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Adaptive Biotech co-founder raises $15M for new startup to rethink how AI trains on science

Harlan Robins spent years as the co-founder and chief scientific officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies, helping build massive datasets to decode the human immune system. Read More

Elon Musk’s Mars illusion

A look at the science behind Elon Musk's goal of a million-person city on Mars, and why planetary scientists say terraforming the planet to make it habitable would take centuries, if it's possible at all. The revenue Musk says will pay for the Mars effort comes from Starlink, the satellite network SpaceX designs and builds in Redmond. Read More

Seattle teens to take on real-world ocean science challenges in underwater robotics championship

This year's tasks include mapping cold-water coral ecosystems, deploying ocean observatory instrumentation, modeling offshore wind turbines, and operating profiling floats beneath sea ice. Read More

Bellevue teens targeting salmon die-offs and mental health win big at international science fair

Lakshmi Agrawal, a senior at Interlake High School, and Anusha Arora, a sophomore who also attends Interlake, were among more than 1,700 students from roughly 60 countries who competed at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix. Read More

CEO of Paul Allen’s $3.1B science and tech fund steps down less than a year after launch

Dr. Lynda Stuart is departing as the first CEO of the Fund for Science and Technology, the foundation created under late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's instructions. The change comes amid broader shifts in the Allen philanthropic ecosystem, including the departures of top AI researchers from the Allen Institute for AI. Read More

Seven years after her death, sci-fi pioneer’s last novel bridges Minoan and Pacific Northwest history

Clarion West celebrates posthumous publication of 'The Curve of the World,' a different kind of Odyssey by Seattle author Vonda N. McIntyre. Read More

Physicists share the glory and the wealth after winning $3M for exploring muon mysteries

Breakthrough Prize goes to University of Washington professor — and hundreds of other researchers — for decades of work on Muon g-2 experiments. Read More

Microsoft and NASA create AI agents that can help scientists anticipate floods and other water woes

Microsoft and NASA say they’re applying artificial intelligence to a challenge that has become increasingly urgent: how to cope with… Read More

Mount Rainier is not ready to erupt: Earthquake experts debunk report of increased seismic activity

Scientists at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network might blow their stacks over having to respond to a rumor about increased tremor activity at the Washington state volcano. Read More

Scientists create a supercomputer simulation that can reveal how the brain works, neuron by neuron

A computer model developed by researchers from Japan and Seattle's Allen Institute could lead to new methods for studying brain diseases Read More