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The Human Cell Atlas Is Biologists' Latest Grand Project
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The Human Cell Atlas Is Biologists' Latest Grand Project

Aviv Regev speaks with the urgent velocity of someone who has seen the world with an extraordinary new acuity, and can't wait for you to hurry up and see it too...

How Programmable Calculators and a Sci-Fi Story Brought Soviet Teens Into the Digital Age
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How Programmable Calculators and a Sci-Fi Story Brought Soviet Teens Into the Digital Age

Despite the ubiquity of computers in modern society, the vast majority of today's students never study computer science or computer programming.

Bill Requires California Corporate Boards to Include Women
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Bill Requires California Corporate Boards to Include Women

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that makes California the first U.S. state to require corporate boards of directors to include women.

After Years of Abusive E-mails, the Creator of Linux Steps Aside
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After Years of Abusive E-mails, the Creator of Linux Steps Aside

The e-mails of the celebrated programmer Linus Torvalds land like thunderbolts from on high onto public lists, full of invective, insults, and demeaning language...

Software Will Speed ­p Snow Removal at Penn State
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Software Will Speed ­p Snow Removal at Penn State

The snow day at Penn State may just have become more elusive, thanks to software developed by recent industrial engineering graduate Achal Goel.  

China's Leaders Are Softening Their Stance on AI
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China's Leaders Are Softening Their Stance on AI

China might be at loggerheads with the United States over trade, but it is calling for a friendlier approach to the development of artificial intelligence.

Engaging Students In STEM By Changing The Classroom Experience
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Engaging Students In STEM By Changing The Classroom Experience

Class attendance and participation as well as test scores have improved since Iowa State University ditched the traditional classroom format for a team-based learning...

Making Research Integrity A Priority
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Making Research Integrity A Priority

Universities, funding agencies, and scientific journals need a "culture of trust" to ensure the integrity of research, said participants in a one-day summit at...

60 Years of DARPA's Favorite Toys
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60 Years of DARPA's Favorite Toys

This year, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) turned 60. To celebrate, DARPA held a conference in Washington, D.C. One of the highlights...

Robots and Virtual Reality In The Arctic
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Robots and Virtual Reality In The Arctic

Pinnguaq Makerspace in Canada's vast Nunavut territory aims to be a hub for people of all ages to explore science and technology.

­.S. Quantum Initiatives Move Forward
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­.S. Quantum Initiatives Move Forward

The U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the White House, and the House of Representatives have each announced efforts to shape U.S. quantum...

Is a New Russian Meddling Tactic Hiding in Plain Sight?
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Is a New Russian Meddling Tactic Hiding in Plain Sight?

To an untrained eye, USAReally might look like any other fledgling news organization vying for attention in a crowded media landscape.

This 17-Year-Old Has Become Michigan's Leading Right to Repair Advocate
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This 17-Year-Old Has Become Michigan's Leading Right to Repair Advocate

When Surya Raghavendran dropped his iPhone, he learned to repair it himself. Now he wants to protect that right for everyone in his home state of Michigan.

Empowering Communities Through Computer Science
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Empowering Communities Through Computer Science

A team of researchers at Northwestern University's Delta Lab work to design more inclusive educational technologies.

The ­S Push to Boost 'Quantum Computing'
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The ­S Push to Boost 'Quantum Computing'

A race by U.S. tech companies to build a new generation of powerful "quantum computers" could get a $1.3 billion boost from Congress, fueled in part by lawmakers' fear...

Google at 20: How Two 'Obnoxious' Students Changed the Internet
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Google at 20: How Two 'Obnoxious' Students Changed the Internet

In the summer of 1995, a second-year grad student called Sergey Brin was giving a tour of Stanford University to prospective students. Larry Page, an engineering...

To Find China's Best Driverless Technology, Look in Silicon Valley
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To Find China's Best Driverless Technology, Look in Silicon Valley

China's homegrown search giant, much like its U.S. counterpart, has a division focused entirely on driverless vehicles. And just like its rival, Google-born Waymo...

'Model' Students Enjoy Argonne Campus Life
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'Model' Students Enjoy Argonne Campus Life

More than 90 students conducted research with mentors at Argonne National Laboratory as part of the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship program this past...

Reconstructed Bombe Machine Finds Key, Breaks Enigma Code
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Reconstructed Bombe Machine Finds Key, Breaks Enigma Code

The reconstructed Turing-Welchman Bombe machine at The National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park successfully found the key to break an Enigma-encrypted message...

Germany's Self-Driving Streetcar Puts Autonomous Tech on Track
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Germany's Self-Driving Streetcar Puts Autonomous Tech on Track

Of the many acronyms engineers spend their lives internalizing, few are more valuable than KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Constrain the problem, reduce the variables...
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