Articles of Interest - Oct. 8
/***TECHNOLOGY
The Robots Are Coming To Las Vegas NPR
New satellite technology may lead to faster internet Axios
California passes law that bans default passwords in connected devices TechCrunch
How Good — And How Secure — Is Facial Recognition Technology? NPR
History of IoT (graphic) Daily Infographic
***BIG DATA & AI
A new neural network framework claims to be faster and require less training than rivals ZD Net
U.S. trails behind Russia, China in organizing militarily in space Axios
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Understanding owned social content is key to an effective social media strategy Nielson
Google+ to shut down after security bug CNN
Why You Shouldn’t Use Facebook to Log In to Other Sites New York Times
Facebook is making a video camera Tech Crunch
The new Facebook hoax you should know about 10 News
The Facebook hack exposes an internet-wide failure Wired
***MOBILE
The Presidential Text Alert Has a Long, Strange History Wired
How to ‘turn off’ the presidential text alert test Wired
Cult of Mac’s 50 Essential iOS Apps [The complete list, sorted!] Cult of Mac
***INTERNET
See what we searched for over the past two decades 20 years
Netflix Consumes 15% of the World's Internet Bandwidth Variety***PERSONAL GROWTH
Intelligence and personality can be developed Becoming (my blog)
In Praise of Mediocrity New York Times
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Ad industry finally embraces privacy rules Axios
Billboards — yes, billboards — are having a heyday in a digital world Recode
***JOURNALISM
Want razor-sharp focus in your audio stories? This group activity can help NPR
A Reporter Who Wore A MAGA Hat While Covering A Trump Rally Has Been Fired BuzzFeed News
Newsroom employees earn less than other college-educated US workers Pew Research Center
ProPublica's experimental journalism Wired
A beginner's guide to joining NYC's journalism community
***JOURNALISM OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Bulgarian TV host Victoria Marinova raped and killed Committee to Protect Journalists
What To Know About The Mysterious Disappearance Of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Digg
Journalist’s Expulsion From Hong Kong ‘Sends a Chilling Message’ New York Times
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
This is the state of nonprofit news in 2018 Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Tronc changing name back to Tribune Publishing Chicago Tribune
***FAKE NEWS
How the Kavanaugh information war mirrors real warzones Wired
More research suggests that Twitter’s fake news “strategy” is either ineffective or nonexistent Nieman Journalism Lab
Even the best AI for spotting fake news is still terrible MIT Technology Review
***GRAMMAR
‘Different Than’ or ‘Different From’: Which Should You Say? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
William Faulkner was really bad at being a postman Lit Hub
The Chronicles of Narnia being made into new movies by Netflix Entertainment Weekly
Sikh Poet Jasmin Kaur calls out white feminists for co-opting her work Daily Dot
Mary Shelley’s Obsession with the Cemetery Jstor
***GENDER
Viral video of Russian woman bleaching manspreaders was anti-feminist propaganda The Verge
Instagram Now Home to Classic Feminist Literature New York Times
Female Nobel prize winner deemed not important enough for Wikipedia entry South China Morning Post
Largest wave surfed – female Guinness World Records
CERN suspends physicist over remarks on gender bias Nature
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Iowa State University paid $100,000 to settle a former tennis player's civil-rights complaint Iowa State Daily
The Legendary Black Surfer Who Challenged Stereotypes Atlas Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-is-nick-gabaldon-surfer
***DIVERSITY
Explore new data on the race, ethnicity, and gender of students at more than 4,300 colleges and universities Chronicle of Higher Ed
Building Diversity in Science, One Interaction at a Time Undark
***LEGAL ISSUES
A look at an anonymous sexual-assault-accusations website and the issue of libel Dynamics of Writing
Media asks Tennessee high court to boost press protection Fox 13
UK Copyright if there’s no Brexit deal The 1709 Blog
Blogger Defeats Defamation Claims Over Posts Claiming a “Scam” Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
The Night Missionaries Smuggled One Million Bibles into China Mental Floss
America’s clergy are teaming up with scientists Wired
Paige Patterson, ousted Baptist seminary leader, to teach ethics course Religion News Service
'God Friended Me' a CBS faith-based comedy Washington Times
The Christian Broadcasting Network launches CBN News Channel Religion News Service
Bayesian inference and religious belief Andrew Gelman Blog
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Christian Zionism Aeon
Christian nationalism, explained through one pro-Trump propaganda film Vox
***GOOD NEWS
Local woman, 85, is world's oldest trapeze artist Union-Tribune
The Sometimes Stranger: Night after night, this Plano man visits his wife with Alzheimer's Dallas News
Couple that met as kids at St. Jude's gets married there nearly 30 years later People
First-grader unable to play outside forms special bond with school resource officer WKRG
Soldier Whose House Was Looted Gives Away Money Meant for Him People
***ANIMALS
Injured Turtle Gets Around With the Help of Custom Wheelchair Made of Legos Inside Edition
Does it really matter if one animal goes extinct? Phys Org
***ART & DESIGN
Roald Dahl's Matilda confronts Donald Trump in new statue CNN
Meet The MacArthur Fellow Disrupting Racism In Art NPR
What's The Tallest We Could Theoretically Construct A Building? Digg
How Jackson Pollock became so overrated (video)
A Giant Mural of Robin Williams Goes Up in Chicago Open Culture
***BANKSY
Banksy painting 'self-destructs' moments after being sold for $1.4 million at auction CNN
Banksy show us how he destroyed his art (video)
***SPORTS
U.S. Charges 7 Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking 40 Sports And Doping Groups NPR
***STUDENT MEDIA
OU College of Law associate dean resigns amid controversy surrounding views published in 2014 book OU Daily
***STUDENT LIFE
College students with preschool-aged children are twice as likely as their childless classmates to drop out of college Taylor & Francis
