Articles of Interest - Dec 18
/***TECHNOLOGY
Robots that Look like Animals (video)
Google Glass, Oculus, HoloLens: The Race for Augmented Reality Glasses Starts Now Wired
CRISPR gene editing moved into humans in 2017Debates about when and how to use the tool in humans take on new urgency Science News
In China, a Three-Digit Score Could Dictate Your Place in Society Wired
AIM, aka AOL Instant Messenger, dead at 20 NY Daily News
Video games could fall foul of anti-gambling laws Economist
***BIG DATA & AI
A quantum communications satellite: The Chinese really beat us on this one Science News
Five programming languages with hidden flaws vulnerable to hackers Tech Republic
AI hedge funds embrace machine learning Economist
***SOCIAL MEDIA
The top 10 memes of 2017, according to Google Daily Dot
Worker rushes back to burning factory in China for phone Daily Mail
Former Facebook exec won't let own kids use social media, says it's 'destroying how society works' Fox News
Hard Questions: Is Spending Time on Social Media Bad for Us? Facebook Newsroom
Facebook's Partnership With Fact-Checkers Gets Off To A Rocky Start NPR
How much news makes it into people’s Facebook feeds? Our experiment suggests not much Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Facebook news feed changes could affect your business's post engagement Tech Republic
***MOBILE
Voice assistants used by 46% of Americans, mostly on smartphones Pew Research Center
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Descript gets $5M to make sound editing like a Word document Tech Crunch
Don’t Compromise Your Ethics When Telling Stories in VR Medium
***INTERNET
Five Times the Internet Was Actually Fun in 2017 New York Times
How a dorm room Minecraft scam brought down the internet Wired
Gmail Quietly Offers New Unsubscribe Feature Media Post
***JOURNALISM
Public colleges limiting journalist access Columbia Journalism Review
New York Times D.C. bureau adds fact-checker Politico
Goodbye to Storify Chronicle of Higher
Longform video leads the way Harvard’s Nieman Lab
How do you use an Anonymous Source? Washington Post
Show a little vulnerability Harvard’s Nieman Lab
The 10 Best Journalism Movies Washington Post
Not fake news, just plain wrong: Top media corrections of 2017 Poynter
Record number of journalists jailed Committee to Protect Journalism
Jealousy List 2017 Bloomberg
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
An insider’s account of the booming business where ads want to be journalism, sort of Traffic
WikiLeaks recognised as a 'media organisation' by UK tribunal The Guardian
Pope Begs Journalists To Avoid 'Sins Of Communication' : The Two-Way NPR
Newspaper Advertising Costs & How to Succeed on a Budget Fit Small Business
New owner to retire iconic Time Inc. name New York Post
***FAKE NEWS
The Numbers Behind Fake News Daily Infographic
‘False News’ Is Safer Than ‘Fake’ Chronicle of Higher
Yes, the Truth Still Matters New York Times
Pope Francis: fake and sensationalised news 'a very serious sin' The Guardian
Google News To Delist Publications That Intentionally Mislead Readers, Mask Country Of Origin Media Post
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
'The Atlantic' Rebuilds Paywall For 2018 Media Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Importance of Making Mistakes Becoming (my blog)
The Batman Effect: Dressing up as a superhero might actually give your kid grit Quartz
Why It Feels So Good to Cancel Plans Last Minute, and How to Stop Life Hacker
For Veterans, a Path to Healing 'Moral Injury' New York Times
Why We Pull Away From Those We Love The Most Digg
***GRAMMAR
This Is The Daily Stormer's Playbook: A leaked style guide reveals they’re Nazis about grammar Huffington Post
The Fine Line Between Errors and Dialect Differences Chronicle of Higher
***WRITING & READING
Poetry's Not Dead, And Here Are Books To Help Appreciate It NPR
The Weaponization of Plagiarism Plagiarism Today
For baby’s brain to benefit, read the right books at the right time The Conversation
20 Words and Phrases for Better Essays Daily Infographic
***LANGUAGE
Oxford's word of the year is a less obvious, more obscure choice Mashable
Beyond “I can’t even” Chronicle of Higher
***LITERATURE
Researchers had an AI bot write a new Harry Potter chapter and it was terrifying The Guardian
You can thank Facebook, Hulu, and Instagram for some of the year’s bestselling books Quartz
Three Books That Capture America In Poetry NPR
***GENDER
The Growing Partisan Divide Over Feminism The Atlantic
42% of US working women have faced gender discrimination on the job Pew Research Center
At ESPN, the problem for women runs deep Boston Globe
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Court Decision Could Force Changes To ATF's Undercover Operations NPR
***LEGAL ISSUES
Slovenian magazine apologizes to US first lady Melania Trump Associated Press
Scandalous Trademarks No Longer Taboo, Court Rules Hollywood Reporter
***RELIGION
R.C. Sproul, theologian and religious broadcaster, dies at 78 USA Today
