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Questions to ask your web developer Ask potential website developers the following 16 questions to determine if they’re the right partner for you and your business. 1. Has the web developer worked on ...

According to UIS data, less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women. UIS data also show the extent to which these women work in the public, private or academic sectors, as well as their fields ...

The 2017-2027 Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space (ESAS 2017) will help shape science priorities and guide agency investments into the next decade. The survey, sponsored by ...

Back in the 1990s, computer engineer and Wall Street “quant” were the hot occupations in business. Today data scientists are the hires firms are competing to make. As companies wrestle with ...

The Myth of Fingerprints Police today increasingly embrace DNA tests as the ultimate crime-fighting tool. They once felt the same way about fingerprinting ...

The BS Physics Program in the School of Physics and Astronomy offers a comprehensive curriculum that provides a solid foundation in experimental, computational, and theoretical physics, emphasizing ...

Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century. In 1936, Turing invented the computer as part of his attempt to solve a fiendish puzzle known as the ...

TextImmanuel Kant: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (1785) 1Preface3First Section: Transition from common rational moralcognition to philosophical ...

In this issue, “Best of the Web” presents the modified National Institute of Standards and Technology (MNIST) resources, consisting of a collection of handwritten digit images used extensively in ...