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Are dating apps killing romance?

Historian and TV presenter Lucy Worsley has said romance is dying because it has become "too easy" to meet new people via dating apps and the net.

First published by | October 6, 2015 | Social Change | 0 responses

Schrems: the law student who brought down a transatlantic data pact

From Vienna cafes to the European Union's highest court, an Austrian law student's two-year battle against Facebook and mass U.S. surveillance culminated on Tuesday in a landmark ruling that has rippled across the business world.

First published by | October 6, 2015 | Business & Politics | 0 responses

Chinese students learn a lesson on married life

Tying the knot as an undergraduate has been legal for 10 years in China, but this has brought a series of challenges

First published by | October 6, 2015 | Education | 0 responses

Army U

Everyone in the U.S. Army, from top officers to new recruits, gets some kind of training.

First published by | October 6, 2015 | Education | 0 responses

How China and U.S. became unlikely partners on climate

Amid tensions between the U.S. and China, one issue has emerged on which the two nations are finding common ground: climate change.

First published by | October 6, 2015 | Environment | 0 responses

Tennessee Promise ups enrollment at Chattanooga, Cleveland States

The promise Gov. Bill Haslam made to Tennessee students is changing the landscape of higher education in the Chattanooga area.

First published by | October 6, 2015 | Education | 0 responses

‘Hundreds’ of Yazidi women killing themselves in ISIS captivity

"Hello?" The voice is muffled, crackly, and barely audible, but the caller's desperation is clear: "Our situation is very bad and cannot get any worse."

First published by | October 5, 2015 | Social Change | 0 responses