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Should We Tailor Difficulty of a School Text to Child's Comfort Level or Make Them Sweat?
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Should We Tailor Difficulty of a School Text to Child's Comfort Level or Make Them Sweat?

"A man who traveled from Liberia to visit family members in Texas tested positive for Ebola on Tuesday, marking the outbreak's first diagnosis outside of Africa...

Women Talk Tech and Science at MIT Panel
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Women Talk Tech and Science at MIT Panel

MIT recently hosted a panel on women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, providing an opportunity for women to discuss their experiences...

New York City Shuts Down Unauthorized Sensors
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New York City Shuts Down Unauthorized Sensors

With little fanfare, urban areas have become overgrown by a tangle of sensors: cameras unobtrusively snapping pictures at traffic lights, microphones secretly triangulating...

Mobile Revolution Shakes ­p Silicon Valley
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Mobile Revolution Shakes ­p Silicon Valley

Smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren't just changing the way we live and work. They are shaking up Silicon Valley's balance of power and splitting up businesses...

Study: Internet Firms Take ­p Most Office Space in Asia
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Study: Internet Firms Take ­p Most Office Space in Asia

The boom in e-commerce and social media in Asia has spread from the trading floor to real estate.

How to Tweet Like a Robot on Mars
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How to Tweet Like a Robot on Mars

When a worried 5-year-old named Timur asked Chris Hadfield in September whether the Voyager 1 satellite—now careening through Deep Space 11 billion miles from Earth...

Study: Workplace Diversity Can Help the Bottom Line
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Study: Workplace Diversity Can Help the Bottom Line

Gender diversity in the workplace helps firms be more productive, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT researcher — but it may also reduce satisfaction...

How The Cold War And George Orwell Helped Make The Internet What It Is
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How The Cold War And George Orwell Helped Make The Internet What It Is

The story of how the digital age came to be involves a cast of more than 40 people, ranging from a 19th century English countess to California hippies.

Lights Out at National Synchrotron Light Source
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Lights Out at National Synchrotron Light Source

The National Synchrotron Light Source ended operations at Brookhaven National Laboratory after 32 years on September 30, 2014.

Obama Honors Top U.S. Scientists and Innovators
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Obama Honors Top U.S. Scientists and Innovators

President Obama announced on Friday (October 3)  a new class of recipients of the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation — the...

Cyber Spy High: Meet the Nsa's Hacker Recruiter
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Cyber Spy High: Meet the Nsa's Hacker Recruiter

The National Security Agency has a recruiting problem.

Citizen Science Is Stimulating a Wealth of Innovative Projects
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Citizen Science Is Stimulating a Wealth of Innovative Projects

Opening science to public participation, the "citizen science" mode of research, has done more than simply enhance existing research. It has also engaged a range...

Recruiting Tech Talent in High School
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Recruiting Tech Talent in High School

Desperate to attract tech-savvy workers, one company is turning to an unlikely talent source: high school.

Laying the Groundwork for Data-Driven Science
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Laying the Groundwork for Data-Driven Science

The ability to collect and analyze massive amounts of data is rapidly transforming science, industry and everyday life, but what we have seen so far is likely just...

Walter Isaacson on the Women of Eniac
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Walter Isaacson on the Women of Eniac

Ever since the days of Charles Babbage, who conceived of a giant mechanical calculator called the Analytical Engine in the 1830s, the engineering of computer hardware...

Nsf Investment Aims to Take Flat Materials to New Heights
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Nsf Investment Aims to Take Flat Materials to New Heights

Two-dimensional alternatives to graphene may enable exciting advances in electronics, photonics, sensors, and other applications.

The Google Formula For Success
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The Google Formula For Success

Can Google’s winning ways be applied to all kinds of businesses?

Print Your Own Cellphone Microscope for Pennies
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Print Your Own Cellphone Microscope for Pennies

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a sleek, simple, and inexpensive way to turn a cellphone into a high powered, high quality...

Professor Looks at History of Discrimination Against Women in Engineering
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Professor Looks at History of Discrimination Against Women in Engineering

Iowa State University Associate Professor Amy Bix looks at the obstacles women have faced to gain acceptance in engineering programs.

Computer Science Is Where the Jobs Are, But Schools Don't Teach It
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Computer Science Is Where the Jobs Are, But Schools Don't Teach It

California prides itself as being home to Silicon Valley, but the state's high schools are not doing enough to prepare students for careers in computing, says...
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