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Is there an education penalty for women?
New stats out on women with graduate degrees are, quite simply, depressing.
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CAS academician’s work probed
The unfolding scandal involving a Chinese Academy of Sciences academician who is accused of plagiarism and copying technology for profit exposes flaws in the system that awards special titles to elite professors
Indonesia volcano: Mount Sinabung eruption intensifies
A volcanic eruption in Indonesia that has displaced more than 22,000 people is intensifying, local authorities say.
18 infographics illustrate the global food challenge
The world is projected to hold a whopping 9.6 billion people by 2050.
New Approach to Transfer
A group of 16 public institutions in four Western states have agreed to a transfer agreement based on what students know rather than on the courses they have taken or the credits they have earned.
Phones morph into ‘stun guns’ and ‘tricorders’
Add-ons that turn smartphones into Star Trek-like tricorder medical diagnostic kits
An $8,000 Gag Visa
The new price for a shot at reporting on Nauru.
Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th-graders
Early in her career as a learning specialist, Mary Willingham was in her office when a basketball player at the University of North Carolina walked in looking for help with his classwork.
Yahoo malware enslaves PCs to Bitcoin mining
Adverts on Yahoo's homepage were infected with malware designed to mine the Bitcoin virtual currency, according to security experts.
How a single ‘error’ trips up sustainability progress
Lately, I've been reading books about how humans think, including "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman, "Switch" by Chip and Dan Heath, "A Whole New Mind" by Daniel Pink and "The Righteous Mind" by Jonathan Haidt.
