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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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Navy Puzzle Challenge Blends Social Media, Cryptology
The U.S. Navy has announced the winners of its Project Architeuthis cryptology puzzle game challenge, designed for Navy cryptology technicians.
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Bake Your Own Robot
Printable robots—those that can be assembled from parts produced by 3-D printers—have long been a topic of research in the lab of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna...
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A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom
Learning how to drop bombs and fire Hellfire missiles is more like sitting in a regular college classroom than you might expect.
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.s. Schools Missing Opportunities For More CS Majors
Nearly half of U.S. college students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines change their majors.
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.s. Companies Seek Cyber Experts For Top Jobs, Board Seats
Some of the largest U.S. companies are looking to hire cybersecurity experts in newly elevated positions and bring technologists on to their boards, a sign that...
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Computer Scientists Study Other Computer Scientists
A study and data set from Brown University on computer science faculty at the 50 top U.S. schools yielded interesting findings.
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To Young Minds of Today, Harvard Is the Stanford of the East
In academia, where brand reputation is everything, one university holds an especially enviable place these days when it comes to attracting students and money.
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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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