Lessons from the pandemic: Top STEM educators offer their insights on the future of learning
Kim Williams, science department head at Cougar Mountain Middle School, providing a lesson in genetics during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Bethel School District Photo via Twitter) The pandemic…
This is Amazon’s at-home COVID-19 test kit: We tried it and talked to a testing expert about it
The Amazon COVID-19 test components are simple. (GeekWire Photo) Amazon launched an at-home COVID-19 test kit for U.S. consumers last month, broadening the options for people to…
Univ. of Washington student tests trivia smarts in ‘Jeopardy! National College Championship’
University of Washington student Kaden Lee, right, and “Jeopardy! National College Championship” host Mayim Bialik. (Jeopardy! Photo) Kaden Lee already has their hands full as a junior…
Top Stories of ’21: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, COVID, and what’s next for tech in Seattle and beyond
Looking at GeekWire’s most-read stories for 2021, this series of headlines stands out as a symbol of the past year, not just for Amazon but for the…
Microsoft President Brad Smith on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ‘the world’s first hybrid war’
From left: Jevin West, Brad Smith, and Margaret O’Mara speak at a University of Washington event on Wednesday in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Julie Emory) The Russian…
Univ. of Washington team will compete for $100K in Microsoft Imagine Cup final
Team Melodic, from left: Shuoxuan Wang, Xiaoyang Qiu and Jinyao Ouyang, of the University of Washington’s MS in Technology Innovation program at the Global Innovation Exchange. (Photo…
Astronomers make an Earth Day plea to rein in satellite constellations for the environment’s sake
Astronomers say this streak in a Hubble Space Telescope image is likely to have been created by a Starlink satellite flying just a few miles above Hubble….
Astronomers demonstrate how using the cloud can rev up the race to find asteroids
This visualization shows trajectories of asteroids found using ADAM (in green). Earth’s orbit is represented by a blue arc closer to the sun. (B612 Asteroid Institute /…
How ‘Big Data’ could help SETI researchers intensify the search for alien civilizations
Artwork shows the Gaia spacecraft against the background of the Milky Way. (ESA Illustration / D. Ducros) Could far-off aliens be sending out signals telling us they…