5 facts about Christmas in America Pew Research
Suit: Ernest Angely's Megachurch Swindled Mentally Ill Woman out of more than 300K CBS Chicago
How A Priest Convinced Robert Mugabe To Step Down NPR
Christian Club Sues University After Being Booted off Campus Iowa City Press-Citizen
Ernest Angley's church and TV station being sued for defaulting on $3.6 million loan Akron Beacon Journal
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
This Evangelical Leader Denounced Trump. Then the Death Threats Started Politico
Religious Bias Is Distorting American Foreign Policy (opinion) The Atlantic
An Evangelical Evaluation Of Trump's First Year NPR
After Trump and Moore, some evangelicals are finding their own label too toxic to use Washington Post
***ART & DESIGN
Guerrilla Public Service Redux 99 Percent
Better design helps differentiate opinion and news Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***MUSIC
Nielsen 360 Study Finds Consumers Love Streaming Music, But Radio Still Strong Billboard
Algorithm is a dancer: Is YouTube starting to determine vinyl reissues? The Vinyl Factory
U2 on 2017's 'Swing to Extremism' and Why Unity Is As Important As Resistance Billboard
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. will pay almost 41% more for the music it plays on its satellite-radio service starting next year Fox Business News
Thelonious Monk’s 25 Tips for Musicians (1960) Open Culture
In a new podcast, our host explores the craft of writing about music Poynter
***FILM
How The Post Became the Hottest Screenplay in Hollywood Vanity Fair
James Earl Jones Didn't Believe Darth Vader Was Luke's Father Hollywood Reporter
Movies You Missed: 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' NPR
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Resources for combating sexual harassment in the newsroom Society of Professional Journalists
There Is No Moral Relativity in Sexual Harassment (opinion) Chronicle of Higher
Women and Power in the Workplace New York Times
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support 'Zero Tolerance' On Sexual Harassment NPR
Catholic Church Singled Out In Australian Sex Abuse Report: The Two-Way NPR
How you can use public records to cover campus sexual assault Student Press Law Center
When harassment drives women out of journalism Vox
Gender discrimination comes in many forms for today’s working women Pew Research
We Got Government Data On 20 Years Of Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims: These Charts Break It Down BuzzFeed
***FAMILIES
Down Syndrome Families Divided Over Abortion Ban NPR
Parents giving children alcohol too young, researchers say BBC
***HEALTH
How healthy is your state? The disparities are stark Stat News
3-D printed microfibers could provide structure for artificially grown body part Penn State
The Future of Genomic medicine The Naked Scientist
'Why am I so tired?' The 10 most-Googled health questions in 2017 CNN
Why New Blood Pressure Guidelines Could Lead to Harm New York Times
CDC director tells staff ‘there are no banned words,’ while not refuting report Stat News
You (and most of the millions of holiday travelers you encounter) are washing your hands wrong The Conversation
***ENVIRONMENT
The world is drowning in ever-growing mounds of garbage Washington Post
Each U.S. Family Trashes 400 iPhones’ Worth of E-Waste a Year National Geographic
***SCIENCE
CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity Washington Post
***PSYCHOLOGY
Older Adults' Forgetfulness Tied To Faulty Brain Rhythms In Sleep : Shots - Health News NPR
***NEUROSCIENCE
Offbeat brain rhythms during sleep make older adults forget UC Berkeley
***PHILOSOPHY
Pickle: A Philosophy and Ethics Podcast for Kids WNYC
God's Answer to Nietzsche, the Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard BigThink
***HISTORY
***RESEARCH
How many papers really end up without a single citation Nature
Strong evidence of bias against research from low income countries BMJ blog
Predatory publishing can no longer be called … a fly in the chardonnay of scholars Scholarly Kitchen
***HIGHER ED
The Political Divide Over Higher Education in America Gallup Poll
Baking Common Sense into the FERPA Cake: How to Meaningfully Protect Student Rights and the Public Interest Notre Dame Journal of Legislation
With an Employee Facing Deportation, Wesleyan’s President Speaks Out Chronicle of Higher Ed
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump contraception rule Washington Post
Arkansas Baptist president fired over 'lack of transparency' to board, college says Arkansas Online
Students combat human trafficking Northwest Nazarene
***TEACHING
Automatic Course Syllabus Maker Chronicle of Higher
Peer instruction and polling changes teaching Chronicle of Higher
When Students Aren’t as Prepared as They Look on Paper Chronicle of Higher
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Ph.D.s Are Still Writing Poorly, Part 2 Chronicle of Higher
***STUDENT LIFE
The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots Atlas Obscura