Behavior)

Taking a page from Isaac Asimov’s famous Three Laws of Robotics, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has drawn up six “musts”… Read More

Jun 27, 2016, 3:29 PM

Stephen Hawking warns of ‘AI arms race’ – and reveals what most mystifies him

British physicist Stephen Hawking says the potential threat from artificial intelligence isn’t just a far-off “Terminator”-style nightmare. He’s already pointing… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 1:50 PM

Scientists force computer to binge on TV shows and predict what humans will do

Researchers have taught a computer to do a better-than-expected job of predicting what characters on TV shows will do, just… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 1:41 PM

Video: SpotMini robot will clean up your house — when it’s not slipping on banana peels

The latest robot dog-like thing from Boston Dynamics — that we would totally want but be totally afraid of —… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 10:56 AM

British vote to exit EU throws techies (and the rest of the world) into a tizzy

Just a couple of days ago, longtime Seattle tech entrepreneur Marcelo Calbucci was excited about moving his family to London.… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 9:48 AM

¡Olé! Solar Impulse airplane speeds over the Atlantic and lands in Spain

The world’s most traveled fuel-free airplane, Solar Impulse 2, made better time than expected and landed in Spain today, leaving… Read More

Jun 19, 2016, 11:44 PM

Farewell to the USA: Solar Impulse plane starts four-day odyssey across the Atlantic

The all-electric Solar Impulse 2 plane left America’s shores tonight and began what’s expected to be a 90-hour trip across… Read More

Jun 17, 2016, 10:56 AM

NASA gets first official X-plane in a decade: Electric craft named X-57 Maxwell

NASA says it has received its first X-plane designation in a decade, for a research aircraft that has 14 electric… Read More

Jun 17, 2016, 10:33 AM

Bill Gates talks Trump and Clinton and his hope to continue global health efforts with either

Bill Gates has spent years working on global health and fighting to eradicate diseases of poverty in developing countries, and in… Read More

Jun 14, 2016, 7:56 PM

Iranian reports hint at huge Boeing jet deal

Reports from Tehran suggest that Iran’s flag carrier airline has struck a deal to purchase jetliners from the Boeing Co., which would… Read More

Jun 14, 2016, 2:07 PM

A chiral link to life’s origins? Scientists find mirror molecules in interstellar cloud

Researchers say they’ve found the first evidence of mirror-image molecules in interstellar space – a discovery that relates to the chemistry that… Read More

Jun 14, 2016, 11:00 AM

OceanGate’s explorers map the Andrea Doria, the Mount Everest of shipwrecks

A crew of undersea explorers from Everett, Wash., has gotten the best look in decades at the Andrea Doria, an Italian… Read More

Jun 13, 2016, 12:31 PM

Alpine Immune Sciences raises $48 million for cancer and autoimmune treatment

Seattle’s Alpine Immune Sciences says it has closed a $48 million Series A financing round, to fund the development of… Read More

Jun 11, 2016, 10:10 AM

Solar Impulse round-the-world plane lands in NYC after Statue of Liberty photo op

The Solar Impulse 2 airplane finished up more than seven weeks of flying across America with an overnight hop to… Read More

Jun 10, 2016, 10:59 AM

Most of us can’t see the Milky Way – this dark sky atlas shows you where you can

Eighty percent of Americans can’t see the Milky Way from where they live, according to a new analysis of light… Read More