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Analog Engineers: Too Few or Too Many?
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Analog Engineers: Too Few or Too Many?

After years spent encouraging engineering students to focus on software and digital electronics, some people say the day of reckoning appears to be drawing near...

Grit Better Than Gre at Predicting Success in Stem Fields
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Grit Better Than Gre at Predicting Success in Stem Fields

Selecting graduate students into STEM fields based on an assessment of their character rather than relying heavily on GRE test scores would significantly improve...

How to ­se Tech Like a Teenager
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How to ­se Tech Like a Teenager

Enough with complaining that young people these days are addicted to their phones. The question you should be asking is: What do they know that you don't?

'conjurers' Head to Computer Programming Contest Finals
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'conjurers' Head to Computer Programming Contest Finals

What do you get when you combine three students, one computer, five hours, and one problem set? For three University of Chicago students, it's a chance to compete...

Do We Really Need to Learn to Code?
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Do We Really Need to Learn to Code?

"Learn to Code!" This imperative to program seems to be everywhere these days. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg recently donated ten million dollars to Code.org,...

No Growth in Science and Engineering Graduate Enrollments
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No Growth in Science and Engineering Graduate Enrollments

STEM graduate enrollments among U.S. citizens and permanent residents in 2012 fell for the first time in the last decade, while enrollments for temporary visa holders...

Computer Science's Diversity Gap Starts Early
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Computer Science's Diversity Gap Starts Early

Getting more women and underrepresented minorities into computer science remains a priority for a growing number of nonprofit organizations that have sprung up...

Computer Programming Is a Dying Art
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Computer Programming Is a Dying Art

Writing code is a terrible way for humans to instruct computers.

Computer Model Predicts Academic Success
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Computer Model Predicts Academic Success

The mantra "publish or perish" is drilled into every early-career scientist—and for good reason, a computer model suggests.

50 College Diplomas with the Highest Pay
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50 College Diplomas with the Highest Pay

Students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science are making a handsome average salary of $89,800.

Bake Your Own Robot
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Bake Your Own Robot

Printable robots—those that can be assembled from parts produced by 3-D printers—have long been a topic of research in the lab of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna...

A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom
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A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom

Learning how to drop bombs and fire Hellfire missiles is more like sitting in a regular college classroom than you might expect.

Four Technology Fallacies That Need to Die
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Four Technology Fallacies That Need to Die

As any historian, psychologist, sociologist, or scientist will tell you, the truth of an idea has very little to do with how fast it spreads and how well it's believed...

The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses
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The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses

When I was a child, I was a "genius"—the kind you sometimes see profiled on the local news.

­.s. Companies Seek Cyber Experts For Top Jobs, Board Seats
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­.s. Companies Seek Cyber Experts For Top Jobs, Board Seats

Some of the largest U.S. companies are looking to hire cybersecurity experts in newly elevated positions and bring technologists on to their boards, a sign that...

To Young Minds of Today, Harvard Is the Stanford of the East
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To Young Minds of Today, Harvard Is the Stanford of the East

In academia, where brand reputation is everything, one university holds an especially enviable place these days when it comes to attracting students and money.

Toward Smarter Underwater Drones
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Toward Smarter Underwater Drones

Researcher Nina Mahmoudian's team wants to give autonomous underwater vehicles a sense of what they are looking for.

Canada Offers Mondo Incentives to Lure Tech Startups
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Canada Offers Mondo Incentives to Lure Tech Startups

Imagine you are launching or running a startup and there's a place where all of your developers—the biggest expense for most tech companies—cost one quarter what...

Google Grant Broadens Reach of CS Course for High-School Teachers
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Google Grant Broadens Reach of CS Course for High-School Teachers

University of Alabama professor of computer science Jeff Gray will lead a free, online course this summer to train high-school teachers interested in broadening...

Meet the People Behind the Wayback Machine, One of Our Favorite Things About the Internet
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Meet the People Behind the Wayback Machine, One of Our Favorite Things About the Internet

Brewster Kahle is quick to point out that we are not standing inside a former Scientology church.
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