Can upcycling really help the oceans?
When oil prices drop, as they have in recent years, recycling profits plummet.
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Donald Trump laments he’s ‘not supposed’ to influence DOJ, FBI
President Donald Trump said Thursday he wishes he could get involved with the Justice Department and direct it toward Hillary Clinton.
AI image recognition fooled by single pixel change
Computers can be fooled into thinking a picture of a taxi is a dog just by changing one pixel, suggests research.
U. of Tenn. campuses will not outsource facilities jobs
In a move celebrated by state workers on college campuses, University of Tennessee administrators announced Tuesday they will not be participating in a proposed facilities outsourcing plan pushed by Gov. Bill Haslam.
Male scientists more likely to share work with other men, study finds
Researchers blame ‘old boy’ networks and evolutionary history for male tendency to stick together
It isn’t strange that cities are leading on climate action
Italy was once not a nation, but a collection of powerful city states, ruled by family dynasties and independent from their formal sovereigns.
Tax Benefits at Risk for Colleges, Student Borrowers
Republican tax reform plan would tax large endowments and limit or kill key deductions, including one for student loan interest and another for graduate students.
Trump’s post-attack talk doesn’t change terror response
Donald Trump just changed the way Presidents talk about terror attacks.
3D printed flying car to take to the skies
A 3D printed 5-seater vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) flying car called Formula is expected to hit the sky in 2018, according to its creater.
France’s most iconic university, the Sorbonne, is reborn
Few universities loom as large in the public’s imagination as “the Sorbonne” – known more prosaically as the University of Paris.
