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2 months ago | 
snexplores.org | Kathryn Hulick |Aaron Tremper |Stephen Ornes |Maria Temming
Nicole Xu reached into a Styrofoam tank to grasp a live moon jellyfish. Quickly and carefully, she inserted a tiny electronic device into the animal. “It takes a little bit of practice,” she says. “But once you know how to do it, it’s very simple and very quick.” Xu is an engineer at the University of Colorado Boulder. Free educator resources are available for this article.
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2 months ago | 
snexplores.org | Kathryn Hulick |Payal Dhar |Liz Kruesi
Free educator resources are available for this article. Register to access: Client key* E-mail Address* Already Registered? Enter your e-mail address above. A robot whirs along a library shelf. Instead of books, this shelf holds napkin-sized squares of flat, clear glass.
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2 months ago | 
ctpublic.org | Frankie Graziano |Kathryn Hulick |Brian Zahn
By Frankie Graziano, Published January 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM EST JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON / POOL / AFP via Getty ImagesGuests including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. This hour, we examine the intersection of big tech and politics.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
snexplores.org | Kathryn Hulick |Kathiann M. Kowalski
Free educator resources are available for this article. Register to access: Client key* E-mail Address* Already Registered? Enter your e-mail address above. “I’m a digital clone,” says a young man. He smiles and blinks.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
snexplores.org | Kathryn Hulick
5G: The 5 gigahertz frequency band used to transmit a newer generation of cellular-network signals. antenna: (plural: antennae or antennas) In biology: Either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans and some other arthropods. (in physics) Devices for picking up (receiving) electromagnetic energy. app: Short for application, or a computer program designed for a specific task. application: A particular use or function of something.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
snexplores.org | Kathryn Hulick
analog: Something that resembles, stands in for, or is similar to another thing. array: A broad and organized group of objects. Sometimes they are instruments placed in a systematic fashion to collect information in a coordinated way. Other times, an array can refer to things that are laid out or displayed in a way that can make a broad range of related things, such as colors, visible at once. The term can even apply to a range of options or choices.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
snexplores.org | Kathryn Hulick
artificial intelligence: A type of knowledge-based decision-making exhibited by machines or computers. The term also refers to the field of study in which scientists try to create machines or computer software capable of intelligent behavior. bot: (short for web robot) A computer program designed to appear that its actions come from some human. The goal is to have it interact with people or perform automated tasks such as finding and sharing online information through social-media accounts.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
snexplores.org | Kendra Redmond |Helen Fields |Kathryn Hulick
A new study hints at how skateboarders can up their half-pipe game — using math. Tricks like kickflips and ollies require speed. As skateboarders roll along a U-shaped ramp called a half-pipe, they build speed and climb higher by pumping. To pump, they alternate between crouching and standing. Free educator resources are available for this article.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
snexplores.org | Kathryn Hulick
ad: Short for advertisement. It may appear in any medium (print, online or broadcast) and has been prepared to sell someone on a product, idea or point of view. algorithm: A group of rules or procedures for solving a problem in a series of steps. Algorithms are used in mathematics and in computer programs for figuring out solutions. artificial intelligence: A type of knowledge-based decision-making exhibited by machines or computers.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
snexplores.org | Kathryn Hulick
artificial intelligence: A type of knowledge-based decision-making exhibited by machines or computers. The term also refers to the field of study in which scientists try to create machines or computer software capable of intelligent behavior. attention: The phenomenon of focusing mental resources on a specific object or event. behavior: The way something, often a person or other organism, acts towards others, or conducts itself.
