by Susan Keown | Aug 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
For UW News, new member Stefan Milne writes about the first underwater 3D-positioning app for smartwatches and similar devices, recently developed at the university. Instead of GPS, whose signals do not transmit far underwater, the technology uses the microphones and...
by Susan Keown | Aug 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Eric Scigliano (@SeattleFlotsam) looks into Seattle’s controversial new tree protection ordinance for InvestigateWest. Scigliano breaks down the rates of tree canopy loss in different areas of Seattle over recent years, analyzes the potential effects of the ordinance,...
by Susan Keown | Aug 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Writing for Wired, K.C. Cole (@kccole314) warns us that, like the nuclear bomb, generative AIs may soon get out of hand — with, perhaps, the same destructive power for our species. “What I’m mainly hearing is echoes,” she writes, “the exact same words and phrases, the...
by Susan Keown | Aug 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
New member Arkadi Mazin recently took a reporting trip to Zuzalu, a “pop-up city” in Montenegro and site of a two-month conference on topics ranging from cryptocurrency to decentralized science to longevity. Mazin writes about his experience for the Lifespan Extension...
by Susan Keown | Jul 7, 2023 | ScienceWire
Part of a special series in GeekWire, a story by Lisa Stiffler (@lisa_stiffler) takes readers to rural communities in Eastern Washington, where new climate technology facilities are opening. The businesses operating the new facilities are developing technologies to...
by Susan Keown | Jul 7, 2023 | ScienceWire
For the Daily Beast, Katie MacBride (@msmacb) speaks to experts in virus transmission and workplace safety about proposed new masking guidelines for health care workers from a CDC advisory panel. The experts strongly believe the proposed guidelines will put workers at...
