Athena SWAN funding link under scrutiny in discrimination row
Female lecturers allegedly under pressure to settle legal action after university’s equality charter application rejected
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Facebook to launch new virtual reality headset, ‘Oculus Go’
Facebook Inc plans to release a new virtual reality headset that does not require a separate computer to operate....
Trump threatens broadcaster NBC after nuclear report
US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of challenging media licences for NBC News and other news networks after unfavourable reports.
U. of Hawaii email: ‘In the event of a nuclear attack’
An email to all University of Hawaii students and faculty with the subject line "In the event of a nuclear attack" not only caused quite a stir locally, it generated national and international headlines.
The dark side of digitally tracking endangered species
In the arid far-western region of South Africa is a vast flatland covered with white quartzite gravel known as the Knersvlakte — Afrikaans for "Gnashing Plain" — because it sounds like grinding teeth when you walk across it.
Missed out on a Nobel prize? Here’s how to win one
Winning a Nobel prize may seem like an absurdly ambitious goal for most scientists to even contemplate but some researchers will admit to daydreaming about it.
Classroom, interrupted
Students storm a professor’s class at Columbia to protest the university’s handling of rape cases. It’s unclear if the students involved will face consequences.
Hackers will work with government, academia to make future elections secure
Last summer, a group of hackers showed how easy it is to infiltrate a bunch of voting machines.
The war of words between former and current Mrs Trumps
Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana, has started a war of words by saying she, not Melania, is the real First Lady and by revealing that she has a direct line to the White House but uses it less than she could to avoid jealousy.
Blockbuster arrests not shocking to college hoops followers
Top-level basketball recruits played in gyms across Las Vegas over the summer, their final shot to impress college coaches during a live-recruiting period.
