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Science

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

Jul 4, 2012, 8:41 AM

It’s a particle! Higgs news draws giddy crowd to bar

You could call it a magnetic attraction that drew about 175 people to a midnight party thrown by the University… Read More

Jul 3, 2012, 11:36 AM

Watch the big Higgs Boson news at a bar, with physicists

Maybe it’s not true that nothing good happens in a bar after midnight. Excitement is building in advance of a… Read More

May 22, 2012, 5:19 PM

Stephen Hawking to speak at Seattle Science Festival

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been added to the lineup of speakers for the Seattle Science Festival next month. The… Read More

Apr 19, 2012, 9:07 AM

Mining a $20 trillion asteroid? New clues emerge about space robot startup

We’ve been digging up details this week about a Seattle-area startup that is developing robots to explore space, led by the former… Read More

Apr 12, 2012, 5:36 PM

Frustrated researchers unveil Microryza, a crowdfunding site for geeky science projects

Want to help scientists figure out why chili peppers are spicy? How about the origins of a mysterious clay jug?… Read More

Paul Allen
Mar 21, 2012, 11:26 AM

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen donates $300M to help solve the mysteries of the human brain

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is doubling down on his efforts to better understand the human brain, announcing plans today to… Read More

Mar 7, 2012, 8:39 AM

Check out these 14 ‘entrepreneur’ grants for STEM education

Washington STEM, a nonprofit that supports science, technology, engineering, and math education across the state, has awarded 14 grants to educators in… Read More

Nov 29, 2011, 6:12 PM

Paul Allen calls for ‘open science’ and wider sharing of data

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen makes the case for broader sharing of scientific data — an “open science” model — in a… Read More

Nov 22, 2011, 7:08 AM

Bionic eye? Researchers see progress on contact lenses

University of Washington electrical engineering researchers say they have successfully tested a single-pixel, wirelessly powered display on a contact lens… Read More

Nov 8, 2011, 11:40 PM

UW undergrads win world title in ‘synthetic biology’

The University of Washington may be losing on the gridiron. But get the UW’s tops geeks in the lab, and… Read More

Oct 18, 2011, 11:53 AM

Gates keeps the bar high in push for malaria eradication

Addressing the Malaria Forum in downtown Seattle this morning, Bill Gates sounded at times like he was back in the… Read More

Oct 17, 2011, 2:27 PM

Man vs. mosquito: How science is taking aim at malaria now

Seattle is the center of the battle against malaria this week, as scientists and global health leaders descend on the… Read More

Oct 11, 2011, 3:00 PM

Q&A: Physicist Lisa Randall on space, time and how science is even better than fiction

Theoretical physicist Lisa Randall, a Harvard University professor, is on a quest to figure out how the universe works, at… Read More

Aug 28, 2011, 7:26 AM

Naveen Jain: Innovation can solve the world’s problems

Naveen Jain has spent the bulk of his entrepreneurial career developing Internet search technologies, from the early days at InfoSpace… Read More

Aug 24, 2011, 2:13 PM

Geek of the Week: Jared Roach, Institute for Systems Biology

Jared Roach isn’t just our first Geek of the Week with the confidence and style to sport a bow tie,… Read More

Aug 24, 2011, 10:57 AM

Paul Allen’s quest: A 32-bit computer built by Interdata

We already know that Paul Allen is a super geek, but how far does his passion for computers really go?… Read More

Aug 24, 2011, 8:37 AM

Jeff Bezos-backed space company plans rocket test

Blue Origin, the secretive aerospace company bankrolled by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is planning a rocket test today high over… Read More

Aug 3, 2011, 3:46 PM

Digitizing the night sky … inside the UW’s planetarium

It’s a quiet, sunny summer afternoon at the University of Washington’s physics-astronomy complex. But inside the hushed, empty auditorium building,… Read More

Jul 29, 2011, 2:06 AM

Bill Nye tries to convince Fox News that science isn’t politics

On certain cable news channels these days, it seems like every story is a chance to subtly (or not-so-subtly) score… Read More

Jul 18, 2011, 1:17 PM

UW researcher Shwetak Patel chosen as Microsoft Research Faculty fellow

Since 2005, Microsoft has picked leading university researchers to participate in its Microsoft Research Faculty program — drawing on the… Read More

Jul 5, 2011, 9:09 AM

UW computer scientist tries to crack the ancient Indus script

Save this one for when you have time to sit back and really absorb it. Rajesh Rao, a professor in… Read More

Jun 20, 2011, 12:00 PM

Why Jeff Bezos is helping to create a 10,000 Year Clock inside a Texas mountain

Based on his recent comments to shareholders about Amazon.com’s willingness to be misunderstood for many years, we knew Jeff Bezos… Read More

May 25, 2011, 1:55 PM

Q&A: Weather guru Cliff Mass on science, math, Carl Sagan, coastal radar … and whatever else he wants to talk about

Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, found himself in a tempest of a different… Read More

May 11, 2011, 1:04 PM

Western Washington Provost: Computer science department needs to step up to the future

Western Washington University Provost Catherine Riordan says she hasn’t made a final decision about the fate of the university’s computer… Read More

Apr 29, 2011, 9:59 AM

Idea Man? Ex-Microsoft geek reviews Paul Allen’s memoir

Guest Commentary: I want to thank Paul Allen for writing his memoirs. It’s great to hear the story of the… Read More

Apr 12, 2011, 5:46 PM

Getting to know our Space Shuttle consolation prize

OK, so we didn’t get one of the real Space Shuttles. But the thing we got looks a lot like… Read More

Apr 4, 2011, 8:35 PM

Virtual reality visionary Jaron Lanier on his Microsoft gig: Kinect is ‘beautiful, exciting’

https://youtu.be/-Vc9GMGZurY A while back I got a chance to sit in on a session with Jaron Lanier, the guy credited… Read More

Mar 16, 2011, 1:55 PM

Nuclear fallout? Skip the tin foil, grab a cookie sheet

Seattle startup guru Mike Koss of Startpad.org was watching news coverage of the crisis in Japan when he noticed people… Read More

Mar 14, 2011, 4:09 PM

Photo: What better way to celebrate ‘Pi Day’ than a pie eating contest

It’s national Pi Day, which means geeks and math nerds everywhere are celebrating the beauty of the mathematical constant of… Read More

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