Data, AI and the tragedy of the commons
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Social media feeding a manipulation machine
Computer scientist Jaron Lanier says people should delete their social media accounts in order to get a greater perspective on life.
Universities ‘must read applicants’ work to defeat impact factor’
Nobel laureates call for early career researchers to be freed from ‘publish or perish’ mentality
Elevating college completion
Only about half of students who begin college actually complete their degree, which makes it increasingly difficult and expensive to brush the college completion problem under the rug.
Donald Trump is pretty sure he’s nailing this whole ‘President’ thing
On Wednesday night, speaking to a packed house in North Dakota, President Donald Trump seemed to suggest that this whole being President thing wasn't so tough.
Floating robot Cimon sent to International Space Station
An experimental robot with an animated cartoon face has been sent to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Surprise! Not all mobility tech is for cities
Every week I’ll bring you a column on trends, companies, policies and research around transportation tech.
A race against time to preserve University media collections
Irreplaceable audio and video recordings from the 20th century are languishing in university collections, deteriorating. Can they be saved?
Chinese language teachers in British universities look for further development
As the popularity of the Chinese language grows, there is urgent need to improve the quality of Chinese teaching as a foreign language in the UK higher education sector, participants at an international conference agreed Wednesday.
UK gets world-first national learning analytics service
Thirty providers already signed up to initiative, with another 30 interested in following suit
