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Remembering Mit, When There Were Just 50 Women in a Class of 1,000
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Remembering Mit, When There Were Just 50 Women in a Class of 1,000

When Radia Perlman attended MIT in the late '60s and '70s, she was one of just a few dozen women (about 50) out of a class of 1,000.

The One Good Thing About Cyberattacks
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The One Good Thing About Cyberattacks

The normally humdrum world of IT security is heating up, and not just because of comedian Stephen Colbert's controversial closing keynote at last week's RSA Conference...

Futurist Says We'll ­se Lasers to Beam Our Minds Into Space Someday Soon
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Futurist Says We'll ­se Lasers to Beam Our Minds Into Space Someday Soon

The idea of erasing and implanting memories is a common feature of science fiction films such as Total Recall and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

New Search Engine Delivers Content Matched to Student Ability
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New Search Engine Delivers Content Matched to Student Ability

An Internet search engine developed specifically for schools is being tested as a way to increase reading abilities in challenged students and help motivate intellectual...

Publishers Withdraw More Than 120 Gibberish Papers
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Publishers Withdraw More Than 120 Gibberish Papers

The publishers Springer and IEEE are removing more than 120 papers from their subscription services after a French researcher discovered that the works were computer...

Imagine Getting 30 Job Offers a Month (it Isn't as Awesome as You Think)
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Imagine Getting 30 Job Offers a Month (it Isn't as Awesome as You Think)

David Heinemeier Hansson is a book author, a public speaker, a photographer, a father, a race car driver, and the founder and CTO of the productivity software firm ...

Computer Science For Non-Majors
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Computer Science For Non-Majors

As interest in computer science grows among non-majors, many students wish to continue beyond introductory courses, creating an ideal opportunity to develop new...

How to Get a Job at Google
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How to Get a Job at Google

Last June, in an interview with Adam Bryant of The Times, Laszlo Bock, the senior vice president of people operations for Google—i.e., the guy in charge of hiring...

The Special Effects Firms Transforming the Film Industry
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The Special Effects Firms Transforming the Film Industry

If you are looking for a sure thing at this year's Oscars look no further than Gravity to win the best visual effects category.

What Does Your Top Tech Talent Really Want?
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What Does Your Top Tech Talent Really Want?

For any company hoping to hang on to its stars these days, the odds are daunting.

The Joy of Teaching Computer Science in the Age of Facebook
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The Joy of Teaching Computer Science in the Age of Facebook

Over the last two decades, it can be argued, no area of study has seen larger growth in span and general application than computer science.

­.s. Dominance in Science Faces Asian Challenge
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­.s. Dominance in Science Faces Asian Challenge

Although the United States remains a powerhouse in knowledge- and technology-intensive industries, the country's predominance in science and technology is fading...

New Skills Are Needed to Work on Internet of Things
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New Skills Are Needed to Work on Internet of Things

The market for the Internet of Things could create demand for IT specialists who can engineer new products and process the data they collect.

Starman
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Starman

It was a mild October day in Hollywood, but a trace of artificial snow remained on the ground as Neil deGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, at...

Yitang Zhang: A Prime-Number Proof and a World of Persistence
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Yitang Zhang: A Prime-Number Proof and a World of Persistence

This is a story about prime numbers and the man who took a giant step toward solving a puzzle that has vexed mathematicians for centuries.

Yahoo Expands Research Labs in Search of Personalized, Mobile Experiences
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Yahoo Expands Research Labs in Search of Personalized, Mobile Experiences

There are many conflicting opinions about what troubled Web giant Yahoo must do to turn itself around, but critics and company leaders at least agree on one thing...

2013 Visualization Challenge
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2013 Visualization Challenge

With a Ph.D. in neuroscience and a love of Asian art, it may have been inevitable that Greg Dunn would combine them to create sparse, striking illustrations of...

There Are No Computer Science Teachers in Ny
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There Are No Computer Science Teachers in Ny

Fewer than 100 of the 75,000 teachers in New York City public schools teach computer science, and it will take years before every middle and high school in the...

Why Startups Should Steal Ideas and Hire Weirdos
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Why Startups Should Steal Ideas and Hire Weirdos

The most consistently creative and insightful people are explorers.

The Robots That Saved Pittsburgh
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The Robots That Saved Pittsburgh

It's hard to pinpoint the moment Pittsburgh began its three-decade climb back from the dead, but Red Whittaker marks the comeback from the instant he heard the...
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