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  US 8th graders fail to score in global top 10 for math and science

  By Ben Kersey on December 11, 2012 08:20 am + 265 comments

  Results from the 2011 Trends in International Maths and Science Study show that the United States is Continue reading…

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  Google study examines what you wonder but never search for

  By Kimber Streams on November 28, 2012 10:26 am + 21 comments

  Last month, Google conducted a study to find out what sort of things people want to know, but never Continue reading…

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  Study: viewers have no patience for buffering, abandon videos after two seconds of waiting

  By Dante D'Orazio on November 11, 2012 12:45 am + 157 comments

  It's hardly a surprise that viewership drops the longer it takes for a video to buffer, but a Continue reading…

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  MIT scientists create chip implant powered by your ears

  By Kimber Streams on November 8, 2012 11:51 am + 10 comments

  Deep inside your ears, a membrane turns vibrations from your eardrums into an electrical signal that Continue reading…

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  IBM researchers claim breakthrough in chip-manufacturing using carbon nanotubes

  By Kimber Streams on October 29, 2012 11:26 am + 15 comments

  Researchers at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center claim to have made a breakthrough in Continue reading…

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  OLPC says Motorola Xooms could help educate illiterate children

  By Ben Kersey on October 29, 2012 05:52 am + 35 comments

  The OLPC program exists to provide affordable computing devices to developing nations in an effort Continue reading…

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  Study says half as many companies plan to adopt Windows 8 compared to Windows 7

  By Dante D'Orazio on October 16, 2012 10:53 am + 95 comments

  If you thought changes to the Windows formula introduced in Windows 8 like the loss of the start Continue reading…

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  Japan and Germany team up for a two day asteroid ride

  By Justin Rubio on October 5, 2012 01:09 pm + 21 comments

  The Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) will be making another trip to an asteroid with Continue reading…

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  Your carrier may be charging you for data you didn't receive

  By Aaron Souppouris on September 20, 2012 08:15 am + 65 comments

  A study has exposed flaws in the way that carriers measure data usage. A research team from UCLA Continue reading…

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  Study: App.net, Medium, and Svbtle users are overwhelmingly white and male

  By Laura June on August 29, 2012 04:49 pm + 48 comments

  Silicon Valley isn't known for diversity, so it's perhaps not terrifically surprising to find that Continue reading…