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The STEM Shortage
Click here to see the graphic! There has been a great deal of talk in the educational press lately about STEM – the US government’s acronym for the collective fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. The talk has been both good and bad. The good is that STEM is, after health care, the most …
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Girls are Smarter than Boys
The science, technology, engineering, and math workforce is crucial to the economy and even though women represent more than half of the world’s population, women hold less than 25% of STEM jobs. In elementary, middle school, and high school, girls actually take more classes and earn better grades in math and sciences. As women progress …
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Toilet Paper Orientation
The art and science of engineering has provided us with many of our most incredible modern achievements: bridges, skyscrapers, automobiles, and space flight, just to name a few. One modern marvel that often goes unnoticed, however, is something that [virtually] all of us use: toilet paper. Ingeniously wrapped around a roll that spins freely on …
