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Science & Technology

The first four NASA commercial crew astronauts who will crew the SpaceX Dragon capsule spoke with employees at the plant Monday in Hawthorne, Calif.

Inside SpaceX, the Willy Wonka-like rocket factory that plans to send private citizens to space

The first four NASA commercial crew astronauts who will crew the SpaceX Dragon capsule spoke with employees at the plant Monday in Hawthorne, Calif.

August 16, 2018, 6:00am Life

Elon Musk’s SpaceX hosted an open house here Monday, offering a rare peek inside the Willy Wonka-like rocket factory that also serves as a museum of sorts to SpaceX’s 16-year history. Read story

Walrus bones provide clues to fate of lost Viking colony

August 16, 2018, 6:00am Life

Clues to the mystery of why Viking colonies in Greenland flourished and fell have been found in the DNA of medieval walrus bones housed in more than a dozen European museums. Read story

People walk inside the Oculus, the new transit station at the World Trade Center in New York. Data collection practices of tech firms are increasingly under the microscope. An Associated Press investigation shows that using Google services on Android devices and iPhones allows the search giant to record your whereabouts as you go about your day.

AP Exclusive: Google watches your movements, like it or not

People walk inside the Oculus, the new transit station at the World Trade Center in New York. Data collection practices of tech firms are increasingly under the microscope. An Associated Press investigation shows that using Google services on Android devices and iPhones allows the search giant to record your whereabouts as you go about your day.

August 13, 2018, 10:26am Business

Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. Read story

Tech Test: Wireless Foscam camera keeps watchful eye

August 12, 2018, 6:02am Business

There are certain technology topics I get asked about regularly. Read story

Christa McAuliffe

McAuliffe’s Challenger lost lessons come to life

Christa McAuliffe

August 10, 2018, 6:07am Life

The first of Christa McAuliffe’s lost lessons finally was released from space Tuesday, 32 years after she died aboard Challenger. Read story

Tropical flamingos lay eggs for first time in 15 years in Europe’s heat

August 9, 2018, 2:46pm Nation & World

The heat wave that has swept Europe over this summer may not have been very pleasant for the human population, but rare pink tropical birds at a nature reserve in southwest England sure seem excited. Read story

A staff demonstrates a new face recognition system used for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games during a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The NeoFace technology developed by NEC Corp. will be used across the Olympics for the first time as Tokyo organizers work to keep security tight and efficient at dozens of venues during the 2020 Games.

Facial recognition system set to be used in Olympic security

A staff demonstrates a new face recognition system used for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games during a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The NeoFace technology developed by NEC Corp. will be used across the Olympics for the first time as Tokyo organizers work to keep security tight and efficient at dozens of venues during the 2020 Games.

August 7, 2018, 3:35pm Nation & World

A facial recognition system will be used across an Olympics for the first time as Tokyo organizers work to keep security tight and efficient at dozens of venues during the 2020 Games. Read story

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Complex 40 launch pad as seen through a time exposure in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Tuesday. The payload, named Merah Putih, is a geostationary commercial communications satellite.

Newest SpaceX booster flies again with Indonesia satellite

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Complex 40 launch pad as seen through a time exposure in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Tuesday. The payload, named Merah Putih, is a geostationary commercial communications satellite.

August 7, 2018, 9:17am Nation & World

SpaceX used its newest style booster for a second time to put a communications satellite into orbit for Indonesia. Read story

Tech Test: Target’s new line of gadgets not a bad buy

August 5, 2018, 6:02am Business

Did you know Target has its own technology brand? Read story

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., listens to Katie Woollven, Salmon in the Classroom coordinator for Columbia Springs, explain the growth of salmon smolts during a Friday visit at the Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center. Cantwell met with tribal leaders to discuss salmon predation by California sea lions.

Cantwell hears pleas on behalf of salmon

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., listens to Katie Woollven, Salmon in the Classroom coordinator for Columbia Springs, explain the growth of salmon smolts during a Friday visit at the Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center. Cantwell met with tribal leaders to discuss salmon predation by California sea lions.

August 3, 2018, 8:38pm Clark County News

Without intervention, Columbia River salmon are facing extinction from hungry sea lions. Read story