Technology
Are We Playing STEM or Building Future Workers?
An educational nonprofit head urges a citywide push to prepare low-income children for real jobs and real futures
By Sean VereenCode for Cancer
In a rebuke to the closed world of scientific research, a group of volunteer coders helped a Penn lab take on cancer
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyDroppin’ The Mic
The city’s Amazon pitch paints a thrilling picture of a vibrant, innovative city. Now it’s time to get the political class in the city and state to sign on
By Larry PlattTech for Philly
Startup guru Bob Moul has turned his attention to pushing computer science education in Philly schools. Is he the evangelist we need?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyKatrina Stevens
As part of a Drexel series on rethinking learning, the tech ed entrepreneur and former Obama advisor will explore the best uses of technology in the classroom
By Jamie BogertTechgirlz
Through free tech classes to middle school girls in Philly, the nonprofit hopes to shape the technology industry into a more equitable place for everyone
By Quinn O'CallaghanFalse Prophets?
Mark Zuckerberg and other technoplutocrats are calling for a Universal Basic Income as a way to narrow income disparity. Should we buy what they’re selling?
By Ajay RajuKeriton
The Philly-based startup is changing the way NICUs track breast milk—and hoping to help turn around the nation’s high rate of preemie deaths
By Quinn O'CallaghanAll Aboard
Just what might a high-speed rail revolution mean for Philly? And do we have the guts to make the dream real?
By Larry PlattQSPACES
Queer and trans people have worse health outcomes than the general public. A local couple is trying to change that with a Yelp-like doctors app for LGBTQ Philadelphians
By Emma Copley Eisenberg