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Working Geek: A star in science ed, astrophysicist Dennis Schatz wants to expand minds

Dennis Schatz, president-elect of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and senior advisor at the Pacific Science Center, draws inspiration… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Travel to space with an astronaut; Tech and music in Pioneer Square; and more

Compete in a year-long televised contest. Beat out 36,000 candidates. Complete rigorous cosmonaut training in Russia. Then — travel through… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Curio Interactive brings a magical, ‘Harry Potter’ vibe to learning

With the touch of a finger, the owl’s feathered wings fade away, revealing the bird’s delicate bone structure. With the… Read More

Harnessing tech for good: Meet our non-profit Impact Partners at Thursday’s GeekWire Bash

The GeekWire Anniversary Bash on Thursday will feature plenty of fast-moving dodgeball, ping pong and foosball action. But it will also… Read More

Breathing new life into Seattle’s aged Pacific Science Center by running it like a startup

Is it possible to revitalize a beloved but frumpy 56-year-old organization by running it like a startup? Will Daugherty says… Read More

Unified Robotics program for intellectually disabled students looks to keep growing

Sometimes a sea change can start with something as simple as wanting to make sure your sister feels included. That… Read More

Museum as mobile game: Pacific Science Center pilots unique ‘Tomorrow Corps’ challenge

The next time you visit Pacific Science Center in Seattle, you’ll be able to explore it with a scientist in… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Dave Parker launches founder development program; the return of geek market Galaxaar; and more

Dave Parker has seen his fair share of programs and incubators designed to help startups. He’s the former CEO of… Read More

Voyager at 40: ‘The Search for Life in Space’ puts big question on the big screen

What better way to celebrate 40 years of NASA’s interplanetary Voyager mission than with an eye-filling movie that brings the… Read More

Seattle science educator Dennis Schatz celebrates his asteroid – and the eclipse

The Pacific Science Center’s senior adviser, Dennis Schatz, has achieved a kind of fame that so far has eluded the… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Where to go for geeky fun all summer long

All the fireworks and sunshine can mean just one thing: it’s finally summer in the Pacific Northwest! Between hiking in the… Read More

Proxima’s progress: Why it’ll take years to learn what closest exoplanet is really like

University of Washington astronomer Rory Barnes says Proxima Centauri b is the biggest discovery in 20 years for planet hunters like… Read More

Block out some time: ‘The Art of the Brick’ Lego exhibit opens in Seattle this weekend

Pick the tiny Lego pieces out of your feet and hurry down to the Pacific Science Center to get a… Read More

Terry Virts on International Space Station for 'A Beautiful Planet'

‘A Beautiful Planet’: Astronauts and space moviemakers reflect on film’s final frontier

“A Beautiful Planet” is a 3-D visual feast for the eyes, but the astronauts who filmed the IMAX space extravaganza made… Read More

Grammy Award-winning musician Ryan Lewis on Snapchat, his love of MS-DOS and advice for 10-year-olds

You don’t know what you’re passionate about until you have the chance to try. That was one insight from Grammy… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Windows Weekly in Redmond, YPOS 5th Anniversary, Polar Science Weekend and more

Celebrate Leap Day with a Windows Weekly meetup for followers of all things Microsoft. Longtime technology journalists and Microsoft watchers… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Concur exec takes over Shiftboard, Indochino gets a new chief, and more

— Early Concur executive Sterling Wilson is the new CEO of Seattle-based employee management software company Shiftboard. He joins the 13-year-old company… Read More

Join over 600 ‘Triangle Super Fans’ to get your math geek on and Pythagorize Seattle

Math geeks might want to head outside today after work to be part of one of the most famous equations… Read More

Inside one of the world’s most advanced IMAX theaters, opening this week in Seattle

Seattle is now officially home to one of the world’s most advanced movie theaters. After four months of renovation, the… Read More

Watch: Massive new IMAX screen installed at renovated high-tech movie theater in Seattle

Installing an 80-foot wide screen inside a movie theater isn’t an easy job. But employees at the Pacific Science Center… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: STEMpunk Techtacular, Earth Day at the Pacific Science Center, and more

Steampunk and STEM are two of the hottest buzzwords of 2015, but it’s rare to see the two vastly different… Read More

Pacific Science Center helps visualize climate change since 1880 – in seconds

Understanding how climate change is reflected in global temperatures can make one’s head spin. So the Pacific Science Center is… Read More

Pacific Science Center toning down the lights and noise with program for autistic kids

The Pacific Science Center is opening early one Saturday every month, toning down the displays and lights, to become a friendlier… Read More

‘Game of Thrones’ coming to Pacific Science Center’s IMAX theater

In case you want to relive all the blood and gore of the last two episodes of Game of Thrones‘… Read More

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Scientific literacy: Buried under tech’s trappings

We are living in the era of artificial scientific literacy. And for that I blame iPhones, geek culture, and STEM.… Read More

Stealth escalators, driverless subways and more Scandinavian technologies that we need now

At times, the coolest technology isn’t the bright-shiny object that glares at you demanding recognition of its awesomeness. It’s the… Read More

Pacific Science Center lands NASA grant for STEM education

The Pacific Science Center has been named as a recipient of a NASA Collaboration Grant to help it promote STEM… Read More

Super awesome ‘Curiosity’ approaches Mars, set for ‘Seven Minutes of Terror’

The plan to land the roving space lab Curiosity on Mars this weekend is the stuff of the wildest imaginations.… Read More

Coming soon to our local Laser Dome: Bieber Fever

Seattle’s Pacific Science Center Laser Dome is one of our favorite local attractions — a geeky night out that everyone… Read More