Articles of Interest – Oct 29
/***TECHNOLOGY
This tiny wasp-inspired drone can pull 40 times its own weight Science Mag
Two moms, no dad? Gene editing allows same-sex mice to have babies National Geographic
How the digital age is impacting police warrant Police One
***BIG DATA & AI
Hadoop administrators beware: There is a botnet that is actively looking for unsecured Hadoop eWeek
***SOCIAL MEDIA
First Twitter Gave Me Power. Then I Felt Hopeless. What I learned from growing up online Vice
Instagram’s “digital kidnappers” are stealing children’s photos and making up new lives Quartz
WhatsApp introduces stickers on iOS and Android at last The Next Web
Snapchat struggles to curb user exodus CNN
Twitter’s rumored killing of the “like” button highlights its misplaced priorities Vox
8 facts about Americans and Facebook Pew Research Center
***MOBILE
Three settings you can change on your phone right now to help you focus Quartz
Holographic screen may be next innovation for phones Associated Press
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Forget Password Managers, Your Brainwaves Could Be Your Next Login Inverse
Trump’s tapped phone may be the largest White House breach ever: former official Fast Company
***INTERNET
Gmail Usage Hits The 1.5 Billion Mark Media Post
***JOURNALISM
The Economist's print edition launches a dedicated data journalism page for better visual storytelling Journalism.co
What journalists can learn from truth-telling comedians Medium
What the digital divide means for journalists reaching rural readers Columbia Journalism Review
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
How to successfully pitch The New York Times (or, well, anyone else) Nieman Journalism Lab
New media hiring slowdown: Openings at Vox, Buzzfeed, and Vice at lowest levels Thinknum
The clause freelance writers should fight to remove from their contracts Columbia Journalism Review
***FAKE NEWS
Deep Fakes: How they are made and how they can be detected NBC News
The bizarre Justin Bieber burrito incident reminds us not to believe everything online The Verge
As misinformation crisis deepens, ‘fake news’ becomes less accurate International Journalists’ Network
***FAKE NEWS OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Iranian Propaganda Targeted Americans, with Tom Hanks The Atlantic
The British Government has decided to no longer use the term “fake news” CBS News
Case study in fake news for all journalism schools South China Morning Post
***STUDENT LIFE & FAKE NEWS
Fake news is making college students question all news Poynter
Younger Americans better at telling factual news statements from opinions Pew Research Center
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Shape of a Moral Hero Becoming (my blog)
***WRITING & READING
Tiny Books Fit in One Hand. Will They Change the Way We Read? New York Times
***LANGUAGE
This Dictionary Time Machine Tells You Which Words Were First Printed the Year You Were Born Gizmodo
Why Linguistics Matters Chronicle of Higher Ed
How the term ‘false flag’ migrated to the right Columbia Journalism Review
6 facts about English language learners in U.S. public schools Pew Research Center
***LITERATURE
How an Army propaganda writer became China’s most controversial novelist New Yorker
How an essay about sailing taught a writer to embrace her fears as she worked up to writing her memoir The Atlantic
Nicole Chung’s Adoption Memoir, “All You Can Ever Know,” Is an Ode to Sisterly Love (book review)
How do languages develop words for colors? A fascinating look at a commonality in human language development Scholarly Kitchen
***GENDER
Nielsen Reporting To Identify Same Gender Spouse And Partner Audiences Deadline
An online map lets people log instances of gender inequality Mashable
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Netflix Says It Does Not Use Race to Target Viewers Hollywood Reporter
Anti-Semitic Incidents Increasing, ADL Says NPR
***FREE SPEECH
How Colleges Make Themselves Easy Targets Shutting down speech bolsters the university's opponents Chronicle of Higher Ed
European Court Won't Tolerate Blasphemy as Free Speech Hollywood Reporter
***LEGAL ISSUES
Libel law is having a moment Columbia Journalism Review
What is rarer than the unicorn? A dress protected by copyright? The 1709 Blog
***RELIGION
The Politician Who Sued God Mental Floss
This Town Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Non-Christians Owning Houses Vice
Muslim Groups Raise Thousands For Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims MSNBC
More Citation Problems at the American Association of Christian Counselors The Throckmorton Blog
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Ministers interrupt Sessions, are removed from religious freedom conference NBC News
***GOOD NEWS
The Japanese Man who Saved 6 Million Jews with his Handwriting New York Times
6-Year-Old with Diabetes Sells Pumpkins to Buy a Service Dog —Raises Over $24K People
Shoeshiner donates $202,000 in tips to children's hospital Today
Teen invents artificial intelligence treatment for pancreatic cancer Inside Editions
The shoe-shiner donated $200K to UPMC Children's Hospital Post-Gazette
Woman Donates Her Wedding After Calling Off Engagement People
Pizza Shop Manager Drives 3 Hours to Bring Dying Man His Favorite Pizza Christian Headlines
Cops recover stolen Krispy Kreme van, give doughnuts to homeless people ABC News
***ART & DESIGN
Portrait painted using artificial intelligence sells for $432,000 Design Boom
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2017 Typographica
