How cities can drive the Sustainable Development Goals
To create a framework for sustainable development beyond 2015, the United Nations recently announced a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals.
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Texas university students in dildo protest over gun law
Texas students are planning to hang sex toys from their bags in protest at a law allowing people to carry concealed weapons on university campuses.
Out of the cave and onto Facebook – the life of a modern hermit
Like any good hermit Rachel Denton rises early in the morning to tend to her vegetable garden, feed her chickens, and pray.
The Costs of Publish or Perish
Shortly after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013, Peter Higgs, of Higgs boson fame, said he doubted he would have gotten a job, not to mention tenure, in today’s academic system.
Social network overload ‘wastes academics’ time’
To some, everyday life feels like a never-ending battle to keep abreast of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and a host of other social networks.
Colleges wary of student health coverage
The University of Missouri's decision to discontinue, and then quickly reinstate, health insurance subsidies for graduate students brought national attention to the lack of clarity in regulators' application of rules for colleges and universities.
Computer science now top major for women at Stanford University
Computer science has for the first time become the most popular major for female students at Stanford University, a hopeful sign for those trying to build up the thin ranks of women in the technology field.
Why war crimes charges now extend to the destruction of ancient monuments
For the first time, the International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened war crimes proceedings against an Islamist militant accused of leading in the destruction of historical monuments.
About that doomsday asteroid that was supposed to hit Earth today…
Good news Earthlings, we survived a "potential" asteroid collision.
Female genital mutilation: Why Egyptian girls fear the summer
Summer days: They're what childhood memories are made of, glorious afternoons of unchecked freedom to frolic with friends in the sun, unshackled from the earthly obligations of a math class that never seemed further away.
