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'girls Who Code' Workshop Introduces Students to 3-D Printing, Computer-Aided Design
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'girls Who Code' Workshop Introduces Students to 3-D Printing, Computer-Aided Design

Twenty-nine California high school students got hands-on experience in computer-aided design and an introduction to 3-D printing at a special Girls Who Code workshop...

Colorado Schools Pay Students to Work With Local Tech Firms
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Colorado Schools Pay Students to Work With Local Tech Firms

Eighty students in the St. Vrain Valley School District are paid as workers as part of a project-based learning program where they get hands-on experience in real...

Bug Bounty Hunters Can Make Big Bucks with the Right Hack
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Bug Bounty Hunters Can Make Big Bucks with the Right Hack

Back in 2002, Tommy DeVoss had some unwanted guests at his front door: FBI agents, ready to raid his home.

The Future of Dna Sequencing
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The Future of Dna Sequencing

Forty years ago, two papers1, 2 described the first tractable methods for determining the order of the chemical bases in stretches of DNA. Before these 1977 publications...

Injecting Electrons Jolts 2-D Structure Into New Atomic Pattern
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Injecting Electrons Jolts 2-D Structure Into New Atomic Pattern

The same electrostatic charge that can make hair stand on end could be an efficient way to drive atomically thin electronic memory devices of the future, according...

Inside the Moonshot Effort to Finally Figure Out the Brain
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Inside the Moonshot Effort to Finally Figure Out the Brain

"Here's the problem with artificial intelligence today," says David Cox.

Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge
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Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge

Google has unveiled the Grow With Google program to help train Americans for jobs in technology and committed to donating $1 billion over the next five years to...

New Software Speeds Origami Structure Designs
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New Software Speeds Origami Structure Designs

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed software that streamlines the design process for origami-based structures, making it easier for engineers...

Tim Cook Says the Tech 'doesn't Exist' For Quality Ar Glasses Yet
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Tim Cook Says the Tech 'doesn't Exist' For Quality Ar Glasses Yet

Apple CEO Tim Cook believes augmented reality's rise will be as "dramatic" as that of the App Store, but he doesn't believe AR glasses or similar wearables arewith...

Mit's Regina Barzilay Wins Macarthur 'genius Grant'
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Mit's Regina Barzilay Wins Macarthur 'genius Grant'

MIT computer scientist who studies natural language processing and machine learning wins $625,000 prize.

Vr Promised ­S the Future. Too Bad We're Stuck in the Present
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Vr Promised ­S the Future. Too Bad We're Stuck in the Present

Are you going to buy a virtual reality headset?

China Is Opening a New Quantum Research Supercenter
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China Is Opening a New Quantum Research Supercenter

China wants to build a quantum computer with a million times the computing power of all others presently in the world.

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of 23andme
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The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of 23andme

There's a placard in Anne Wojcicki's office enshrining the attitude that nearly ran her company, 23andme, aground.

How Bitcoins Are Mined in Moscow Kitchens
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How Bitcoins Are Mined in Moscow Kitchens

Dmitry Gutov's Moscow kitchen is home to an automated mining operation. Not for gold and industrial metals like many of his country's exporters, but for bitcoin...

­csd's Stefan Savage Wins a Macarthur Award
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­csd's Stefan Savage Wins a Macarthur Award

Stefan Savage, who's just won a five-year, $625,000 "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation, talks about how he became interested in cybersecurity, computer...

Could the 'alzheimer's Gene' Finally Become a Drug Target?
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Could the 'alzheimer's Gene' Finally Become a Drug Target?

Among hundreds of genes that might nudge your risk of Alzheimer's up or down, Apolipoprotein E (APOE) has the strongest effect.

Software Makes Educational Materials More Accessible in Developing Nations
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Software Makes Educational Materials More Accessible in Developing Nations

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has partnered with developers in Zambia and Ethiopia to develop a software solution to address two recurring challenges...

­sing Cameras to See Around Corners
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­sing Cameras to See Around Corners

Researchers at MIT have developed a system that uses information about light reflections to detect objects or people in a hidden scene and measure their speed and...

Forget About It
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Forget About It

Inspired by human forgetfulness — how brains discard unnecessary data to make room for new information — scientists conducted a study that combined supercomputer...

The Female Code-Breakers Who Were Left Out of History Books
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The Female Code-Breakers Who Were Left Out of History Books

Picture this. In 1917, the United States is just entering World War One. But to begin with, its military is small and its capacity for intelligence gathering is...
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