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Girls focus on math and science during Hypatia Day

Girls focus on math and science during Hypatia Day SOUTH BEND — Freshman Liz Robbins remembers the thrill of coming to Saint Mary’s College as a middle-schooler to participate in an all-girls math and science program. Read more on South Bend Tribune ... (Continue reading)

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Australia conducting review to beef up law to tackle Internet racism

Australia conducting review to beef up law to tackle Internet racism Sydney, Feb 21: Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland has ordered the Australian Human Rights Commission to conduct a review of “arrangements for dealing with racist material on the Internet.” Read more on... (Continue reading)

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More Than 1 Billion Speakers of Endangered Languages Get Access to Technology

More Than 1 Billion Speakers of Endangered Languages Get Access to Technology REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — It is estimated that every 14 days a language dies. Read more on redOrbit ... (Continue reading)

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Apolo Ohno Physics [Dot Physics]

Apolo Ohno Physics [Dot Physics] It is winter Olympics time and time for physics. The event that I always gets me thinking about physics is short track speed skating. It is quite interesting to see these skaters turn and lean at... (Continue reading)

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Centerra installs fiber optic internet

Centerra installs fiber optic internet LOVELAND – Front Range Internet Inc., or FRII, and McWhinney have partnered to provide business tenants in Centerra the option of high-speed fiber optic internet service. Read more on The Fort Collins Coloradoan ... (Continue reading)

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Trial begins for computer company fraud accused

Trial begins for computer company fraud accused The trial of a man accused of fraudulently claiming he had invented a new data compression method to attract investors began in Nelson District Court today. Read more on NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News ... (Continue reading)

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Celia Rivenbark – The science of being a helicopter parent

Celia Rivenbark – The science of being a helicopter parent After six years of Science Fair projects, the Princess had never advanced beyond competition in her own school. Not because her projects hadn’t been innovative, impeccably researched and masterfully displayed but... (Continue reading)

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Indian Scientists To Chart New Defence Technology Roadmap

Indian Scientists To Chart New Defence Technology Roadmap NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (Bernama) — India plans to roll out a new defence technology roadmap for the next two decades, by focusing on a new wave of technology-based weaponry systems, ranging from... (Continue reading)

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Communicating Science In A Post-Newspaper Era

Communicating Science In A Post-Newspaper Era As newspapers and cable news cut science coverage, where can the science-curious get reliable science and technology news? Ira Flatow and guests discuss how the Internet — including blogs and social media — is filling... (Continue reading)

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Internet makes you smarter

Internet makes you smarter LOS ANGELES – AN ONLINE survey of 895 Web users and experts found more than three-quarters believe the Internet will make people smarter in the next 10 years, according to results released on Friday. Most of the... (Continue reading)

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