'Silicon Valley Turns Its Eye to Education'Venture and equity financing for ed tech companies soared to nearly $1.87 billion last year, up 55 percent from the year before in the US.
A Norwegian town's bright idea is a shining example of ingenuity. Rjukan has installed a trio of giant mountain-top mirrors to illuminate the valley town's square during the cold, dark winter months.
A Norwegian town's bright idea is a shining example of ingenuity. Rjukan has installed a trio of giant mountain-top mirrors to illuminate the valley town's square during the cold, dark winter months.
A Norwegian town's bright idea is a shining example of ingenuity. Rjukan has installed a trio of giant mountain-top mirrors to illuminate the valley town's square during the cold, dark winter months.
A Norwegian town's bright idea is a shining example of ingenuity. Rjukan has installed a trio of giant mountain-top mirrors to illuminate the valley town's square during the cold, dark winter months.
A Norwegian town's bright idea is a shining example of ingenuity. Rjukan has installed a trio of giant mountain-top mirrors to illuminate the valley town's square during the cold, dark winter months.
Put off by robots whose looks are close to, but not quite, human? This drop in comfort is known as the "uncanny valley," a feeling people get when exposed to robots that try to mimic humans but instead come across as creepy.
Put off by robots whose looks are close to, but not quite, human? This drop in comfort is known as the "uncanny valley," a feeling people get when exposed to robots that try to mimic humans but instead come across as creepy.
Put off by robots whose looks are close to, but not quite, human? This drop in comfort is known as the "uncanny valley," a feeling people get when exposed to robots that try to mimic humans but instead come across as creepy.
Put off by robots whose looks are close to, but not quite, human? This drop in comfort is known as the "uncanny valley," a feeling people get when exposed to robots that try to mimic humans but instead come across as creepy.
Put off by robots whose looks are close to, but not quite, human? This drop in comfort is known as the "uncanny valley," a feeling people get when exposed to robots that try to mimic humans but instead come across as creepy.
Mr. Kelly's move to the spy agency underscores the increasingly deep connections between Silicon Valley and the NSA. Both hunt for ways to collect, analyze and exploit large pools of data about millions of Americans.
Mr. Kelly's move to the spy agency underscores the increasingly deep connections between Silicon Valley and the NSA. Both hunt for ways to collect, analyze and exploit large pools of data about millions of Americans.
Mr. Kelly's move to the spy agency underscores the increasingly deep connections between Silicon Valley and the NSA. Both hunt for ways to collect, analyze and exploit large pools of data about millions of Americans.
The Imperial Diversion Dam was completed in 1938 along with the All-American Canal, a massive man-made river which runs over 80 miles just north of the California-Mexico border, to irrigate California's huge Imperial Valley.
The Imperial Diversion Dam was completed in 1938 along with the All-American Canal, a massive man-made river which runs over 80 miles just north of the California-Mexico border, to irrigate California's huge Imperial Valley.
The Imperial Diversion Dam was completed in 1938 along with the All-American Canal, a massive man-made river which runs over 80 miles just north of the California-Mexico border, to irrigate California's huge Imperial Valley.
The sailing stones of the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley California leave mysterious trails zig-zagging behind them, a phenomenon carefully scrutinized.
We settle back in a nook in the rocks. From this place, we are invisible but have a clear view of the valley, which is teeming with summer life, greens to gather, roots to dig, fish iridescent in the sunlight.
We settle back in a nook in the rocks. From this place, we are invisible but have a clear view of the valley, which is teeming with summer life, greens to gather, roots to dig, fish iridescent in the sunlight.
A blood-red waterfall pours very slowly out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. The sealed lake from which it flows contains a primordial ooze of microbes.
In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts.
The sailing stones of the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley California leave mysterious trails zig-zagging behind them, a phenomenon carefully scrutinized.
The trapped microbes were discovered inside tiny bubbles in salt crystals buried in Death Valley, Eastern California, in a state of suspended animation.
When Howard Carter discovered the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings (Egypt), he found garlands of flowers which disintegrated when touched.