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The Seattle MacArthur Fellow who teaches common sense to computers

UW researcher Dr. Yejin Choi has spent a career pursuing 'risky' AI research that bridges the communication gap between humans and technology.

Hannah Weinberger

/ November 1, 2022

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Culture

The safe return of two bonsai trees restores a piece of Japanese American history

One tree stolen from the Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way began as a seed in a tin can at a World War II internment camp.

Hannah Weinberger

/ February 13, 2020 /

Updated at 11:13 a.m. on February 14, 2020

Environment

This three-decade mission to catalog local fish turned into a literary work of art

Our waters contain many unknowns. These Washington researchers have made sure that the identities — and vivid colors — of the fish that live beneath the surface aren't among them.

Hannah Weinberger

/ June 17, 2019

Culture

Pacific Science Center's architecture might change

The U.S. Science Pavilion (now the Pacific Science Center) during the Seattle World's Fair in 1962.

Benjamin Lukoff

/ December 16, 2008

Culture

Is it wrong to have a Negro Creek?

Negro Creek in Chelan County was renamed in the 1960s and might be again.

Benjamin Lukoff

/ December 3, 2008

Culture

I-97 is struck down; a brush with anti-semitism

Wednesday, Sept. 10, was "a sad day for grassroots democracy in Seattle," according to Seattle Divest from War and Occupation (SDWO). The group — sponsors of Initiative 97, which would have directed...

Benjamin Lukoff

/ September 11, 2008

Culture

Writing Wikipedia for Seattle

Wikipedia's page about Seattle streets.

Benjamin Lukoff

/ June 18, 2008

Culture

It's safe to ask what's in a name

(Paul R. Kucher IV, Wikimedia Commons)

Benjamin Lukoff

/ April 28, 2008