Superintendent Darryl Adams decided that every student in his California school district would have access to the internet. Read about how he put school buses to work at night to get students connected to their schools.
In the 1990s NASA sent Galileo to Jupiter and as a result believe strongly that there is an ocean beneath the frozen crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Another mission is planned for the 2020s to discover more about Europa’s potential to host life.
This article compares the entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley to the Robber Barons of the Gilded Age.
Nearly two centuries ago, the daughter of the poet Byron pursued a very different line of interest, one that has led to her being called the world’s first computer programmer.
One overlooked positive aspect of the deadly Civil War was the large number of inventions and innovations the conflict spurred.
You don’t have to be in a space shuttle to feel fear during a landing. NASA scientists felt terror as the Laboratory rover “Curiosity” attempted its landing on Mars.
Scientists calculate that the Cascadia fault is overdue for a major quake and resulting tsunami. Find out how coastal communities are preparing for such a disaster.
Vasco da Gama, a 16th century Portuguese explorer, was the first European to reach India by sea. In 1998 archaeologists first discovered a shipwreck that is believed to be from da Gama’s second voyage to India. Browse through the photos of treasures found on the wreck and when you’ve finished reading the article click on the link How Satellites Find Shipwrecks From Space.
According to research by sociologist Zeynep Tufekci, the power of social media in protest movements is a double-edged sword.
The Royal Shakespeare Company will use sophisticated technology to re-tell The Tempest in an exciting new way in a late 2016 production.
