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In Tiny Israel, Startups Reach For Global Success
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In Tiny Israel, Startups Reach For Global Success

While banking a white Audi on Route 443 outside Jerusalem, Shalom Mines nonchalantly let go of the steering wheel and took his foot off the gas.

New Approach Needed to Deliver on Technology's Potential in Schools
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New Approach Needed to Deliver on Technology's Potential in Schools

An OECD report says countries that have invested heavily in information and communication technologies for education have seen no noticeable improvement in their...

Advanced Robotics on a Dime
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Advanced Robotics on a Dime

The robotic butlers and sentries of sci-fi fantasies already roam our planet, but you can't have them—not yet.

The Auto and Tech Worlds Are Fighting For the Best Minds in Race For Self-Driving Cars
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The Auto and Tech Worlds Are Fighting For the Best Minds in Race For Self-Driving Cars

Google had all of Silicon Valley to choose from when deciding on a leader for its ambitious self-driving car division.

How ­ic Narrows Gender Gap Among Science, Technology Professors
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How ­ic Narrows Gender Gap Among Science, Technology Professors

Mitra Dutta, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, explains how a $3.3 million NSF grant has improved UIC's...

The Oil-Rich City Betting on Drones
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The Oil-Rich City Betting on Drones

Over the PA system a voice tells us not to be alarmed. What we are about to see is just a demonstration, courtesy of the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of the Interior...

NSF Grant Supports Efforts to Train Teachers in Computer Science
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NSF Grant Supports Efforts to Train Teachers in Computer Science

A National Science Foundation grant will support Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson's initiative to teach computer science in every high school.

Nyu and Stanford Receive $3 Million Nsf Grant to Develop STEM Curriculum
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Nyu and Stanford Receive $3 Million Nsf Grant to Develop STEM Curriculum

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $3 million to researchers at NYU and Stanford University to create a science curriculum for fifth graders, especially...

7 Technology Trends that Will Make or Break Many Careers
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7 Technology Trends that Will Make or Break Many Careers

No matter what field you work in, if you're hoping to get ahead in your career, you need to be mindful of technology trends.

James L. Flanagan, Who Helped Make Computers Talk, Dies at 89
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James L. Flanagan, Who Helped Make Computers Talk, Dies at 89

James L. Flanagan, whom we can thank for articulate digital assistants like Siri and intelligible subway loudspeakers and blame for the disembodied voices that...

Dartmouth Football's Brilliant Dummies
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Dartmouth Football's Brilliant Dummies

Wearing a green Dartmouth College jersey, the newest player on the school's football team readies for action during a preseason practice.

The Government Needs to Work with Silicon Valley to Create Our Military Future
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The Government Needs to Work with Silicon Valley to Create Our Military Future

In 1931, the city fathers of Sunnyvale, California, came up with a unique plan to rescue their town from the doldrums of the Great Depression.

Why Neuroscience Needs Hackers
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Why Neuroscience Needs Hackers

There was a time when neuroscientists could only dream of having such a problem.

Tech Companies Are Hiring More Liberal-Arts Majors Than You Think
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Tech Companies Are Hiring More Liberal-Arts Majors Than You Think

Silicon Valley has a reputation for being filled with egghead coders who popped out of college as brilliant engineers (or who never finished college in the first...

Social Is Dead: What 146 Startup Pitches Showed Me about the Next Wave of Tech Companies
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Social Is Dead: What 146 Startup Pitches Showed Me about the Next Wave of Tech Companies

Investing in startups is like bird-watching, or at least that's the quote from legendary venture capitalist Mike Moritz.

The Next Steve Jobs Is Going to Come From One of These 13 Surprising Schools
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The Next Steve Jobs Is Going to Come From One of These 13 Surprising Schools

Harvard and Stanford may jump to mind when it comes to tech titans. But for the next generation of entrepreneur, we may need to look outside the Ivy League.

Papers With Shorter Titles Get More Citations, Study Suggests
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Papers With Shorter Titles Get More Citations, Study Suggests

Articles with shorter titles tend to get cited more often than those with longer headers, according to a new study that examined 140,000 papers published between...

Study Identifies New Cheating Method in Moocs
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Study Identifies New Cheating Method in Moocs

Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have identified a new method of cheating specific to MOOCs and recommend a number of strategies to prevent such cheating...

What Is Elegance in Science?
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What Is Elegance in Science?

In 1957, a few years after Francis Crick co-discovered the DNA double helix and a few years before he co-won a Nobel Prize for doing so, he published a paper on...

Silicon Valley Icon Wants to Hack His Way to the Presidency
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Silicon Valley Icon Wants to Hack His Way to the Presidency

Silicon Valley icon Lawrence Lessig knows his moonshot bid for the White House hinges on the innovation and support of the tech industry.
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