Deforestation: When should I panic?
There is plenty to panic about working in sustainability, and nothing is more fear-inducing than seeing cleared land where there once were trees.
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MIT invites you to control a human on Halloween
Would you like to control another human being and experience what it would be like to be inside their mind?
Pilots of £6m anti-cheating tool report successful results
A €7 million (£6.2 million) tool designed to stamp out cheating in online assessment is preparing for launch after successful European trials.
To boost preschool quality, Mass. invests in college degrees for teachers
Kayla Pinto knew she had found her calling from the first day she taught preschool at the YMCA in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Driverless cars: Who should die in a crash?
If forced to choose, who should a self-driving car kill in an unavoidable crash?
Gag Placed on Indian Academics
Government says rules on conduct of civil servants should apply to scholars at central universities.
Man tries to steal Magna Carta from UK’s Salisbury Cathedral
The small English cathedral city of Salisbury at the center of an international investigation into the Novichok poisonings is once again in the spotlight.
More Japanese universities face admissions discrimination claims
Tokyo Medical University not alone in rigging entrance exams to exclude women
UC Santa Cruz activism conference addresses ‘weaponized whiteness’
UC Santa Cruz hosted a "Practical Activism" conference consisting of many social justice-themed workshops.
Turning soldiers into scholars by turning military experience into college credit
Despite years leading troops and managing equipment on the front lines, soldiers returning to school may have to start from the beginning, alongside teenagers who have never held a similar level of responsibility.
