Rich Granger
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#Workforce development, creating free #STEM education resources from Pre-K to PhD | Solving wicked problems with rapid #innovation | I have friends everywhere | Views: mine
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Rich Granger
@richgranger.bsky.social
· Mar 19
Beautiful #sunrise this morning.
Do something great today.
Do something great today.
#Hypersonic breakthrough could enable planes that fly 10 times the speed of sound
A breakthrough in understanding hypersonic turbulence may open the door to one-hour global flights.
@sciencedaily.com.web.brid.gy
#Science #Aviation #STEM
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
A breakthrough in understanding hypersonic turbulence may open the door to one-hour global flights.
@sciencedaily.com.web.brid.gy
#Science #Aviation #STEM
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Hypersonic breakthrough could enable planes that fly 10 times the speed of sound
Hypersonic flight could one day make long-haul travel as quick as a short movie. Researchers are testing how turbulence behaves at extreme speeds, a critical hurdle for designing these aircraft. Their...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
#Hypersonic breakthrough could enable planes that fly 10 times the speed of sound
A breakthrough in understanding hypersonic turbulence may open the door to one-hour global flights.
@sciencedaily.com.web.brid.gy
#Science #Aviation #STEM
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
A breakthrough in understanding hypersonic turbulence may open the door to one-hour global flights.
@sciencedaily.com.web.brid.gy
#Science #Aviation #STEM
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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"STEM education at the precollege level today...is an innovative, interdisciplinary, and student-centered approach to learning about the world. Its purpose is not better test scores, but better thinking — analytical, creative, and problem-solving." swe.org/magazine/ste...
STEM Education for the Next Generation - Society of Women Engineers
Over the past decade, precollege education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, has expanded and developed dramatically. Instruction
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October 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"STEM education at the precollege level today...is an innovative, interdisciplinary, and student-centered approach to learning about the world. Its purpose is not better test scores, but better thinking — analytical, creative, and problem-solving." swe.org/magazine/ste...
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Robots that build solar farms, a drone that flies faster and lighter, a better food-delivery bot, and more. f-st.co/Nrcpyy9
The 4 next big things in robotics and automation for 2025
Robots that build solar farms, a drone that flies faster and lighter, a better food-delivery bot, and more.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Robots that build solar farms, a drone that flies faster and lighter, a better food-delivery bot, and more. f-st.co/Nrcpyy9
“Scientists seek to turbocharge a natural process that cools the #Earth.”
“Terradot, a carbon removal company, is using ‘enhanced rock weathering’ to sequester carbon by spreading crushed volcanic rock over farmland.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
“Terradot, a carbon removal company, is using ‘enhanced rock weathering’ to sequester carbon by spreading crushed volcanic rock over farmland.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Scientists seek to turbocharge a natural process that cools the Earth
Terradot, a carbon removal company, is using “enhanced rock weathering” to sequester carbon by spreading crushed volcanic rock over farmland.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“Scientists seek to turbocharge a natural process that cools the #Earth.”
“Terradot, a carbon removal company, is using ‘enhanced rock weathering’ to sequester carbon by spreading crushed volcanic rock over farmland.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
“Terradot, a carbon removal company, is using ‘enhanced rock weathering’ to sequester carbon by spreading crushed volcanic rock over farmland.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
This is one of my favorite reports of all time. A must-read for anyone in #STEM education. Currently working with community partners to implement the STEM charging station concepts recommended in this groundbreaking report. Stay tuned! #STEMstartsEarly
Throwback Thursday! In this 2017 Cooney Center report, we collaborated with @newamerica.org to explore the challenges and opportunities in early childhood STEM education. What's the same? What's changed? Read the full report: joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/...
#stem #ece
#stem #ece
September 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is one of my favorite reports of all time. A must-read for anyone in #STEM education. Currently working with community partners to implement the STEM charging station concepts recommended in this groundbreaking report. Stay tuned! #STEMstartsEarly
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It's all adding up.
Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies
Hype dims as a country-wide survey of US corporations shows a sudden drop-off in AI use among firms with more than 250 employees.
trib.al
September 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It's all adding up.
2025, in 3 panels.
September 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
2025, in 3 panels.
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“In his latest #book, Wicked Problems, Guru Madhavan argues that the growing number of cloudy #problems in our world demands a broader, more civic-minded approach to #engineering.” www.technologyreview.com/2024/06/26/1...
Learning from catastrophe
Three books reckon with technological complexity and the wicked problems it creates.
www.technologyreview.com
July 22, 2024 at 12:22 PM
“In his latest #book, Wicked Problems, Guru Madhavan argues that the growing number of cloudy #problems in our world demands a broader, more civic-minded approach to #engineering.” www.technologyreview.com/2024/06/26/1...
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Keith Haring on creativity and change www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/04/k...
Keith Haring on Change and Creativity
“To be a victim of change is to ignore its existence.”
www.themarginalian.org
August 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Keith Haring on creativity and change www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/04/k...
