by Zachary Vasile | Apr 8, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Few people think much about the battery in their smartphone, tablet, media player or laptop until automated warnings and glowing red icons let them know they’ve burned a little too much of the midnight oil. New technologies, however, are making the...
by Mary Lee | Apr 7, 2015 | Education, Science + Technology
Statistics show that the U.S. is slipping in math and science, inspiring the Obama administration to actively push for expanded STEM education. That trend has taken hold in schools across the nation, coinciding with a changing model of education — moving away...
by Janel Forte & Anderson Xia | Dec 5, 2014 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Scientists have used 3-D printing to replicate everything from robots to food. Now, they’re using the technology to help preserve a culture. Eric Hollinger, an archaeologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Repatriation Office, has...
by Kristin April Kim | Dec 1, 2014 | Science + Technology
President Barack Obama’s recent call for the Federal Communications Commission to pass tougher regulations on Internet providers has generated another wave of media buzz and political debate about net neutrality. But understanding what the facts are beyond all the...
by Hayat Norimine | Oct 21, 2014 | National Security, Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — A small, four-propeller copter buzzes like a swarm of aggressive bees, hovering in place above its land-based operator, now making small high-pitched beeps indicating it’s running low on juice in its flight through rural Virginia. Just north, the nation’s...
by Medill News Service | Oct 20, 2014 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Tyrannosaurus rex, the seven-ton, dagger-toothed, Cretaceous-period killing machine, may have had a playful side, according to a University of Kansas paleontologist. Professor Bruce Rothschild says that the 40-foot predator engaged in play, or at least...
