AI image creator faces UK and US legal challenges
Getty Images is taking legal action against the makers of an artificial-intelligence image-creation tool Read more
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Harvard Medical School Withdraws From ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
Dean writes that his decision is based “on the principled belief that rankings cannot meaningfully reflect the high aspirations for educational excellence.” Read more
Universities dismiss obesity epidemic contributing to Army’s recruiting crisis
The Army is expanding a program to help recruits meet height and weight standards, with the CDC reporting that the obesity epidemic makes many Americans ‘Unfit to Serve.’ Read more
Rainforest? Turn left after the drawbridge! Inside Madrid’s eye-popping living school
Pupils asked for a building without walls that was like a garden and a spaceship. The dazzling result, housed within a living skin for insects and fungi, is one of the most inventive schools ever built Read more
Report details ‘pervasive and relentless assault’ on Jewish and pro-Israel students nationwide
The “nature, scope and trajectory” of threats to Jewish and pro-Israel students on over 100 college campuses continues to get worse, according to a report recently released by the AMCHA Initiative. Read more
Female high school graduates lag behind males in college readiness, concludes a national survey
Female high school graduates are less prepared—and feel less informed—to confidently enter college or choose a career path, concludes the latest report from YouScience, the leading college and career readiness company. Read more
Industrial espionage: How China sneaks out America’s technology secrets
It was an innocuous-looking photograph that turned out to be the downfall of Zheng Xiaoqing, a former employee with energy conglomerate General Electric Power. Read more
The decline of ‘disruptive’ Science
New paper says truly innovative research and technology across fields is declining. Experts say it’s a wake-up call to institutions and funding agencies. Read more
‘Three-Body’ combines hard tech, soft culture
The reception that a TV series on a Chinese science fiction novel has received augurs well for the future of technology. Read more
Questions over autonomy as India sets out branch campus rules
Flexibility of guidelines for universities wanting to open outposts praised, but concerns raised over academic freedom Read more
