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Contrary to what you might think and hear, apps and screens aren’t the best tools for kids to learn STEM concepts, even coding. Why? Innovation, pattern recognition, exploration, experimentation and creation underlie STEM principles. Kids need to manipulate tangible things.…

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Part of the reason I write about technology for a living is that I couldn’t cut it as a coder. It’s not that I regret my career choice (I definitely…

Unless you’re a bonafide musical wizard, you probably get stuck in a creative rut every now and then. Good habits are important for writing songs, but they can also limit creativity and curb ideas. It might sound odd, but complete…

Former Uber CEO and cofounder Travis Kalanick appeared at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, May 10 for the ride hailing company’s IPO. Kalanick’s arrival was met with "enormous applause," according to the New York Time’s Mike Isaac. Beside…

How I shot a Milky Way moonrise from an airplane seat May 10, 2019 by Jan Jasinski Leave a Comment A couple of weeks ago I was blessed with a sight that truly left me in a state of awe.…

A team of students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London developed a method that turns lobster shells into biodegradable "plastic." The Shellworks group uses a series of machines to transform the chitin found in crustacean shells…

Whether you’re looking for miles of pavement, gravel, or singletrack, this European destination has quietly become a hotbed for serious cycling culture. Welcome to Girona, Spain! Ask a pro cyclist where they’ll train and live in the offseason, and chances…

Qualcomm today announced that it has partnered with Google to create a reference design and development kit for building Assistant-enabled Bluetooth headphones. Traditionally, building these headphones wasn’t exactly straightforward and involved building a lot of the hardware and software stack,…