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Trump sexual assault accuser: He pinned me against the wall

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bubmagJune 24, 2019

Biological Warfare

Lyme Disease Cases Are Exploding. And It’s Only Going To Get Worse

This story is part of Tickpocalypse, a multi-part special report. Kelly Oggenfuss is walking into the woods. Leading her team of four young researchers through a thicket of slender oak trees, she doles out assignments by letters corresponding to a grid. As e…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Blockchain

US prisons are taking programming books off the shelves over ‘security concerns’

Last week, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DoC) has banned prisoners from reading dozens of books related to technology and programming, citing security concerns. According to records obtained by Salem Reporter, the banned titles Windows 10 for Dummies…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Computers in School

Four Surprising Truths About U.S. Schooling

The OECD recently issued its new book-length report, "Measuring Innovation in Education 2019." As I've previously noted (here and here), the authors offer some fascinating peeks at how the OECD nations compare when it comes to policy and practice around STEM …

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Alibaba

Cambridge: One day of paid work a week is enough for mental health perks

Researchers discovered that eight hours of work per week reduces mental health issues by 30 percent. Working a full-time job, roughly 40 hours per week, does not result in further mental health gains. Societies are going to have to g…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

eSports

Renault Vitality Runs The Gauntlet, Wins The RLCS World Championship With Style

Renault Vitality are Rocket League Championship Series champions after defeating G2 Esports in the RLCS Season 7 finals.The squad consisting of Kaydop, Fairy Peak, and Scrub Killa beat Australian team Ground Zero Gaming and lost to G2 in the group stage, but …

bubmagJune 24, 2019

The Queen

Buckingham Palace’s art gallery has been transformed into an escape room for the summer, and the Queen approves

Ever wondered what it would be like to spend an evening locked inside Buckingham Palace? While it's not unusual for the Queen to open her residence up to the public every summer, this year Her Majesty is doing things differently. The Queen's Gallery — a…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

‘People Could Feel That I Was Sincere.’ How Istanbul’s Elections Turned Into a Heavy Defeat for President Erdogan

Turkish opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won a landslide victory in Istanbul’s re-run mayoral elections June 23, inflicting a heavy defeat on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose rise to power began with winning the city’s mayorship in 1994 and who has sa…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Astroturfing

Leveraging Social Media in Higher Education to Connect Students and Give them Voice and Choice

I recently sat with Ken Bauer and had a great chat about using social media in courses to achieve numerous benefits for our students. I know I am not the only professional who has become rather frustrated with social media, especially in this era of fake news…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Astroturfing

Stop The Koch Brothers’ Agenda In Arizona

You may recall that a few weeks ago, a Koch brothers spokeswoman announced that their network is now willing to finance political campaigns for Democrats who are "in step with Koch policies." Koch policies? Koch policies are first and foremost their busines…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Trump sexual assault accuser: He pinned me against the wall

Lyme Disease Cases Are Exploding. And It’s Only Going To Get Worse

US prisons are taking programming books off the shelves over ‘security concerns’

Four Surprising Truths About U.S. Schooling

Cambridge: One day of paid work a week is enough for mental health perks

Renault Vitality Runs The Gauntlet, Wins The RLCS World Championship With Style

Buckingham Palace’s art gallery has been transformed into an escape room for the summer, and the Queen approves

‘People Could Feel That I Was Sincere.’ How Istanbul’s Elections Turned Into a Heavy Defeat for President Erdogan

Leveraging Social Media in Higher Education to Connect Students and Give them Voice and Choice

Stop The Koch Brothers’ Agenda In Arizona

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