Has Twitter transformed the PhD experience?
Just a few weeks after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey sent the platform’s first tweet in March 2006, the social media network gained its first PhD student.
How to set up a blog about science
Blogging is now an essential weapon in most scientists’ armoury
In Mexico, Fish Poachers Push Endangered Porpoises to Brink
China’s lucrative black market for fish parts is threatening the vaquita, the world’s most endangered marine mammal.
Children urge Australia to free them from Nauru island ‘prison’
At just 10 years old, Mizba Ahmed and her family fled persecution in Myanmar.
Astronomers discover largest solar system
Astronomers have discovered the largest known solar system, consisting of a large planet that takes nearly a million years to orbit its star.
Detecting More Than Plagiarism
As Turnitin seeks a “realignment” of what it does, the company best known for its plagiarism detection software hopes it can warm more faculty members to the idea of using technology in writing instruction.
College students are renting out their dorm rooms on AirBnB
When Eduardo’s roommate moved out of his New York City dorm room before the summer term was finished, Eduardo saw a business opportunity.
Star Wars: a case study in psychiatric disorders?
As fans await the release of The Force Awakens, could Star Wars help teach psychoanalytic concepts in university?
Whites, Asians Need Not Apply
Many colleges want more ethnically and racially diverse faculty members. But should searches be limited to underrepresented groups? One university just tried.
Howard may sell rights to its public TV station’s spectrum
When Howard University Television crackled onto the airwaves here in November 1980, hundreds of people representing the city, university and broadcasting industry turned out to celebrate the first of its kind ...
