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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Girls at the Center of Obama's Science Push
Girls and women in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields will be a special focus of the annual White House science fair May 27.
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Meet the People Behind the Wayback Machine, One of Our Favorite Things About the Internet
Brewster Kahle is quick to point out that we are not standing inside a former Scientology church.
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Campaigns Emerge to Attract More Women to Careers in It
Nonprofit associations, academic organizations, and major corporations are launching efforts to attract more women to the information technology field.
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My Duolingo Learning App Can Reshape Education
Carnegie Mellon University professor Luis von Ahn says he believes his Duolingo venture is determining what next-generation education will look like.
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In Memoriam: Clarence “skip” Ellis 1943-2014
Clarence "Skip" Ellis, the first African-American man to earn a Ph.D. in computer science, died May 17 at age 71.
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From the Smartphone to the Cloud and Back Again
College of William & Mary professor Robert Dickerson says there are many reasons to tie a smartphone app to the cloud.
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Do We Need a Title Ix For STEM Workers?
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget's Lisa Schlosser thinks a measure along the lines of Title IX may be necessary to close the gender gap in IT.
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Why the Death of Net Neutrality Would Be a Disaster For Libraries
The Internet's eyes turned to the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, as the panel approved a plan to consider allowing Internet service providers to...
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Tackling the Limits of Touch Screens
Touch screens are ubiquitous on tablets and smartphones, but their flat glass surfaces can hinder close reading and accurate typing.
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Kindergarten Bots Teach Language to Tots
A series of experiments is aimed at determining how well children retain new words learned from robots over time.
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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding
A national education movement with an emphasis on computer science is growing quickly in the U.S.
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Scientific Computing's Future: Can Any Coding Language Top a 1950s Behemoth?
Take a tour through the research laboratories at any university physics department or national lab, and much of what you will see defines "cutting edge."
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Model niverse Recreates Evolution of the Cosmos
Can current theories of cosmology explain how the Universe evolved?
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Robots May Need to Include Parental Controls
A recent study found older adults are worried that in the future, young people may become too physically and emotionally dependent on robots.
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Imaging: Cancer Caught in the Act
Mikala Egeblad was blown away when she made her first action film of tumour cells inside live mice.
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Tech Leaders Lobby For Coding Classes in California Schools
Educators and technology industry leaders are urging California Gov. Jerry Brown to improve computer science education in the state's public schools.
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Do-It-Yourselfers Inspire Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley
In the shadow of Internet monoliths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, it's easy to forget that Silicon Valley got its start from hard-scrabble tinkerers building...
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National Day of Civic Hacking Widens Reach in Second Year
The National Day of Civic Hacking this year will broaden its scope to 79 international cities and 98 civic hacking events from May 31 to June 1.
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