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Emerging Economies Alter Global Innovation Landscape
The dynamics of global innovation are changing as a result of the activities of emerging economies, according to The...
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America Should Adopt Higher Standards for Science Education
Americans have grown accustomed to bad news about student performance in math and science. On a 2009 study administered...
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U.S. Initiatives Aim to Tap Into Scientists’ Skills
The U.S. Department of State has increased its efforts to promote international cooperation in science and engineering by launching...
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Celebrating Impractical Physicists
Do you think cutting-edge scientists should earn as much as star athletes, celebrity artists or Wall Street bankers? The...
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Is the Natural Gas Industry Buying Academics?
Recently, the University of Texas provost announced he would reexamine a report by a UT professor that said fracking...
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Is Algebra Necessary?
A typical American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with...
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West Virginia Science Camp Inspires Pursuit of STEM Careers
The National Youth Science Camp aims to give high-achieving students a chance to experience science in a fun setting....
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Candidates Pushed to Ensure U.S. Science Leadership
A quest to get more discussion about science and scientific issues in the run-up to this year’s presidential election...
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What Sally Ride Did For STEM Education
From the editors at SciAm: Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died on July 23 of pancreatic...