***FILM
Watch a Private Eye Fact-check Detective Movies (video) New York Magazine
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
The future of media in driverless cars depends on who owns the data Axios
***STUDENTS & GRADES
College Greeks are known for high GPAs and making more money after graduating — but new research says it's not as straightforward as it seems Business Insider
A new study correlates a freshman’s grade point average to the length of time her peers spent studying in high school National Bureau of Economic Research
***STUDENTS & JOBS
Study: a positive job outlook for new college graduates Detroit News
Graduate student assistants at campuses across the U.S. are pushing for $15 per hour Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Has Fortnite peaked? Twitch viewership is declining Thinknum
Georgia Tech students sues Senator for snatching his cellphone when he tried to ask a question Washington Post
Millennial Gigs vs. Baby Boomer Careers Vice
Live-streaming news network The Cheddar Buys RateMyProfessors.com Axios
***STUDENT MEDIA
A Student Newspaper Covers the Pittsburg Mass Shooting Pitt News
What happens when your alma mater screws up an open-records release and then sics the Department of Justice on you Dynamics of Writing
Student media guide to publishing political ads Student Press Law Center
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
6 Tips for Landing Journalism Fellowships Media Bistro
Why New-Job Anxiety Is Actually Good The Cut
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Introducing the #MeToo Fund: Covering Solutions to Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault The Whole Story
200+ Googlers plan company-wide walkout Thu. Nov 1 over alleged sexual harasser protection BoingBoing
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected New York Times
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Slowly But Surely, Americans Are Softening Their Negative Impression of Business Fortune
Nearly one-in-five teens can’t always finish their homework because of the digital divide Pew Research Center
***ENVIRONMENT
The Sailors Who Hunt Garbage for Science Gizmodo
Five energy and environment ballot questions to watch The Hill
***HEALTH
Americans Life Expectancy Dropping Bloomberg
Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy Discrimination New York Times
Importance of infant diet in establishing a healthy gut Newcastle University
Anti-vaccine billboard goes up in Huntington Herald-Dispatch
***FOOD
Remembering The Woman Behind The Classic American Green-Bean Casserole NPR
Gilroy, “the garlic capital of the world” Curbed
New Jersey man tells podcast how he's eaten pizza every day for 37 years Philly Voice
***ANIMALS
China is assigning poor social credit scores to crappy dog owners South China Morning Post
The CDC guidelines for dressing up your pet chicken on Halloween Quartz
30 Fantastically Costumed Dogs From the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade The Cut
***SCIENCE
How to read and learn from scientific literature, even if you’re not an expert The Conversation
***PSYCHOLOGY
Why detained dissidents in China ‘confess’ – and why you would too Hong Kong Free Press
A Cooperative Revolution in Psychology (letter to the editor) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***NEUROSCIENCE
Cerebellum Plays Bigger Role In Human Thought Than Previously Suspected NPR
New Theory of Intelligence May Disrupt AI and Neuroscience Psychology Today
***CRITICAL THINKING
16 Characteristics of Critical Thinkers Entrepreneur
***PHILOSOPHY
A Data Visualization of Modern Philosophy, 1950-2018 Open Culture
***HISTORY
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom The Guardian
Leonardo da Vinci Saw the World Differently… Thanks to an Eye Disorder, Says a New Scientific Study Open Culture
The Library of Congress Has an Incredible Collection of Early Baseball Cards Atlas Obscura
***ETHICS
Ethics in news consumption Can you be a good person if you don’t read the news? The Outline
***RESEARCH
Academic Ethics: Should Scholars Avoid Citing the Work of Awful People? Chronicle of Higher Ed
How not to fall for a predatory journal Nature
In the fierce competition for science funding, even a typeface glitch can be fatal Stat News
Study finds prior research claiming CEOs tend to be psychopaths was flawed Ars Technica
***RESEARCH & CHINA
China’s Investment in Stem Cell Studies Based on Bogus Science Sixth Tone
How the Chinese censors highlight fundamental flaws in academic publishing Hong Kong Free Press
***HIGHER ED
Federal Proposal to Redefine Gender Throws College Policies Into Uncertainty Chronicle of Higher Ed
The University of Utah canceled classes after a student was shot and killed Monday night outside a dorm on campus St. Louis Tribune
190 universities just launched 600 free online courses: Here’s the full list Quzrtz
The crazy amount America spends on higher education, in one chart AEI
The Case for Christian Colleges (opinion) National Review
St. Edward’s University in Texas could face censure by the American Association of University Professors Inside Higher Ed
John MacArthur Set to Step Down as The Master's University President Christian Headlines
Revolt at U of the Pacific Inside Higher Ed
Wheaton College’s Billy Graham Center Receives $1 Million Dollar Grant World Religion News
***TEACHING
3 Tips for the Minutes Before Class Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why students should read scientific literature Education Dive
How One Teaching Center Supports Adjunct Instructors Chronicle of Higher Ed