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U.S. Team Takes First Place at International Mathematical Olympiad
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U.S. Team Takes First Place at International Mathematical Olympiad

A six-person team representing the United States took first place at IMO 2015, the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The Women Who Rule Pluto
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The Women Who Rule Pluto

For all the firsts coming out of the New Horizons mission—color footage of Pluto, photos of all five of its moons, and flowing datastreams about Pluto's composition...

European Labs Set Sights on Continent-Wide Computing Cloud
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European Labs Set Sights on Continent-Wide Computing Cloud

From astronomy to genomics, scientists are increasingly storing and studying their data sets on shared remote ‘cloud’ computing servers, accessed through the Internet...

Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children
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Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children

Excessive use of computer games among young people in China appears to be taking an alarming turn and may have particular relevance for American parents whose children...

Computing at the Speed of Light
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Computing at the Speed of Light

Sergio Cantu, a second-year Ph.D. student at MIT, studies lasers to increase computational speed and security.

Study Highlights Striking Racial and Gender Gaps in High School STEM
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Study Highlights Striking Racial and Gender Gaps in High School STEM

High school boys are more likely to take engineering and technology classes and to consider pursuing postsecondary STEM majors, despite the fact that male and female...

Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts
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Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts

In the past decade, Moxie Marlinspike has squatted on an abandoned island, toured the U.S. by hopping trains, he says, and earned the enmity of government officials...

Rowan Vr Center Expands Research, Partnership Opportunities
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Rowan Vr Center Expands Research, Partnership Opportunities

A new Virtual Reality Center at Rowan University provides state-of-the-art research capabilities to Rowan students and professors as well as regional businesses...

I Spent Spring Break Teaching Girls to Code
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I Spent Spring Break Teaching Girls to Code

During spring break, I taught thirty girls how to complete projects in game design with Scratch, develop apps with MIT AppInventor, create robotics programs with...

For Start-­ps, How Many Angels Is Too Many?
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For Start-­ps, How Many Angels Is Too Many?

Shortly after presenting her start-up to potential investors at a conference, Nancy Hua was bombarded by eager suitors.

Gonzaga Lab Provides Wireless Insight
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Gonzaga Lab Provides Wireless Insight

Gonzaga University's Smart Antenna and Radio Laboratory provides research opportunities to faculty and students looking to meet increasing demand for reliable...

Online Course Specializes in Interaction Design
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Online Course Specializes in Interaction Design

The University of California, San Diego is offering an online course on how to design great user experiences and technologies. Professor Scott Klemmer began teaching...

No Internet? No Problem. Inside Cuba's Tech Revolution
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No Internet? No Problem. Inside Cuba's Tech Revolution

Robin Pedraja, a lanky 28-year-old former design student from Havana, walked into the Cuban government’s office of periodicals and publications early last year...

An Eerie Drone Flight ­nder London's Streets
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An Eerie Drone Flight ­nder London's Streets

The view begins high above the London rooftops, the kind of eye-view usually seen only by crane operators working in cramped cabins.

Helping Students Stick With Moocs
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Helping Students Stick With Moocs

MIT researchers have developed a prediction model that could help identify students at risk for dropping out of massive open online courses.

Can an Algorithm Hire Better Than a Human?
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Can an Algorithm Hire Better Than a Human?

Hiring and recruiting might seem like some of the least likely jobs to be automated.

Sean Parker: Philanthropy For Hackers
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Sean Parker: Philanthropy For Hackers

In the past several decades, there has been a monumental shift in the distribution of wealth on the planet.

FEMMES Encourages Middle-School Girls to Acquire Coding Skills
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FEMMES Encourages Middle-School Girls to Acquire Coding Skills

The University of Chicago FEMMES Code Camp introduced computer science and taught coding skills to girls in a series of entertaining and hands-on activities earlier...

The Moment I Decided Robots Were As Interesting As Humans
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The Moment I Decided Robots Were As Interesting As Humans

When I was little, I was enamored with the idea of being a pioneer; I was drawn to the thought that I could be the first to do something—be a trailblazer, the forerunner...

Revealed: The Secret Gear Connecting Google's Online Empire
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Revealed: The Secret Gear Connecting Google's Online Empire

Three-and-a-half years ago, a strange computing device appeared at an office building in the tiny farmland town of Shelby, Iowa.
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