When a Joke Isn’t Funny
Online group of scholars of planning and geography divided over one professor’s sexist humor – and how others reacted to it.
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Why companies see circular thinking as an emerging strategy
Dame Ellen MacArthur sailed around the world solo in 2001 in a nonstop three-month journey.
Robot librarian designed by Aberystwyth University students
A walking, talking library robot could soon be lightening – or removing – the human librarian’s load after a prototype was created by robotics students.
Decades of falling student performance spur college officials to re-examine class duration at Trident Tech
Cory Bazzle is a former Marine. After five years in the armed forces and one deployment to Iraq, she’s used to long hours, sacrifice and hard work.
NE China clearing space for resurgent endangered species
Officials in northeast China are planning a resident resettlement and afforestation project to double the size of a key migration corridor for wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards ...
Mob calls for assaults on foreigners in Sweden; clashes at UK migrant protests
Tensions over Europe's migrant crisis led to arrests and violence in Sweden and the UK over the weekend,
Is it better to run outside or on a treadmill?
Runners have always had a view on whether treadmill running is easier than doing it outdoors.
Oriel College to keep Rhodes statue
Oriel College, Oxford has decided to keep a controversial statue of the Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes in place after months of debate about whether it should be torn down.
Market and state do battle over higher education law
“Education cannot be regulated by the market,” declared Peru’s President Ollanta Humala following the approval of the ‘University Law’ which ushers in some of the most sweeping changes that Peruvian higher education has ever seen
Three scientists on shortlist to appear on new Scottish banknote
Royal Bank of Scotland has named three Scottish scientists -- two men and one woman -- on the shortlist of candidates to appear on its first plastic 10 pound ($14) note.
