Three-unique-words ‘map’ used to rescue mother and child
Three seemingly unconnected words have helped rescue a mother and daughter after a car crash in remote rural Somerset.
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NYC college openly promotes Democrat presidential campaign jobs
The economics department at CUNY-John Jay College advertised a paid position for a Democratic presidential campaign in a mass email
Working-class academics ‘face discrimination throughout careers’
New association will seek to tackle class-based barriers prevalent in academia, says chair
The campus free speech problem Trump doesn’t talk about
Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., among the most vocal supporters of the president's executive order, criticized for censorship of student journalists on his campus.
Betsy DeVos strikes out — in court
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ attempts to swiftly roll back major Obama-era policies at her agency are hitting a roadblock: federal courts.
Colorado college speaker advocates ‘legal rights’ for Mother Earth
A Colorado college hosted a Native American activist Wednesday to discuss the idea that nature and “Mother Earth” should be given rights, allowing the Earth to also be given legal protection.
Electric buses and trucks charge ahead
In Shenzhen, China, a sprawling metropolis of over 12 million people, more than 16,000 city buses run on batteries, moving commuters to jobs and residents to shops using electricity instead of diesel.
Automation could replace 1.5 million jobs, says ONS
Some 1.5 million people in England are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Nature editor: researchers should be forced to make data public
But funders still need to create standardised data repositories for all fields
University of California ends subscription contract with Elsevier
After months of negotiation, the University of California has ended its $10 million subscription contract with Elsevier, the world’s largest scientific publisher, headquartered in Amsterdam.
