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Researchers at Parc Give ­S a Glimpse of the Future
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Researchers at Parc Give ­S a Glimpse of the Future

It was a high-tech speed-dating session, Silicon Valley-style: I would sit in the storied memorabilia-laden Room 2306 in the bowels of PARC, the former Xerox research...

Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'
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Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'

"If there was a Ph.D. in learning everything, I would do that," the always-enthusiastic Sal Khan '98, MEng '98 said in a talk Wednesday at MIT's Kresge Auditorium...

What Is the Syrian Electronic Army Trying to Accomplish, Anyway?
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What Is the Syrian Electronic Army Trying to Accomplish, Anyway?

In June 2011, just a few short months after protests first erupted in Syria, the country's president, Bashar Al-Assad, made a speech in which he thanked a group...

Silicon Valley Group's Political Effort Causes ­proar
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Silicon Valley Group's Political Effort Causes ­proar

"Move fast and break things" has been the motto at Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook, embodying the Silicon Valley ethos of unapologetically finding new ways to solve...

China's Cyberspies Outwit Model For Bond's Q
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China's Cyberspies Outwit Model For Bond's Q

Among defense contractors, QinetiQ North America is known for spy-world connections and an eye-popping product line.

What the Obama Campaign's Chief Data Scientist Is Up to Now
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What the Obama Campaign's Chief Data Scientist Is Up to Now

By all accounts, Rayid Ghani's data work for President Obama's reelection campaign was brilliant and unprecedented.

­avs Considered For Campus Security Role
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­avs Considered For Campus Security Role

With campus safety and security in mind, engineering students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are working with the campus police department to perfect...

Innovation Starvation
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Innovation Starvation

My lifespan encompasses the era when the United States of America was capable of launching human beings into space.

Superhero or Supervillain?
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Superhero or Supervillain?

From invisibility to superhuman strength to telekinesis, a wave of emerging technologies promise to give people powers once reserved for comic-book characters.

Linguists Identify 15,000-Year-Old 'ultraconserved Words'
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Linguists Identify 15,000-Year-Old 'ultraconserved Words'

You, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the ashes!

'multicopter' Hovercraft Improves Structure Monitoring
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'multicopter' Hovercraft Improves Structure Monitoring

The current method of inspecting bridges for structural damage is labor-intensive and potentially dangerous. A Missouri S&T researcher is developing a safer, more...

Author Sees History of the Internet in Cultural, Political Light
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Author Sees History of the Internet in Cultural, Political Light

The Internet has been understudied as a political and cultural formation, according to Stephanie Ricker Schulte, assistant professor at the University of Arkansas...

How One College Is Closing the Computer Science Gender Gap
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How One College Is Closing the Computer Science Gender Gap

There are still relatively few women in tech. Maria Klawe wants to change that. As president of Harvey Mudd College, a science and engineering school in Southern...

Immigration Reform: Silicon Valley Hiring Practices Threatened
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Immigration Reform: Silicon Valley Hiring Practices Threatened

As Congress tries to tackle the many sides of immigration reform, one of Silicon Valley's most contentious debates is getting renewed focus: Should high-tech companies...

Want to Slow Mental Decline? Play a Video Game
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Want to Slow Mental Decline? Play a Video Game

University of Iowa researchers say playing video games that challenge mental processing speed and skills can prevent mental decline by as many as seven years

Congress Tries to Reset Science Grants, Wants Every One to Be 'groundbreaking'
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Congress Tries to Reset Science Grants, Wants Every One to Be 'groundbreaking'

Due to Congressional rules, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology had to choose new leadership this year.

Consortium Competes For ­nmanned Aircraft Test Center
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Consortium Competes For ­nmanned Aircraft Test Center

A consortium of state-based organizations will soon submit a proposal to site an unmanned aircraft system research and testing facility in central Washington.

The Company That's Buying ­p All the Key Pieces of the Online-News Ecosystem
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The Company That's Buying ­p All the Key Pieces of the Online-News Ecosystem

In the past couple years, an ecology of sorts has come into being among online news sites.

The Meaning of (making) Life
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The Meaning of (making) Life

Christina Agapakis is a rising star among the new generation of biology researchers. Trained in the science of custom-building organisms known as synthetic biology...

Nate Silver: What Big Data Can't Predict
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Nate Silver: What Big Data Can't Predict

Statistician Nate Silver isn't famous because he's a mathematical genius. (Although, he is.)
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