Engineering
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Full Steam Ahead on CS-STEM
May 24, 2011
By imagining, drawing, and building original videogames, Globaloria students have been boldly demonstrating how art and design and creative cognition can re-ignite STEM learning.
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The Art of Science Learning
April 06, 2011
It's no secret: American children are behind in math and science, and falling faster by the year. For a group of innovative thinkers gathering in Washington DC, restoring "STEM" in America must go beyond multiplication drills, beyond the latest in computer apps. It's time to re-imagine science learning altogether, they say: it's time for wood and clay, watercolor and chalk.
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On Biotechnology Without Borders
March 03, 2011
Biologists have become engineers of the living world. By making their bioengineered solutions to global problems openly available, we can transform the developing world.
biotechnology, commons, development, engineering, global reset, information
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The Silk Renaissance
September 17, 2010
From its origins in the Far East thousands of years ago, silk has now infiltrated the realm of scientific research, offering breakthrough applications that could change the world.
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Taming Carbon’s Wild Side
August 19, 2010
Highly reactive molecules known as carbenes have gone from unstable intermediates with nanosecond lifetimes to powerful tools in synthetic chemistry.
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The Science of Stuff
February 04, 2010
A visual tour of the colorful, the strange, and the super-strong in the Material ConneXion library, where new forms of cloth, concrete, metal, and more line the walls.
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Living in a Material World
February 04, 2010
Scientists and designers join forces at an unusual consultancy, bringing technical savvy to assist anyone in search of the right material—from faux fur to green concrete.
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Taming Carbon’s Wild Side
November 30, 2009
Highly reactive molecules known as carbenes have gone from unstable intermediates with nanosecond lifetimes to powerful tools in synthetic chemistry.
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Catching the Wind in Rural Malawi
October 13, 2009
With a tinkerer’s imagination and farmer’s grit, William Kamkwamba transformed junk into the beginning of one small town’s green energy revolution.
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A Rocket for the 21st Century
September 29, 2009
Former astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz explains how his plasma rocket engine could revolutionize space travel and why we need nuclear power in space.
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Getting Solar Off the Ground
July 28, 2009
William Maness on why alternative energy and power grids aren’t good playmates and his plans for beaming solar power from space.
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Living Off the Land
July 20, 2009
The same technology that keeps astronauts alive in outer space could foster more sustainable lifestyles right here on Earth.
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The Dymaxion Tomorrow
May 07, 2009
A city-wide vehicle sharing program, a latrine block that treats sewage on-site, and bicycles that double as ambulances take top honors in the Buckminster Fuller Design Challenge.
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The Living Robot
March 26, 2009
Researchers have developed a robot capable of learning and interacting with the world using a biological brain.
complexity, engineering, networks, neuroscience, robotics, technology
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Is MIT Obsolete?
February 03, 2009
On the future of invention.
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Kepler’s Year
December 30, 2008
An ambitious mission launching in 2009 searches for planets like our own.
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iGEM 2008: Novice Bioengineers Get Their Freak On
December 10, 2008
A recent iGEM judge reflects on spontaneous dance parties and the future of molecular machines.
biotechnology, creativity, engineering, innovation, synthetic biology, technology
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Large and in Charge
September 10, 2008
Particles are accelerated to unprecedented speeds at CERN's Large Hadron Collider with ultimate hopes of uncovering the universe's darkest secrets.
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Cribsheet #16: Synthetic Biology
June 25, 2008
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Pump It Up
December 12, 2005
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