Life After College is Weird: advice on navigating the postgraduate world New York Times
‘Selfie’: One Word to Characterize a Generation Chronicle of Higher Ed
Graduates Are Told They Can Do Anything With Their Degrees. Is That Why They Feel Lost? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Ohio State plans esports program across 5 colleges Education Dive
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Create a ‘Personal Brand,’ and Other Tips Learned During a Day With a Recruiter Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Key to Career Growth: Surround Yourself with People Who Will Push You Harvard Business Review
Here are more than 80 journalism internships and fellowships Poynter
The Washington Post and Instagram launch a midterm elections fellowship for student journalists Washington Post
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Dear dads: Your daughters told me about their assaults: This is why they never told you Washington Post
How Police Investigate Sex Crimes NPR
How Daughters Are Talking To Their Fathers About Sexual Assault NPR
How Minnesota’s criminal justice system often fails victims of rape and sexual assault Minneapolis Star Tribune
***#METOO
After One Year Of Headlines, #MeToo Is Everywhere NPR
The 84 cases that defined the first year of #MeToo Vice
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
Student-created website allowing for anonymous sexual assault allegations vulnerable to defamation charges The Daily (Univ of WA student newspaper)
TCU fires back after conservative comedian proclaims rape culture is a myth Star-Telegram
Professor blasted for saying sexual assault is a prerequisite for manhood New York Post
Students protest professor's 'satirical' blog on sexual assault Fox-5
Rutgers refuses to investigate some sexual harassment claims. Are students at risk? New Jersey.com
A high schooler in Texas accuses two other students of raping her: Few believed her. Her hometown turned against her. The authorities failed her. Washington Post
***SEXUAL ASSAULT & THE KAVANAUGH HEARING
Brett Kavanaugh And The Problem With #BelieveSurvivors NPR
The junk science Republicans used to undermine Ford and help save Kavanaugh (opinion) Washington Post
Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart Vox
***SOCIAL ISSUES
In Louisiana, You Can Be Sent Away for Life Even If Jurors Say You’re Innocent Mother Jones
***VOTING
Interactive on how easy (or hard) it is to vote in every state Washington Post
5 Things You Need to Know About 2018 Election Security Voice of America
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
MBA applications in the US have fallen for the fourth year in a row Quartz
Visualizing the World's Tech Giants 2018 How Much
***ENVIRONMENT
Climate scientists are struggling to find the right words for very bad news Washington Post
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 New York Times
***HEALTH
What the Mens’ Calf Size Says About Their Health, According to Science Fatherly
How long different drugs stay in your body IFL Science
How Gym Selfies Are Quietly Changing the Way We Work Out GQ
Climate and city density key factors governing flu outbreaks: Study Axios
A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal Propublica
***HEALTH & WEIGHT
A lack of insurance is leading more Americans to have weight loss surgery in Mexico Vox
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong The Huffington Post
***FOOD
Where Did the Taco Come From? Smithsonian Magazine
Over one-third of US adults eat fast food at least once a day CDC
FDA Bans Use of 7 Synthetic Food Additives After Environmental Groups Sue NPR
***PARENTING
Ending Sexual Violence by Raising Better Boys Slate
***SCIENCE
Watch Scientists Accidentally Blow Up Their Lab With The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever Mother Board
All the planets we've found in the Milky Way — so far Axios
***PSYCHOLOGY
I Suffer From Depression and Have PTSD Symptoms Medium
The Psychological Make-Up of Conspiracy Theorists New research identifies pro-conspiracy ways to see and understand the world Psychology Today
***NEUROSCIENCE
How much control do you really have over your actions? These brain regions provide clues Science Mag
Best Brain Game To Stave Off Alzheimer's Could Be Your Job NPR
***PHILOSOPHY
A philosopher explains how our addiction to stories keeps us from understanding history The Verge
***RESEARCH
A trio’s systematic trolling of journals yields seven accepted papers Chronicle of Higher Ed
'Real' fake research hoodwinks US journals AFP
A New Series on Scholarly Productivity: ‘Are You Writing? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship Areo Magazine
Why it’s so difficult to correct the scientific record Less Likely
How a failed psoriasis study pushed a whole field forward Salon
What the ‘Conceptual Penis’ Hoax Does and Does Not Prove Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED
Universities roll out digital student IDs 10 News
UWM is bleeding faculty, but its budget is balanced for the first time since 2012 Journal Sentinel
Hey, Alexa, Should We Bring Virtual Assistants to Campus? These Colleges Gave Them a Shot Chronicle of Higher Ed
We Are Building the Most Inclusive, Exclusive Colleges in America! McSweeney’s
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Brad Paisley and wife team with Christian university to open free grocery store for those in Nashville World Religion News
Saint Mary's College president abruptly resigns South Bend Tribune
This SoCal Christian College Supported Gay Relationships: Then It Abruptly Changed Its Mind LAist
***TEACHING
What to Do About Contract Cheating Campus Technology
Furor Over Blended and Active Learning Inside Higher Ed
Survey: 1 in 4 Professors Ban Mobile Phone Use in Class Campus Technology
5 Tips for Using Multiple-Choice Tests to Bolster Learning Chronicle of Higher Ed
Updating pedagogy for the mobile phone era Small Pond Science
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Meet the Academics Who Nabbed This Year’s MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants Chronicle of Higher Ed
USC Students rally, call for firing of professor after controversial email Daily Trojan
For Some Scholars, a Full Professorship Calls for ‘a Lot of Paperwork’ That ‘Doesn’t Mean Anything’ Chronicle of Higher Ed