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Scientists take gorilla genome to next level
Susie the gorilla
Researchers sequenced and assembled an updated gorilla genome using a DNA sample from a gorilla named Susie. (Credit: Lincoln Park Zoo)

A team led by University of Washington researchers has taken a second turn at sequencing the gorilla genome, putting...

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Seahawks want to offer mobile loyalty program next season with discounts for game-day fans

More and more people are using their smartphones at Seahawks games and the team wants to capitalize on this growing trend. Chip Suttles, the Seahawks VP of Technology, spoke at a Seahawks Mobility Summit on Tuesday evening in Seattle hosted by Extreme Networks, a Bay Area-based company that operates the WiFi network at CenturyLink Field which debuted before the start of the 2014-15 season. GeekWire caught up with Suttles after the panel discussion...
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Next week, five states’ IDs will stop working in federal facilities

Lead Transportation Security Officer (TSO) Katrina Callin reviews the identification of a passenger at one of the checkpoints at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). (credit: Transportation Security Administration)

Starting next week, certain state ID cards will no longer be accepted at federal facilities. Five states, along with the territory of American Samoa, aren't compliant with the 2005...

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NASA has begun working on its next great space observatory

An illustration of what WFIRST will look like once launched. (credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center)

Thanks to an infusion of Congressional funding, NASA has accelerated development of a telescope that could answer some of the most fundamental questions about both the universe and nearby exoplanets. At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society on Monday,...

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