To give some perspective on technology and how it can, under specific conditions, help students succeed at mathematics are Jeremy Roschelle, director of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International and Ken Koedinger,...

John Maeda, former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture of creative leadership in the future. Watch for...

We asked David Fyhrie, program director in the National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate, "How do biologists and engineers work together?" in this special edition of “Ask a Scientist” taped at Awesome Con, where David talked...

Georgia Tech's Parag Chordia believes music is a universal part of human culture, and his research shows music education can inspire greater interest in math, physics, and computer science. Chordia heads Georgia Tech's ""Music...

José Luis Vilson is a math educator for a middle school in the Inwood / Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, NY. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from Syracuse University and a master's degree in...

​Dr. Reshan Richards is an educator, researcher, and app designer. His 13+ years of experience in schools as math teacher and technology integrator intersected with his research on screencasting and formative assessment to inspire...

Would mathematics exist if people didn't? Did we create mathematical concepts to help us understand the world around us, or is math the native language of the universe itself? Jeff Dekofsky traces some famous arguments in this ancient...

Michael Jordan's legendary slam dunk from the free throw line has been calculated at 0.92 seconds of pure hang time. But how many seconds could Jordan have gotten were he doing the same jump on Mars? Or Jupiter? Andy Peterson and Zack...

From the astonishing evolutionary advances of the Cambrian explosion to our present-day computing revolution, the trend of dramatic growth after periods of stability can be explained through the theory of the "adjacent possible," says...

Basketball is a fast-moving game of improvisation, contact and, ahem, spatio-temporal pattern recognition. Rajiv Maheswaran and his colleagues are analyzing the movements behind the key plays of the game, to help coaches and players...

This video is the first session of a course about the dynamic nature of business. The lecturer discusses the meaning of the term "dynamic" and how it applies to businesses, emphasizing the constant changes and challenges faced by...

Fractals aren’t just crazy cool mathematically infinite shapes. They might just have the capacity to revolutionize modern electronics as we know it. Thumbnail image courtesy of Sander Kempkes. There’s a Subterranean Biosphere Hiding in...

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