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The latest toothbrush that's not a toothbrush
Emmi-dent. It's the toothbrush you're not supposed to brush your teeth with. But that's not to say you shouldn't use it regularly. Like any other toothbrush, Emmi-dent has a head full of bristles. But they're for transmitting ultrasonic impulses from...
Tags: Science and Technology, Teeth, University of California, Los Angeles, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Community college programs in Pasadena and Santa Barbara honored
L.A. NOWCommunity colleges in Pasadena and Santa Barbara have been honored for helping new and underprepared students reach their educational goals. The First Year Pathway program at Pasadena City College and Santa Barbara City College’s Express to... -
Garfield linebacker pumped for Classic, preps for MIT
When a 17-year-old high school football player says he wants to apply to Caltech and MIT, everyone should take notice. Alejandro Lupercio, a 6-foot-2, 193-pound senior linebacker at Los Angeles Garfield, has his sights set on becoming a mechanical...
Tags: Science and Technology, Football, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sports
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R. Duncan Luce dies at 87; UC Irvine mathematical psychologist
R. Duncan Luce, a UC Irvine mathematical psychologist who received the National Medal of Science in 2005 for his pioneering scholarship in behavioral sciences, died Aug. 11 at his home in Irvine after a brief illness, the university announced. He was 87....
Tags: Sociology, Psychologists, Health and Medical Professionals, Columbia University, University of California, Irvine
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Dr. Tolman and professor Einstein
FrameworkDr. Richard C. Tolman, left, and Prof. Albert Einstein standing in front of blackboard at California Institute of Technology. Dr. Tolman led a seminar at Cal Tech for over 50 scientists.... -
With dire South African schools, activists take to Twitter
World NowWith dire South African schools, education activists take to Twitter: Education activists in South Africa took to Twitter Thursday in a bid to pressure basic education minister, Angie Motshekga, to improve school infrastructure and deliver text books on... -
Tribeca Film Festival unveils narrative and documentary selections
24 FramesThe Tribeca Film Festival announced selections for this year's narrative and documentary competitions. The festival, which takes place April 18-29 in Lower Manhattan, also unveiled the films for its non-competitive Viewpoints program, which focuses on... -
Paul Meier dies at 87; influential statistician
Paul Meier influenced the field of statistics in two major ways: as a proponent of a method that helped eliminate bias in determining the effectiveness of treatments in clinical trials, and by introducing a system used to estimate survival rates for...Tags: Columbia University, Princeton University, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Chicago, Food and Drug Administration
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Carrier Classic Video: Transforming aircraft carrier into basketball arena
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Global warming effect seen in pole-to-pole data-gathering flights
Greenspaceclimate change study results: Data culled from several years of pole-to-pole flights confirms some of the worries about human-generated global warming that had been predicted by computer-based mathematical models. The data mined by the National Center for... -
Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to 'Stand and Deliver'
Jaime Escalante, the charismatic former East Los Angeles high school teacher who taught the nation that inner-city students could master subjects as demanding as calculus, died Tuesday. He was 79.
The subject of the 1988 film "Stand and Deliver,"...Tags: Movies, Film Festivals, The Washington Post, Heart Attack, Academy Awards
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KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Eclectic': The math and the music of Caribou
Pop & HissWhen a man wears head-to-toe pink and he has a PhD in mathematics, well, we just donât know what gender stereotype to slap him with. Thatâs the appeal of Caribouâs Daniel Snaith â- heâs not a predictable band frontman. His......
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