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A Powerful Idea on Youth Violence

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As a former beat cop, Ron Huberman, the new chief of public schools in Chicago, learned long ago that violence among young urban people could not be solved simply by hauling ever larger numbers of children off to jail.
With the prompting and support of his boss, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Mr. [...]

M.I.T. Taking Student Blogs to Nth Degree

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cristen Chinea, a senior at M.I.T., made a confession in her blog on the college Web site.
“There’ve been several times when I felt like I didn’t really fit in at M.I.T.,” she wrote. “I nearly fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn’t a result of sleep deprivation. I [...]

The Conrad Foundation Opens Registration for the 2010 Spirit of Innovation Awards

This competition challenges teams of high school students to create innovative products in four categories: aerospace exploration, space nutrition, renewable energy and green schools.

Color-shifting cuttlefish inspire TV screens

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Prototype uses less than one-hundredth the power of traditional displays
Cuttlefish are masters of disguise, able to change their skin color in less than a second to hide from predators or draw in prey for the kill. Now, scientists from MIT and elsewhere are developing cuttlefish-inspired electronic ink and screens that use less than [...]