“State leaders — who are poised to wield more discretion as federal dollars devolve — should direct resources toward high-quality digital tools and educator training to better use proven public media offerings across Head Start, family child care, and pre-K settings” @cooneycenter.bsky.social
How can we create a future that ensures all kids have access to high-quality children's media in light of funding cuts and a changing media landscape? Thanks to Michael H. Levine, Cooney Center founding executive director, for sharing his vision on @the74.bsky.social: buff.ly/gS85Zxi
The Future of Children’s Programming After Federal Cuts to Public Media
The nation needs a strategy for children’s media that draws from the trusted legacy of public media and leverages today’s most promising tech tools.
buff.ly
August 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“State leaders — who are poised to wield more discretion as federal dollars devolve — should direct resources toward high-quality digital tools and educator training to better use proven public media offerings across Head Start, family child care, and pre-K settings” @cooneycenter.bsky.social
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How can we create a future that ensures all kids have access to high-quality children's media in light of funding cuts and a changing media landscape? Thanks to Michael H. Levine, Cooney Center founding executive director, for sharing his vision on @the74.bsky.social: buff.ly/gS85Zxi
The Future of Children’s Programming After Federal Cuts to Public Media
The nation needs a strategy for children’s media that draws from the trusted legacy of public media and leverages today’s most promising tech tools.
buff.ly
August 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How can we create a future that ensures all kids have access to high-quality children's media in light of funding cuts and a changing media landscape? Thanks to Michael H. Levine, Cooney Center founding executive director, for sharing his vision on @the74.bsky.social: buff.ly/gS85Zxi
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Today’s proposed decision by HHS to limit the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine for children and teens is deeply troubling as we enter a new respiratory virus season. Read our full statement from Dr. Susan J. Kressly, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
August 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Today’s proposed decision by HHS to limit the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine for children and teens is deeply troubling as we enter a new respiratory virus season. Read our full statement from Dr. Susan J. Kressly, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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This new delivery robot will bring the entire grocery store to you
This new delivery robot will bring the entire grocery store to you
Lockers on the go.
buff.ly
August 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This new delivery robot will bring the entire grocery store to you
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"Lonely starless worlds."
James Webb Finds Evidence of Free-Floating Planets So Large They Can Gather Their Own Planetary Systems
The James Webb Space Telescope have found evidence of massive planets capable of forming their own planetary systems — without a star.
trib.al
August 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Lonely starless worlds."
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Our 2025 Well-Being by Design Fellows have been sharing their work this summer! Head to the blog to see their Games for Change workshop replay video + case studies and a webinar about their fellowships: bit.ly/4ms6dCG #wbxd #wellbeing #kidtech
The 2025 WBxD Fellows Take Their Show on the Road
What did our 2025 Well-Being by Design Fellows learn about designing tech with kids' well-being in mind? A lot, it turns out! During the intensive five-month program, the 12 mid-career designers were…
bit.ly
August 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our 2025 Well-Being by Design Fellows have been sharing their work this summer! Head to the blog to see their Games for Change workshop replay video + case studies and a webinar about their fellowships: bit.ly/4ms6dCG #wbxd #wellbeing #kidtech
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“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
“A New Obelisk ‘Lifeform’ Is Hiding Inside Humans. This strange microscopic structure may whisper ancient evolutionary secrets.”
#WeirdScience
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a655...
#WeirdScience
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a655...
A New Obelisk ‘Lifeform’ Is Hiding Inside Humans
This strange microscopic structure may whisper ancient evolutionary secrets.
www.popularmechanics.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“A New Obelisk ‘Lifeform’ Is Hiding Inside Humans. This strange microscopic structure may whisper ancient evolutionary secrets.”
#WeirdScience
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a655...
#WeirdScience
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a655...
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One of America's biggest charging networks is keeping its foot on the accelerator, despite a rough patch for the EV market.
“I think we all have to continue to make sure that we are investing to close that gap and to keep our pace of growth.”
insideevs.com/news/767772/...
“I think we all have to continue to make sure that we are investing to close that gap and to keep our pace of growth.”
insideevs.com/news/767772/...
Why Electrify America Isn't Slowing Down
One of America's biggest charging networks is keeping its foot on the accelerator, despite a rough patch for the EV market.
insideevs.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
One of America's biggest charging networks is keeping its foot on the accelerator, despite a rough patch for the EV market.
“I think we all have to continue to make sure that we are investing to close that gap and to keep our pace of growth.”
insideevs.com/news/767772/...
“I think we all have to continue to make sure that we are investing to close that gap and to keep our pace of growth.”
insideevs.com/news/767772/...
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
“Continuing to function in the United States right now requires being very good at compartmentalization.”
#Truth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Truth
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Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out
The tech billionaire’s ‘retro-futuristic’ drive-in and Tesla charging station has long lines, plenty of glitches – and adoring fans
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“Continuing to function in the United States right now requires being very good at compartmentalization.”
#Truth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Truth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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