articles of interest - Jan 2
/***TECHNOLOGY
Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case Engadget
China’s Already Tested CRISPR on A Human, and the U.S. Is Next BigThink
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Doesn’t Tell Users Everything It Really Knows About Them ProPulica
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The State of Video in 2016: Social Video, Mobile Video, Heavy Competition Media Shift
***PERSONAL GROWTH
“What important truth do very few people agree with you on?” Becoming (my site)
How Do You Keep From Getting Bored? Researchers Have An Answer NPR
The Science of Willpower: 15 Tips for Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Last from Dr. Kelly McGonigal Open Culture
***FREE SPEECH
‘Free Speech Zones,’ Then and Now The FIRE
The free-speech problem on campus is real. It will ultimately hurt dissidents Vox
***LEGAL ISSUES
DRM vs. Civil Liberties: 2016 in Review Electronic Frontier Foundation
A (rare) faithful reading of FERPA: Court says federal privacy law doesn't penalize one-time release of records Student Press Law Center
DOJ Opens Investigation into Northern Michigan University Self-Harm Policies The FIRE
***ART & DESIGN
20 Free eBooks on Design from O’Reilly Media Open Culture
Mixing Two Photos Together Will Net You Some Surreal Instagram Art Digg
***MUSIC
What Does the World Oldest Surviving Piano Sound Like?: Watch Pianist Give a Performance on a 1720 Cristofori Piano Open Culture
***JOURNALISM
Media in the Age of Algorithms (opinion) O’Reilly Media
***FAKE NEWS
How I Detect Fake News (opinion) O’Reilly Media
The man who studies the spread of ignorance BBC
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
'Profitable' Washington Post adding more than five dozen journalists Politico
Let’s wait for those earnings reports before declaring the resurgence of newspapers, OK? Talking New Media
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Month by Month, 2016 Cemented Science’s Sexual Harassment Problem Wired
Title IX Protects Identities But Can Complicate Justice NPR
***RESEARCH
***SCIENCE
From Crispr to Zika, Here Are 2016’s Biggest Biology Stories Wired
Fake news invades science and science journalism as well as politics Stat News
A new PhD student learns her first lesson: Certainty doesn’t exist in science Stat News
205 Big Thinkers Answer the Question, “What Scientific Term or Concept Ought to Be More Widely Known?” Open Culture
A simple guide to CRISPR, one of the biggest science stories of 2016 Vox
***HEALTH
Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world Nature
Health issues topped the list of scientific studies reaching wide audiences in 2016 Pew Research
***PSYCHOLOGY
Carrie Fisher Inspires Others To Speak Openly Of Bipolar Disorder NPR
How a 6 year old got locked up on Psych Ward BuzzFeed News
***NEUROSCIENCE
A new brain study sheds light on why it can be so hard to change someone's political beliefs Vox
***PHILOSOPHY
This Simple Philosophical Puzzle Shows How Difficult It Is to Know Something Nautil.us
***ETHICS
CRISPR 'Kill' Switch Could Make Human Gene Editing Safer Live Science
***RELIGION
Trump's election voted No. 1 religion story of 2016 Religion News Association
The Religious-Liberty Showdowns Coming in 2017 The Atlantic
Onetime leader of Tampa megachurch joins Trump inaugural team TampaBay.com
Why I Quit My Job at an Evangelical Missionary School Sojourners
Conservative Christians pan 'prosperity gospel' Trump inaugural preacher Washington Examiner
Mark Zuckerberg says he's not an atheist anymore BongBong
2016 Year in Review: Religion and Politics The Atlantic
***HUMANITIES /STEM
Liberal arts education in the Age of Trump Washington Post
***STUDENT LIFE
U.S. Court Reinstates Ban on College's Mandatory Drug Tests of Students Chronicle of Higher Ed
***CRIME ON CAMPUS
Should students be warned when a classmate is facing criminal charges? Student Press Law Center
***ACADEMIC LIFE
How One Group of Teachers Defended Academic Freedom Jstor