Computer Science

About half of all people released from prison in Missouri return within five years. But decades of research has shown prison education programs can help break the cycle.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker talks about Kevin Strickland and the development of the county's new detention center, and a local competition winner whose ideas could protect thousands of children.

A local young inventor is poised for the global stage with her life-saving invention, for which she won this year's Kansas City Invention Convention.

Kansas City, Missouri — Time was, a fledgling tech company called CivicPlus had to explain to prospective customers why it was based in Kansas — and not…

A teenager wakes up, gets ready for school. Slips a smartphone into her pocket on the way out the door.Her day may well include some biology or chemistry,…

KANSAS CITY — Seventy hours a week got old. Fast. So did working multiple jobs.So Joseph Cowsert wept tears of joy and relief the day he got word while…

Kansas State University is now officially home to one of the best groups of cyber-defense trainees in the nation.In December, the university's Cyber…

Segment 1: The local impact of a minimum wage increase.In November, 62% of Missouri voters supported Proposition B, a measure to raise the minimum wage…

The School of Computing and Engineering at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is getting a high-tech $32 million facility to help students compete in…

Birds, bees, fish, and all sorts of other animals exponentially expand their intelligence and abilities when they cluster together in swarms. Can humans…

Are all those April showers making your May flowers feel a little soggy? Today, we get tips for late-spring gardening from the Kansas City Community…

A recent study from the Brookings Institution suggests that the vast majority of our country's high-tech jobs are clustered in just a handful of cities.…