Human staff will always be needed, Amazon insists
Amazon’s warehouses will always need human staff, the firm’s chief robotics technologist has told the BBC.
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What the freshmen are reading
Many common reading assignments this year focus on issues of diversity, free speech and immigration.
Anger as US funding for fetal tissue research curtailed
Private funders and charitable foundations urged to support vital studies
Hampshire College ‘in danger’ of having accreditation withdrawn
New England’s regional accreditation body for higher education has voted to issue a public notation that Hampshire College is “in danger” of being found in violation of the agency’s standards, though it has deferred formal judgment on the school’s status until November.
Is College worth it? Yes
New study shows that, from a financial standpoint alone, earning a bachelor's degree is on average a sound investment.
Why the US-China trade war is leaving firms vulnerable to soy risk
Consumers are increasingly aware of the planetary implications of their diets, and only those living under a rock will have failed to notice the market shifting accordingly:
Goggles ‘give back’ sight to Maisy so she can read again
Maisy is about to be able to read for the first time in years.
Nearly a dozen U.S. senators sponsor campus free speech resolution
A campus free speech resolution hit the Senate floor on 2019.
Millions of Chinese students sit national college entrance exam
China's annual college entrance exam, known as the gaokao, began Friday as an estimated 10 million students sat the critical exam needed to pursue their higher education.
