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A new statistical analysis shows the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report issued June 13. That's about 800 million, or about 8 percent, more than the previous projection of 10.1 billion, issued in 2011.
2013-06-13 10:41:19
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Washington Middle School has received national recognition for the first time from Project Lead The Way (PLTW) for the school’s Gateway To Technology (GTT) program. PLTW is a national program that schools can participate in voluntarily. It is the leading provider of rigorous and innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education curriculum programs used in middle and ...
2013-06-13 01:24:06
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San Diego, CA - June 13, 2013 - The San Diego Air & Space Museum's mission statement is to inspire young people to tackle the challenges of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics academic disciplines and to make-a-difference in the world through an innovative, adventurous spirit.
2013-06-13 11:59:39
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Verizon Wireless announced that Team iAgenda from Boston Green Academy and Team VORText from John D. O’ Bryant School of Mathematics and Science are the winners of its local Education Empowerment Program.
2013-06-13 11:40:00
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As the U.S. Supreme Court decides in a case involving racial preferences in higher education admissions (Fisher v. Texas), new University of Maryland-led research finds that socioeconomic diversity is no replacement for a direct consideration of race, as some have suggested. Still the research finds that a mix of students from differing socio-economic backgrounds has benefits.
2013-06-13 10:51:18
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(Phys.org) —From a qualitative perspective, it's relatively easy to define a good researcher as one who publishes many good papers. But quantitatively measuring these papers is more complicated, since they can be measured in several different ways. In the past few years, several different metrics have been proposed that determine an individual's scientific caliber based on the quantity and ...
2013-06-13 08:07:47
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The privatised rail system relies upon billions of pounds of hidden subsidies and has failed to bring in private investment, according to experts at The University of Manchester.
2013-06-13 06:53:37
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itwbennett writes "You can make a decent living as a software developer, and if you were lucky enough to get hired at a pre-IPO tech phenom, you can even get rich at it. But set your sights above the average and below Scrooge McDuck and you won't find many developers in that salary range. In fact, the number of developers earning $200,000 and above is under 10%, writes blogger Phil Johnson who ...
2013-06-13 10:12:33
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The growing number of same-sex marriage laws in the United States has had no effect on the marriage rate among heterosexual couples according to new findings by researchers at Portland State University's School of Community Health.
2013-06-13 07:54:48
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(Phys.org) —Astronomers at the University of Birmingham (UK), Academica Sinica in Taiwan, and the Kavli Institute of Physics and Mathematics of the Universe in Japan, have found new evidence that the mysterious dark matter that pervades our universe behaves as predicted by the 'cold dark matter' theory known as 'CDM'.
2013-06-13 05:07:47
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Grambling State University has been awarded a $1.7 million, five-year grant by the National Institutes of Health to provide graduate degree opportunities to under-represented honors students.
2013-06-13 11:05:37
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There were many gold medal public high schools - which ranked in the top 500 in the U.S. News 2013 Best High Schools rankings - that had large proportions of economically disadvantaged students or very high percentages of minority students enrolled.
2013-06-13 09:36:46
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Today, Time Warner Cable’s philanthropic initiative, Connect a Million Minds , in partnership with 826 National, announced an expansion of its science, technology, engineering and mathematics and Creative Writing program onstage at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative America .
2013-06-13 10:00:00
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Two ETBU faculty members, Robin McClaran and Laci McRee, received their doctorates during the past academic year. The two professors are also alumnae of ETBU.
2013-06-13 04:04:59
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Education Minister Jody Carr has reversed a decision to cancel an advanced mathematics course at Fredericton High School and will use the next year to study the class.
2013-06-13 06:10:20
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