We’re starting to blush here.

It’s easy to brag about Washington’s amazing history of innovation and invention. After all, we’ve created some amazing stuff, from the first successful commercial jet airplanes and life-saving procedures to the more whimsical side of life –...

Hydrogen is in the air.

Universal Hydrogen is taking advantage of the 13,500-foot runway in Moses Lake to prove that hydrogen could be the fuel of the future for commercial aircraft. The company’s converted De Havilland Dash 8 spun up its propellers for the first time this month. The plane,...

A quantum leap for Washington.

The potential of quantum computing is virtually unlimited, in part because it’s based on physics theories that were science fiction just a few years ago. Maryland-based IonQ plans to turn fiction into fact with a new 65,000-square-foot research and manufacturing...

Today’s sci-fiction is tomorrow’s…

A flying boat skimming the lakes of Saturn’s Titan moon? Impossible, you say? Well, we’re sure that the lunar rover astronauts drove around the moon was pretty outlandish when Boeing proposed it to NASA in the 1960s. The uncrewed TitanAir probe was one of three...

A labor of loaf.

The concept of farm to table is well known across the land, but farm to oven? That’s the mission of Cairnspring Mills, a small craft flour miller in Burlington, Washington. Opened in 2017, the stone milling company is a step back in time to a pre-industrial era when...

A big boost to cancer research.

The Bezos Family Foundation has committed $710.5 million to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center over the next decade to speed up cancer and infectious disease research. The Hutch, as it is known locally, plans to use the funds to: Recruit scientific experts to work in...

Seahawks fans have another reason to celebrate.

Russell Wilson’s memorable performance at Lumen Field wasn’t the only thing fans could celebrate on Monday Night Football. The home of the Seahawks also got its first Amazon Go store, where the 12s can load up on beverages and food without waiting in line to cash out....

Five bars for T-Mobile and Starlink.

Two juggernauts of Washington’s economy, T-Mobile and SpaceX, are combining forces to end those frustrating days of no bars and dropped calls. Starting next year, T-Mobile hopes to “bring cellphone connectivity everywhere,” including expanded coverage to the entire...