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New Ways to Teach Math and Engage More Students in STEM Studies
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New Ways to Teach Math and Engage More Students in STEM Studies

Experts will discuss new research that challenges traditional approaches and ideas in presentations at the American Psychological Association's 121st Annual Convention...

Big Data Analysis Adds to Guest Worker Debate
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Big Data Analysis Adds to Guest Worker Debate

Although certain kinds of engineers are in short supply in the United States, plenty of potential candidates exist for thousands of positions for which companies...

The Mooc That Roared
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The Mooc That Roared

Georgia Institute of Technology is about to take a step that could set off a broad disruption in higher education: It's offering a new master's degree in computer...

Hey Kids! Learn to Be "cyber Smart” from the Nsa's Youth Page!
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Hey Kids! Learn to Be "cyber Smart” from the Nsa's Youth Page!

The National Security Agency wants your kids to know that it's cool to be "cyber smart."

Congressional Panels Dump on STEM Reshuffling Plan
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Congressional Panels Dump on STEM Reshuffling Plan

Several congressional panels have rejected the Obama administration's plan to significantly realign the federal government's $3-billion annual budget for programs...

Education Online: The Virtual Lab
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Education Online: The Virtual Lab

The academic world is in upheaval over MOOCs: massive open online courses that make university lectures available to tens of thousands of students at a time.

Your Creative, Open Hackathon Is Ripe For Legal Challenges
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Your Creative, Open Hackathon Is Ripe For Legal Challenges

NASA's Space Apps Challenge recently became the world's largest open hackathon, with over 8,000 participants spanning 44 countries.

Nsa Revelations Reframe Digital Life For Some
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Nsa Revelations Reframe Digital Life For Some

In Louisiana, the wife of a former soldier is scaling back on Facebook posts and considering unfriending old acquaintances, worried an innocuous joke or long-lost...

Rensselaer To Train U.S. Navy Officers in IT and Web Sciences
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Rensselaer To Train U.S. Navy Officers in IT and Web Sciences

The U.S. Navy is turning to the Information Technology and Web Science Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to prepare a select group of U.S. Navy officers...

Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning
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Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning

Sebastian Thrun has worn many hats in the tech world: Stanford research professor, founder of Google's X Labs, where he oversaw the development of self-drivingUdacity...

The Demanding Off-Hour Escapes of China's High-Tech Workers
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The Demanding Off-Hour Escapes of China's High-Tech Workers

The hottest nightclub in this factory town is a neon-encrusted dive down the road from the industrial park where iPhones are made 24 hours a day.

AI System as Smart as a Four-Year-Old
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AI System as Smart as a Four-Year-Old

Artificial and natural knowledge researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago IQ-tested one of the best available artificial intelligence systems and...

Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell
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Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell

Like dozens of other brick-and-mortar retailers,Nordstrom wanted to learn more about its customers—how many came through the doors, how many were repeat visitors—the...

Why Microsoft's Reorganization Closes the Books on an Era of Computing
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Why Microsoft's Reorganization Closes the Books on an Era of Computing

Nothing ever stays the same. On more than one occasion, it has taken Microsoft, one of the most important engines powering the rise of the technology industry,...

Beijing's Great Leap Forward
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Beijing's Great Leap Forward

Cities all over the world have tried to duplicate Silicon Valley's prowess at churning out startups and multibillion-dollar technology companies. But only one has...

Canadian Team Claims $250,000 Prize For Human-Powered Helicopter
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Canadian Team Claims $250,000 Prize For Human-Powered Helicopter

The Canadian AeroVelo team has done what many thought impossible.

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Israel's Military-Entrepreneurial Complex Owns Big Data

Two years ago, a half-dozen programmers and entrepreneurs started working together in a Tel Aviv basement to create one of Israel's 5,000 high-tech companies.

The ­niverse or the Brain: Where Does Math Originate?
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The ­niverse or the Brain: Where Does Math Originate?

Four scientists debate whether math is an inherent part of the universe, or merely a way the human brain copes with and explains the environment.

Global Study Stresses Importance of Public Internet Access
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Global Study Stresses Importance of Public Internet Access

Millions of people in low-income countries still depend on public computer and Internet access venues despite the global proliferation of mobile phones and home...

Touchscreens 'a Small Step' in Innovation
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Touchscreens 'a Small Step' in Innovation

The way we use digital devices has become big news.
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