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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...

Fostering Women in STEM
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Fostering Women in STEM

Georgetown University researchers are looking for creative ways to encourage women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields...

Scientists Reading Fewer Papers For First Time in 35 Years
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Scientists Reading Fewer Papers For First Time in 35 Years

A 35-year trend of researchers reading ever more scholarly papers seems to have halted.

Facebook Turns 10: The Mark Zuckerberg Interview
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Facebook Turns 10: The Mark Zuckerberg Interview

Mark Zuckerberg doesn't usually observe sentimental anniversaries.

Tech's Diversity Problem Is Apparent as Early as High School
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Tech's Diversity Problem Is Apparent as Early as High School

In three states, not a single girl took the Advanced Placement exam in computer science last year. In eight states, no Hispanic students took it. And in 11 states...

Is Google Cornering the Market on Deep Learning?
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Is Google Cornering the Market on Deep Learning?

How much are a dozen deep-learning researchers worth?

The State of Computer Science Education in California's High Schools
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The State of Computer Science Education in California's High Schools

A couple weeks ago The College Board released data about the students who took the AP Computer Science test in 2013.

Students in ­nusual Major Communicate Science Through Art
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Students in ­nusual Major Communicate Science Through Art

The biological and pre-medical illustration major at Iowa State University educates students in the divergent fields of natural science and art to produce drawings...

A Holodeck Videogame Designed to Train Soldiers
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A Holodeck Videogame Designed to Train Soldiers

If the Army is going to keep up with military readiness pressures while also seeing a reduction in troop size and stagnant budgets, then it’s going to need more...

The Race to Buy the Human Brains Behind Deep Learning Machines
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The Race to Buy the Human Brains Behind Deep Learning Machines

Any aspiring science fiction writer looking for a good protagonist could do worse than ripping off the Wikipedia page for Demis Hassabis.

Nus and Fuji Xerox Collaborate on Ict Research Projects
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Nus and Fuji Xerox Collaborate on Ict Research Projects

National University of Singapore and Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. will collaborate on research projects involving digital documents and media delivery over wireless networks...

Video Games: New Way to Prepare Students for Community Service
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Video Games: New Way to Prepare Students for Community Service

Tufts University is developing and testing an interactive video game created in collaboration with the Engagement Game Lab at Emerson College to see if it can...

A Little Less Tech Luster in Cambridge
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A Little Less Tech Luster in Cambridge

On the streets of East London, signs of the city's blossoming tech scene are hard to miss.

Preparing High Schoolers For Computer Science Careers
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Preparing High Schoolers For Computer Science Careers

Students at Lane Tech College Prep in Chicago are jumpstarting their future in computer science through a partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago...
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