January 2012
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Wolfram STEM Program
If you teach a STEM subject like math, physics, biology, or chemistry at a community college or primary/secondary school, the Wolfram STEM Program can give you the tools to engage your students and increase their understanding of the concepts you’re teaching… with Mathematica for $49!
Learn more about the Wolfram STEM Program here!
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Wolfram Education Portal: Free Resources and... →
world-shaker:
So this exists [geek moment].
We will join you in the geek moment.
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NFL Stats and Data—Teams, Players, Comparisons
Within the past couple of months, we’ve shown you how Wolfram|Alpha can tell you about planes flying overhead or help you to shop for appliances and consumer electronics. And now that the NFL playoffs are in full swing, we’re proud to announce that you can now use Wolfram|Alpha to explore statistics for every NFL team, game, and player from the past 25 years.
Which means you can now get...
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Happy Birthday, HAL 9000!
Happy Birthday to our favorite fictional supercomputer! Is it strange that HAL was built in Urbana and Wolfram|Alpha (our favorite actual supercomputer) was born in Champaign, its twin city?
We promise to open the pod bay doors if you ever need it.
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How many people are in space right now? →
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Currently six, “all on the International Space Station.” Twelve more astronauts are scheduled to go during 2012, and China will be sending its first taikonauts to the Tiangong experimental space station it launched last year.
And here is where the ISS is at this very moment.