Today is World Toilet Day. That’s not as silly as it sounds. Two and a half billion people around the world don’t have access to clean toilets, which means they are at risk for a number of diseases–diarrhoeal More »
The Gates-Funded Toilet Of The Future
November 19th, 2012 by Brad Graham
A Hip-Hop Experiment – Rap & STEM
November 19th, 2012 by Brad Graham
They are an unlikely team of educational reformers. Christopher Emdin is a Columbia University professor who likes to declaim Newton’s laws in rhyme. GZA is a member of the Wu-Tang Clan More »
Women Holding Three of Top Spots in Defense Contracting
November 19th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Come January, an industry traditionally dominated by male executives will look quite a bit different. Linda Hudson will still be leading the Arlington-based U.S. unit of BAE Systems, and she’ll be joined in the top More »
Curious George Helping To Bridge The STEM Education Gap
November 16th, 2012 by Brad Graham
A recent study of the popular children’s program Curious George found that the series’ television episodes and TV tie-in books positively impacted young children’s knowledge of the science and math concepts covered, as More »
Meet the Women in Charge of Microsoft Windows
November 13th, 2012 by Brad Graham
With the abrupt departure of top Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky, Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller are running the Windows division. Larson-Green will run the engineering part of Windows, while More »
New Research Points Way to Big Improvements in Science, Math Education
November 12th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Recent research on how people learn to become experts can help to dramatically improve the effectiveness of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, according to an article in the fall More »
STEM Gaps In The Energy Workforce
November 8th, 2012 by Brad Graham
American industry needs a workforce skilled in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and nowhere is that fact more readily More »
What Obama’s Victory Means for Tech
November 7th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Barack Obama has been elected for a second term as president of the United States. What does that mean for the technology community? Article >>
