Debunking False Science

Steve Kolowich interviews professors Carl Bergstron and Jevin West about a course in indentifying false information .

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Selling Your Book

Lori Flores offers advice for those seeking to be published .

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False News

Safiya Noble suggests that because search engines (such as Google) focus on the most popular results, accurate results are not always at the top of the list of displayed results.

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A Call For Ruth

William Germano reveals how the ancient noun ruth (compassion, as in the word "ruthless") must be applied to our culture.

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Interviewing

Nicole Matos notes that authenticity is vital for an interview candidate.

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Android Malware

Michael Simon reports on Google's efforts to limit the spread of malware among Android phones.

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Encyption in a Heartbeat

Magdalena Petrova reports that Binghamton State University researchers propose using heart beat patterns as a secondary encryption method for patients.

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Reading Literature Makes Us More Empathetic

Kathryn Warren tells the story of an excellent student who ceased reading the textbook because he did not want his mind polluted.

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Academic Publication

David Perlmutter suggests how academics can draw upon their dissertation for publishable material.

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Sutherland's Wealth Advice

Curt Sutherland shares practices which made him wealthy .

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Institutional Review of Human Research

Paul Basken writes about the rule changes issued by the U.S. Office for Human Research Protection . These had been held up due to debate about donor rights regarding their tissue donations, and so forth.

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Employment Advertisement Effectiveness

Marty Nemko and Richard Bolles suggest that newspaper advertisements are valuable for the job seeker, as they are informative "leads" about company needs.

Bolles maintains the website The Job Hunter's Bible, and is the author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, a staple of job seekers for thirty years.

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Snooping Technicians

Andy Patrizio warns that some computer technicians are paid FBI informants.

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University Programs Which Do Not Lead to Gainful Employment

Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez provides a list of educational programs which the US Government deemed a poor investment .

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Electric Vehicle Charging Costs

Lucas Mearian explains how much it costs to fuel a Tesla electric vehicle . I suspect that as electric vehicles become more common, states will also charge them road use fees because such cars do not pay gasoline taxes.

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Timing Retirement

Robert Zarersky muses on when is the best time for a professor to retire .

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Preparing to Teach

James Lang suggests activities that those planning a teaching career should undertake.

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Google Keep

Mike Elgan argues that Google Keep is an excellent free tool for recording and retrieving information - whether voice, video or text.

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Executive Motivation

Paul Glen comments that sometimes the workers do not understand the motivation of the executives/leaders who possess more information.

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Words Achieving Prominence in 2016

Anne Curzan examines words achieving prominence in the year 2016.

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Google Assistant

John Ribeiro provides evidence that Google technology shall soon be found in commercially sold cars.

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Serving as Administrator

David Perlmutter offers advice for those considering a move from teaching to academic administration .

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Cortana Tips

Preson Gralla demonstrates how to use Cortana in a video .

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National Information Policy

John Holdren and Megan Smith have written a science and technology policy for the office of the U.S. President.

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Compute Card

Agam Shah reports on Intel's new Compute Card .

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Information Literacy and College Success.

ProQuest commissioned a survey of librarians on the topic of information literacy. The results were published online, and show that work still needs to be done.

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Spellcheck Errors

I have observed that writers' reliance on spellcheck sometimes results in strange errors that occur repeatedly. For example, I am seeing the repeated use of "totes itself " when a company "touts itself" or its product.

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Bookout App

Bookout is an iOS app which allows the user to track their personal library and their reading progress.

For information about new iOS apps and resources, consult Joal Mathis's slideshows hosted by Mac World.

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Fake News Research

Filippo Menczer, a researcher investigating "fake news," has been interviewed by Fernando Zamudio-Suarez about his research. Menczer has developed an online tool called "Hoaxy to visualize the spread of information : however, my attempts to search the service were unsuccessful this morning.

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