engaging the sySTEM

Welcome to the STEM Ambassadors ENGAGE in STEM tumblr stream! In this place, you will find all kinds of cool stuff related to STEM - STEM news, STEM careers, teaching in STEM, etc. What that means is that this site will have everything from cool gifs of space, to videos of newly discovered underwater creatures, to educational Top 10 lists curated by yours truly. Whether you’re interested in becoming a STEM major, teaching STEM, or you just want to see some cool, weird, science posts on your dash, this is the place for you! A note - both STEM Ambassadors are current undergraduates working towards earning their own STEM degrees, and we would be very happy to answer your questions. The STEM Ambassadors are funded through ENGAGE in STEM, a five-year U.S. Department of Education/HSI STEM project run in collaboration with California State University Fullerton and the Center for Careers with Santa Ana College and Fullerton College.

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There’s a new feature that can save you a ton of space on your Mac laptop

Everyone hates getting that dreaded “Storage Full” message on their Apple devices. It means deleting apps, photos, videos, games, and more. Thankfully, Apple has come up with a new solution that can give you plenty of storage with a major update to the Mac operating system.

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for all of my Mac users out there!

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this is a massive step forward for renewable energy (x) | follow @the-future-now

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Tech billionaires are trying to develop a way to break us out of ‘The Matrix’

It seems some leaders in Silicon Valley are taking the possibility of 'The Matrix’ seriously. At least two tech billionaires are recruiting scientists and funding research on a way to break us out of it. But are we actually living in a computer simulation? Philosopher Nick Bostrom writes that there are three possible answers.

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When her best friend died, a programmer used AI to keep talking to him.

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thoughts?

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We need to visit these places ASAP 👽 (📷 : NASA)

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Facebook is reportedly planning to bring its free internet program to the U.S.

Facebook is reportedly preparing to introduce its free internet program in the U.S., having faced fierce opposition to the venture overseas.

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Great read guys check it out

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Disney’s new hopping robot is just super excited to meet you

Disney’s research lab publishes a lot of fascinating work, but it’s not always obvious what their end-goal is. In this case, though, we can safely say: Disney is building a Tigger.

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Teen Creates App So Bullied Kids Never Have To Eat Alone

Natalie Hampton knows what it's like to have no one to sit with during school lunch. So she created Sit With Us, an app that helps kids find friendly harbors in the crowd.

The kids are alright.

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JAMES LOVELOCK HAS spent decades thinking about the apocalypse. (When you’re the highly influential scientist who helped detect the hole in the earth’s ozone layer, that’s part of your job.) At some point, Lovelock realized that, in the event of a mass catastrophe, survivors might benefit from a manual of sorts—a text that explains how the world once worked. “What we need is a primer on science, clearly written and unambiguous in its meaning,” Lovelock wrote in a 1998 essay for Science titled “A Book for All Seasons.” The Earth and I ($30) is not that book. But it does explain in digestible terms how the earth came to be, how it behaves, and how we humans impact it. 

SEE MORE: The Earth and I: a gorgeous picture book from famed scientist James Lovelock. 

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Cybathlon: Welcome to the World’s First Bionic Olympics

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