technology – Page 3 – BTW – Stuff You Should Know

Close-up, selective focus view of the word 'Study' written in Chinese in a Chinese-English translation dictionary. ©Y H Lim / Alamy Stock Photo. MHE World

Stuff YOU Should Know

June 2, 2016 btwuser 0

Smart Shoes? You might already have a chip in your shoes that tracks your distance, pace or duration. What if your shoes could do more . […]

Space shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At the left of each shuttle are the open rotating service structures with the payload changeout rooms revealed. The rotating service structures provide protection for weather and access to the shuttle. For the first time since July 2001; two shuttles are on the launch pads at the same time. Endeavour will stand by at pad B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during Atlantis' upcoming STS-125 mission to repair NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Troy Cryder/NASA. MHE World

The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Space Coast

June 1, 2016 btwuser 0

In 2011, NASA retired its 30-year-old shuttle program when Atlantis returned from its mission, touching down at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. […]

man buys milk at the supermarket. Shutterstock/Korta. MHE World

Stuff YOU Should Know

March 18, 2016 btwuser 0

Fukushima: 5 Years Later On September 11, 2011, northeastern Japan was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami. It is considered one of the costliest natural […]

Year in Review: Science & Technology

December 30, 2015 btwuser 0

As we close the page on another year, btw brings you its traditional year-end look at what took place as the world took another spin. […]

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sits with Eric Simmons in his first grade classroom at Shoal Creek Elementary in San Diego, Calif., March 23, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy). (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy). https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/secretary-education-arne-duncan-travels-california.

Stuff YOU Should Know

October 12, 2015 btwuser 0

Russian Air Strikes in Syria As ISIS continues to threaten in Syria, Russia has acted on its own with air strikes. A coalition against ISIS—which […]

Full-length view of two confused pre-school age girls sitting side by side in a living room. Each girl is looking down and stratching her head while using a wireless computer device.© PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY by VISION / Alamy.World.

Stuff YOU Should Know

September 25, 2015 btwuser 0

Teaching Toddlers to Code? New York City mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced an overhaul of his city’s public school system. One of these initiatives […]

Full-frame close-up of white eggs in a cardboard tray, one eggshell broken open and showing the yolk. Pixtal/AGE Fotostock. MHE World. Pixtal.

Stuff YOU Should Know

September 20, 2015 btwuser 0

Heads-up Displays: Safety Measure or Distraction? As technology continues to evolve at increasingly higher rates, especially in automobiles, safety advocates struggle to keep up. Many […]

Head and shoulders view of an Asian nurse filing medical charts. DreamPictures/Jensen Walker/Getty Images. Blend Images. single image purchase by SEG from Getty Images Oct-14 (PA4). MHE Canada MHE USA

Stuff YOU Should Know

September 14, 2015 btwuser 0

Texas Abortion Clinic Controversy Some forty years after the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling, legalized abortion continues to be a heated topic, In […]

Stuff YOU Should Know

March 6, 2015 btwuser 0

Net Neutrality Passed Last month, btw brought you news of a proposal to determine how the Internet should be governed. On February 26, the Federal […]

Pies and cakes. Photo: Losevsky Pavel/Alamy

Stuff YOU Should Know

February 25, 2015 btwuser 0

Let’s Hear it for the Best Boy! Even if you didn’t watch the Oscars telecast this year, you were likely aware of the contenders. But […]