October 21, 2015 First six students graduate from IBM's P-TECH school, will pursue STEM When Cletus Andoh, 17, graduates from the Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) in Brooklyn, New York, on June 2, he will have earned not just a high school diploma but also an associate degree. Even more impressively, Andoh – who will be the first person in his immediate family to graduate from college — accomplished what would typically be six years of schooling in only four years. During the typical time it takes for the average student to complete high school, Andoh graduated from college with honors, been accepted to – and will attend in the fall – Syracuse University, and completed an internship with IBM Research.
October 21, 2015 In the future, could brain imaging be used as legal evidence? Brain imaging can already pull bits of information from the minds of willing volunteers in laboratories. What happens when police or lawyers want to use it to pry a key fact from the mind of an unwilling person?
October 21, 2015 FDA could set millions of genetically modified mosquitoes loose in Florida Keys Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the Florida Keys if British researchers win approval to use the bugs against two extremely painful viral diseases.
October 21, 2015 Deflate-gate: The science of underinflated footballs With the so-called “deflate-gate” controversy still swirling around the New England Patriots, experts have explained the science of underinflated footballs to FoxNews.com.
October 21, 2015 Mmm! Unraveling the chemistry of Christmas cookies It's Christmas cookie time, and everyone's got a recipe or two they swear by, whether their loyalties lie with frosted sugar cookies or gently spiced gingerbread
October 21, 2015 Quantum teleportation reaches farthest distance yet A new distance record has been set in the strange world of quantum teleportation
October 21, 2015 The perfect equation: Artist combines math and art For Nelson Saiers, a great work of art can be one of the most mind-bending and elegant of mathematical equations. In fact, for this math whiz-turned Wall Street trader-turned full-time artist, math and art aren’t as different as many people claim – they’re one and the same.
October 21, 2015 Creepy: Peering into spiders' brains without exploding them The jumping spider, famed for its excellent vision and pouncing skills, has long been an enigma to neurobiologists.
October 21, 2015 How a Virginia suburb became an Ebola epicenter It’s a little known fact, or perhaps a dark matter best forgotten, but the child care facility on Isaac Newton Square in Reston, Va., was once the epicenter of a new strain of Ebola.
October 21, 2015 Geckos' sticky secret? They hang by toe hairs Geckos are famous for their ability to scale vertical walls and even hang upside down, and now scientists understand more about how the expert climbers can pull off these gravity-defying feats: Geckos can quickly turn the stickiness of their feet on and off, a new study finds
