What could have prevented the Cape Town water crisis
After three years of unrelenting drought, the South African city of Cape Town is at risk of running out of water.
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New study shows how wealthy parents and their involvement with their children drastically changes the college experience.
Higher education aid project’s £3.3 million ‘largely squandered’
Questions have been raised about the value of international organisations providing aid for developing countries’ higher education systems, after the veterans of one project warned that much of its $4.6 million (£3.3 million) budget had been squande
Atacama’s lessons about life on Mars
Even in the driest places on Earth there is life eking out an existence, it seems.
The preposterous ‘evidence’ that casts Chinese students as spies
Following a school shooting in Florida that killed 17 people, including that of a Chinese-American student who held a door to let his classmates escape, we learned that the FBI received a tip about the shooter last month but failed to act.
Mindfulness exercises ‘help students stay focused in class’
Taking part in brief mindfulness exercises can help university students stay focused during lectures, researchers have claimed.
Posttenure Review or a Plan to Undercut Tenure?
Right after U of Tennessee faculty members agreed on plan to toughen oversight of tenured professors, system proposed rules many say endanger academic freedom.
5 problems the internet of energy can solve
wo technological revolutions are shaping the dawn of the 21st century: the development of the internet and the shift towards a carbon-free global energy system.
In effort to save money, two small colleges move toward merger
In an attempt to stay affordable and competitive, two small liberal arts colleges in Newton are considering merging, the schools announced Saturday.
Social media firms ‘failing’ to tackle cyber-bullying
Social networks' failure to tackle cyber-bullying is risking the mental health of young people, a Children's Society survey has found.
