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Push To Get Girls Into Computer Science
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Diana Navarro loves to code, and she’s not afraid to admit it. But the 18-year-old Rutgers University computer science major knows she’s an anomaly: Writing software to run...
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Winners Named In Global Underwater Robot Event
ALPENA, Mich. (AP) — Student teams controlling underwater robots from the United States, Canada and Russia were the winners Saturday in a global competition at the only federal freshwater marine...
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STEM Education & Why President Obama Has Made It An Educational Priority
Photo Credit Thinkstock Innovation drives the U.S. economy, and employees with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills have become a hot commodity in post-recession America. Between...
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At The Frontiers Of Science
Photo Credit Thinkstock This article is supplied and sponsored by Raytheon Raytheon is thinking big by thinking small. Working with the smallest building blocks of the universe, the company’s...
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Study: Leaky Wells, Not Fracking, Taint Water
WASHINGTON (AP) - The drilling procedure called fracking didn’t cause much-publicized cases of tainted groundwater in areas of Pennsylvania and Texas, a new study finds. Instead, it blames the...
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For The Love Of Science
Photo Credit Thinkstock This article is supplied and sponsored by Raytheon The school year has begun, and Debra Palmer’s fifth-grade class is learning the usual subjects. There’s some math, some...
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SpaceX To Break Ground On South Texas Rocket Launch Site
SOUTH TEXAS (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry will attend as SpaceX breaks ground on the state’s southernmost tip for the company’s first commercial site for orbital launches. The Monday ceremony will mark the...
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Rocket Explodes With UT Austin Experiments Onboard
Updated: 8:30 p.m. Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CAPE CANVERAL, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A commercial space station supply ship bound for the International Space Station exploded six seconds...
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Cheers At UTA With Philae Lander Touchdown On Comet
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - History was made Wednesday when the European Space Agency lander Philae separated from its space probe, Rosetta, and touched down on...
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NASCAR Promotes Math & Science For Kids
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) - It takes a lot of geometry and physics to get a race car to go 200 laps at speeds that can top 200 mph. In a nod to the often overlooked science...
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John Glenn Wants Evolution Taught In Schools
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – John Glenn, who declared as a 77-year-old in a news conference from space that “to look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe...
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3 Outdoor Science Experiments For Kids
Kids love any activity that involves making a big, giant mess. Really, who doesn’t, right? Now that summer is here, it’s a perfect time for kids to get outside, get some fresh air and indulge in some...
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Science ‘Hits The Streets’ In The Perot Museum Tech Truck
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (KRLD) – Science is coming soon to a neighborhood near you! The Perot Museum of Nature and Science unveiled its Tech Truck Thursday, designed to take...
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Fine Arts And Dual Language Classes For Arlington Kindergartners
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Some of the youngest students in Arlington ISD are on a new learning path this fall. The school district opened two new, dual language and...
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Students At Texas School ‘Chat It Up’ With Space Station Astronauts
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – It was truly an out of this world experience for students at Fort Worth’s Daggett Montessori School Friday morning. Children at the...
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Human Cadaver Found On Highway Meant For Medical Research
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DENTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Police have determined where a human cadaver found in a body bag along a Denton Road Tuesday came from. Turns out the body found strapped to...
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Burleson ISD Opens Its First Ever Middle School Of Choice
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BURLESON (CBSDFW.COM) – Burleson Independent School District middle school students start the semester at the new and permanent location of the district’s first...
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Paschal Student Is Semifinalist In Intel Science Talent Search
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – An 11th grader at Fort Worth ISD’s Paschal High School has been named a semifinalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search. Wyatt...
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New Evidence Points To 9th Planet In Our Solar System
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The solar system may have a ninth planet after all. This one is 5,000 times bigger than outcast Pluto and billions of miles farther...
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Record Number Of Astronaut Wannabes Apply To NASA
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — I guess the phrase ‘to infinity, and beyond’ really caught on! Apparently, space travel never looked so good. NASA has...
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