The college degrees employers seek
New grads with business or technology degrees will have a decided advantage when they hit the job market this summer, new research shows.
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Ants ‘use math’ to find fastest route
Just as light does, ants traveling through different materials follow the fastest path, not the shortest one, LiveScience reports.
Math careers just don’t add up for women
Having skills suited for a variety of careers helps explain why few women pursue math and science jobs, new research finds, LiveScience.com reports.
Shakespeare stored in DNA files
Floppy disks, jump drives, DNA? Scientists have developed a way to encode music and text files into DNA, the molecules that normally hold the instructions for life, LiveScience…
Study: Teens Facebook their way through class
Paying attention? A new study finds that 94 percent of Israeli high school students surf social media sites during class, LiveScience reports.
15 current technologies a child born today will never use
From the moment that I found out my wife was pregnant with our first child, a son, I’ve thought of his development in terms of tech, says Avram…
Study: Minority students get less critical feedback from teachers
Black and Latino students may be getting less critical, but helpful, feedback from teachers than their white counterparts, a new educational study indicates, LiveScience reports.
Students win $115,000 by doing the math on high-speed rail
Many high school students do math problems about trains. Fewer win $115,000 in college scholarships by calculating the possible future of U.S. high-speed rail, LiveScience reports.
Students’ device taps swimming pool for power
Most American teens may see a pool as a chance for a swim or lazy summer relaxation, but one group of California high school students envisions swimming pools…
New year brings new attacks on evolution in schools
The new year is bringing new controversy over teaching evolution in public schools, with two bills in New Hampshire seeking to require teachers to teach the theory more…
Student innovators hack Kinect & Cancer to win $100,000 prizes
Science fair projects have become much cooler since the days of growing lima beans under different-colored light filters, LiveScience reports.
A tougher, greener battery could power phones in Africa
Fenix International, a San Francisco-based design firm, may have a better solution for these communities: a new ruggedized battery and generator system called ReadySet, LiveScience reports.
Teens prefer texting vs. calling … except to parents
For teenagers, texting on mobile phones has dethroned actual voice calls when it comes to connecting with their friends, according to a new report released today by the…
Water-cooled supercomputers on the way
Around the world, engineers are searching for energy-efficient ways to cool down racks of computers in warehouses that get as hot as an oven while powering the internet,…