by Sara J. Martinez | Dec 7, 2011 | Science + Technology
Since 1903, the Nobel Prize has been awarded just 15 times to women in scientific topics. Today, women make up about half of the U.S. workforce but hold less than 25 percent of jobs in science, technology, engineering and math. The lack of women with careers in STEM –...
by Kira Boyd & Emily Hoerner | Dec 4, 2011 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — “We can beat this disease,” President Barack Obama said Thursday as he committed to increase spending by $50 million on HIV and AIDS programs. “We can win this fight. We just have to keep at it, today, tomorrow, and every day until we get to zero,” Obama...
by Matt Mansfield | Nov 29, 2011 | Science + Technology
Next time you go to smash your guitar after a particularly rocking concert, realize that you may be destroying a section of a 250-year-old spruce tree, a rare cut of mahogany, or a slice of endangered Brazilian rosewood. Musical instruments don’t use much...
by Matt Mansfield | Nov 17, 2011 | National Security, Science + Technology
Young people living in rural zip codes are more likely to join the Army than others — but when they return home, they’re without basic services and help When Technical Sgt. Tom Marcum returned home to his wife on Sept. 22, 2008, after nine months in Iraq,...
by Matt Mansfield | Nov 17, 2011 | Politics, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – This wasn’t the first time Speaker of the House John Boehner presented Congressional Gold Medals, but even he recognized giving them to four astronauts was out of this world. “I’m going to go ahead and say what I think everyone is thinking, ‘This is...
by Chelsea Wallis | Nov 15, 2011 | Immigration, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Baby boomers are officially reaching retirement age this year. The 2010 Census indicates that Iowa has the sixth highest concentration of seniors older than 65, behind the top three states Florida, West Virginia and Maine. “Today, about 1 million...
