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STEM Programs Find Sexist Culture Hard to Shake
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STEM Programs Find Sexist Culture Hard to Shake

Many female students say that they still feel unwelcome in STEM culture, citing microaggressions and sometimes even downright misogyny

3-D-Printed Robots With Shock-Absorbing Skins
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3-D-Printed Robots With Shock-Absorbing Skins

By "programming" customized soft materials, an MIT CSAIL team can 3-D print safer, nimbler, more durable robots.

Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants
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Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants

Clamshell grills are making burger flipping obsolete at McDonald’s, Johnny Rockets and other burger chains. Digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones are...

Research Resolves a Debate Over 'Killer Electrons' in Space
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Research Resolves a Debate Over 'Killer Electrons' in Space

Newly published findings by an international team of researchers answer a fundamental question about our space environment and will help scientists develop methods...

The Myths and Reality About Interstellar Travel
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The Myths and Reality About Interstellar Travel

Science fiction writers and moviemakers have shown us countless visions of humanity spread out across the Universe, so you might be forgiven for thinking that we've...

The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete
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The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete

Six days after Memphis voters went to the polls last October to elect a mayor and other city officials, a local computer programmer named Bennie Smith sat on his...

Turning to the Brain to Reboot Computing
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Turning to the Brain to Reboot Computing

With computation stuck in a rut, computer scientists are scrambling for new ideas.

Nsf Grant Preps Milwaukee Teachers For Computer Science Certification
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Nsf Grant Preps Milwaukee Teachers For Computer Science Certification

Marquette University has received a $1 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant that will lead to thousands of Milwaukee Public Schools students learning...

Go Hack or Go Home
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Go Hack or Go Home

Students, hackers, and business firms gathered at Texas A&M's annual hackathon to design programs in different coding competitions.

Nsf Funds Big Data Project in Digital Agriculture
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Nsf Funds Big Data Project in Digital Agriculture

The NSF if funding a collaborative project focused on data science and Big Data applications in agriculture, concentrated on automating the Big Data lifecycle for...

Why Big Pharma Wants to Collect 2 Million Genomes
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Why Big Pharma Wants to Collect 2 Million Genomes

Five months after announcing its intentions to gather genome sequences from 2 million people, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has selected geneticist David Goldstein...

Iphone Exploit Bounty Surges to an Eye-Popping $1.5 Million
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Iphone Exploit Bounty Surges to an Eye-Popping $1.5 Million

A controversial broker of security exploits is offering $1.5 million (£1.2 million) for attacks that work against fully patched iPhones and iPads, a bounty that's...

Connecting Data Scientists with Regional Challenges
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Connecting Data Scientists with Regional Challenges

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $11 million to Big Data Spokes projects and associated planning activities.

Melinda Gates Tackles Women in Tech Issues
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Melinda Gates Tackles Women in Tech Issues

Melinda Gates, one of the world's most high-profile philanthropists, gets the wheels turning on a push to promote women in the tech industry.

Room-Temp Superconductors Could Be Possible
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Room-Temp Superconductors Could Be Possible

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are one step closer to understanding how to harness the power of superconductivity...

Chronicling Global Migration on a Computer Screen
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Chronicling Global Migration on a Computer Screen

Researchers at NYU have created an interactive web site that traces the economic and religious ties within two disaporas through data, video, maps, and personal...

Pentagon's 5,000-Strong Cyber Force Passes Key Operational Step
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Pentagon's 5,000-Strong Cyber Force Passes Key Operational Step

A 5,000-person Pentagon force created to bolster military computer networks and initiate cyber attacks against terror groups should be ready to carry out its mission...

Despite the Hype Over Gene Therapy, Few Drugs Are Close to Approval
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Despite the Hype Over Gene Therapy, Few Drugs Are Close to Approval

Most experts in the medical field will tell you that gene therapy has finally come of age, but the numbers tell a different story.

Baseball Was Way Easier to Predict in 2016, Except For Fly Balls
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Baseball Was Way Easier to Predict in 2016, Except For Fly Balls

Heading into the final week of the regular season, the MLB playoff picture is almost settled.

Why Data Is the New Coal
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Why Data Is the New Coal

"Is data the new oil?" asked proponents of big data back in 2012 in Forbes magazine. By 2016, and the rise of big data's turbo-powered cousin deep learning, westated Fortune...
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