How a wayward Arctic current could cool the climate in Europe
The Beaufort Gyre, a key Arctic Ocean current, is acting strangely.
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Rethinking paper and sustainable printing
It may be time for you to let go of your printer anxiety.
US Interior secretary pushing controversial road project
Far down the Alaskan peninsula, where it curves into the Bering Sea, lies the remote Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
German spy agency warns of Chinese LinkedIn espionage
China is using fake LinkedIn profiles to gather information on German officials and politicians, the German intelligence agency (BfV) has said.
Knewton Returns, With New Pitch
Much-hyped company, early player in adaptive learning, plans to take on the publishers. Some see promise; others have doubts.
Campuses in Trump states ‘less likely to offer travel ban help’
Universities located in states that voted for Donald Trump are less likely to have offered support to international students affected by the US president’s ban on travel from six majority-Muslim countries, academics have revealed.
Brown, Hasbro test smart robotic pets for seniors
Rhode Island-based toy company and an Ivy League university are working together to create robotic pets that could help senior citizens with dementia.
Email shows effort to give Trump campaign WikiLeaks documents
Candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and others in the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address for hacked WikiLeaks documents, according to an email provided to congressional investigators.
Millions ‘stolen’ in NiceHash Bitcoin heist
"Highly professional" hackers made off with around 4,700 Bitcoin from a leading mining service, a Bitcoin exchange has said.
China’s shift towards basic research ‘aids entrepreneurial goals’
China’s universities have made an “impressive” and “fundamental” change in their research strategies by investing much more in long-term basic research, the president of Asia’s top university has said.
