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Google Backs Second Quantum Computing Effort
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Google Backs Second Quantum Computing Effort

Scientists can't seem to agree on what a quantum computer is. But the uncertainty hasn't deterred Google from backing a second major effort in the field.

Local, National Efforts Aim to Draw Girls Into STEM Fields
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Local, National Efforts Aim to Draw Girls Into STEM Fields

Washington State has one of the United States' fastest growing STEM workforces and Grant Forsyth, chief economist with Avista Corp., says failing to engage women...

Cellphone Activity May Harm Academic Performance, Study Says
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Cellphone Activity May Harm Academic Performance, Study Says

Excessive cellphone usage poses potential risks to the academic performance of college students, according to a Baylor University study on cellphone activity published...

Roots of a High-Tech Revolution
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Roots of a High-Tech Revolution

Chuck Hull, 75, is co-founder and chief technology officer of 3D Systems. He is the inventor of the 3-D printer, which recently celebrated its 31st anniversary.

Vexed in the City: Starved For Tech Talent and Yet Nobody to Hire?
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Vexed in the City: Starved For Tech Talent and Yet Nobody to Hire?

Darin Wedel made headlines in 2012 when his wife, Jennifer, asked President Barack Obama during a Google+ Hangout why her husband was still out of work while H-1B...

No Boys Allowed: Girls Who Code Takes on Gender Gap
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No Boys Allowed: Girls Who Code Takes on Gender Gap

The nonprofit Girls Who Code's summer program has grown from 20 girls in one classroom in 2012 to 380 girls in classrooms at 16 companies across the country.

Hashtags and Selfies Yield College Scholarships
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Hashtags and Selfies Yield College Scholarships

Companies and institutions are offering new scholarships that will help today's college students use social media to help finance college costs.

Beyond Classic Brain Illustrations That Make ­S Drool
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Beyond Classic Brain Illustrations That Make ­S Drool

I threw down a bit of a challenge last month at the Association of Medical Illustrators Conference in Minnesota.

Founder of America's Biggest Hacker Conference: 'we ­nderstand the Threat Now'
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Founder of America's Biggest Hacker Conference: 'we ­nderstand the Threat Now'

For one weekend every year, thousands of the world’s best—or worst, depending on your point of view—hackers meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, for Defcon.

Alternative STEM Programs Offer Early Career Prep For Students
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Alternative STEM Programs Offer Early Career Prep For Students

The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program's Summer Bridge program included more than 20 high school students who took college-level math courses and interned...

Arrogance Is Good: In Defense of Silicon Valley
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Arrogance Is Good: In Defense of Silicon Valley

Sam Altman sits behind his desk with his knees pulled up to his chest, eating dried apricots.

Spaceflight 101
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Spaceflight 101

Clayton Anderson, a retired NASA astronaut, worked with Iowa State aerospace engineers to develop a prototype workshop in spaceflight operations. The goal is to...

Where Tech Is Taking ­s: A Conversation With Intel's Genevieve Bell
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Where Tech Is Taking ­s: A Conversation With Intel's Genevieve Bell

Genevieve Bell grew up among Aboriginal people in Australia, taught anthropology at Stanford and for the past 16 years has worked for Intel.

Lack of Coding Skills May Lead to Skills Shortage in Europe
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Lack of Coding Skills May Lead to Skills Shortage in Europe

A lack of basic coding skills could result in Europe facing a shortage of up to 900,000 information and computer technology professionals by 2020, according to...

What 6.9 Million Clicks Tell ­S About How to Fix Online Education
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What 6.9 Million Clicks Tell ­S About How to Fix Online Education

Researchers at the MIT have analyzed data from Harvard University and MIT's shared online learning platform to gain a richer understanding of what makes massively...

Finally, a Way to Teach Coding to the Touchscreen Generation
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Finally, a Way to Teach Coding to the Touchscreen Generation

First came Generation X. Then the Millennials. And if you have kids under 10, you already know what they're going to be called: the Touchscreen Generation.

Why Many Programmers Don't Bother Joining the ACM
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Why Many Programmers Don't Bother Joining the ACM

Earlier this month Vint Cerf, co-creator of the TCP/IP protocol and current Google vice president, openly asked professional programmers for feedback regarding...

Data Visualization Challenge Lets Students Portray Data in Innovative Ways
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Data Visualization Challenge Lets Students Portray Data in Innovative Ways

Thirteen teams participated in the first University of Chicago Data Visualization Challenge, a competition to create insightful, novel, and well-designed visual...

Scratchjr: Coding For Kindergarten
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Scratchjr: Coding For Kindergarten

Can children learn to code at the same age they're learning to tie their shoes? That's the idea behind ScratchJr, a free iPad app developed by researchers at the...

There's No Flying in Drone School
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There's No Flying in Drone School

Welcome to drone school.
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