Tag: STEM
5 ways parents can help children with the ‘new’ math
Clarissa A. Thompson, Kent State University ; Lauren K. Schiller, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Marta Mielicki, Kent State University
Computer science jobs pay well and are growing fast. Why are...
Tamara Pearson, Spelman College
When it comes to the digital divide, often the focus is on how lack of internet service and basic technology will...
Curved origami offers a creative route to making robots and other...
Hanqing Jiang, Arizona State University and Zirui Zhai, Arizona State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Building robotic...
Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show...
Kevin Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Evangeline Rose, University of Maryland, and Karan Odom, Cornell University
Americans often idealize scientists as unbiased, objective observers....
Teaching kids how to make guitars can get them hooked on...
Mark French, Purdue University
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
The Big Idea:
I’m part of a team of professors and high...
Why I’m teaching kids science through the sport of rowing
Elizabeth A. Barton, Wayne State University
I didn’t know what the world looked like at 5:00 a.m. until my son began rowing for the Detroit...
At these colleges, students begin serious research their first year
Nancy Stamp, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Rat brains to understand Parkinson’s disease. Drones to detect plastic landmines. Social media to predict acts...
What Amazon’s decision to retrain a third of its employees means...
Scott F. Latham, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Amazon’s announcement that it will invest US$700 million to retrain 100,000 employees – a third of its U.S....
EXPLORING NATURE
At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long...
Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University
As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the...
