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Western Washington University robotics students and Bellingham Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Society invites the public to its Northwest Robot Festival from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Friday, May 30, at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Communications Facility.

The next issue of Wired, on newsstands May 27, has an interesting infographic by Lucia Masud and Brittany Everett that looks at the top feeder colleges for seven big tech companies. The magazine gave me permission to reprint it below.

Who is the best coach in Division-I college sports? If you polled the population of the United States, you'd no doubt hear names like Pat Summit, Bear Bryant and Mike Krzyzewski a few times, but there would be a wide variety of answers.

Two teams from Western Washington University…

Jianna Zhang, an associate professor at Western Washington University, says she loves dance, although her professional skills are artificial intelligence and robotics.

She says she was offered professional jobs by other universities and companies, but says she felt…

Earthquakes happen every day as the world’s tectonic plates slip, slide, crash and spread. Most are small or happen far away from people. And though scientists have named the faults where most of this action happens, people rarely pay attention unless a major earthquake occurs. One fault,…

A new study suggests that the heavy use of ground water for pumping and irrigation is causing mountains to lift and valleys to subside.

The scientists say this depletion of the water is increasing seismic activity along the San Andreas fault.

For years, scientists have wondered what are the forces that keep pushing up California's mighty Sierra Nevada and central coast ranges, causing an increase in the number of earthquakes in parts of Central California.

On Wednesday, a group of scientists offered a new intriguing…