Articles of Interest - July 23
/***TECHNOLOGY
Tiny Particle Accelerator-On-A-Chip Could Transform Medicine, Scientists Say NPR
How Facial Recognition Could Tear Us Apart Medium
When a Tech Reporter Doesn’t Use Much Tech New York Times
‘Scraper’ bots and the secret internet arms race Wired
***BIG DATA & AI
Learn both methods of statistical inference and apply them where appropriate—Bayesian inference methods to supplement the frequentist statistics Towards Data Science
The seven of the most fundamental Quantum-computing complexity classes Quanta Magazine
Choosing between Python and R Programming languages for Data Science Medium
***SOCIAL MEDIA
The 16 most Instagrammable places in U.S. cities Curbed
Snapchat is launching a news partnerships initiative Axios
Facebook moderators 'keep child abuse online' BBC News
Facebook's rhetoric on misinformation doesn't match its actions CNN
Instagram’s Growing Bot Problem The Information
World’s most Instagrammable art exhibition just opened in Tokyo Curbed
***PRIVACY
Schools Can Now Get Facial Recognition Tech for Free. Should They? Wired
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States Motherboard
Our phone is not secretly spying on your conversations. It doesn’t need to Recode
***INTERNET
How Google's Safe Browsing Helped Build a More Secure Web Wired
Google also deprecating ‘Bookmark Manager’ Chrome extension next month 9 to 5 Google
***JOURNALISM
The Progress of Immersive Journalism Medium
9 questions about the World Cup, and how data journalists answered them Data Driven Journalism
Photojournalism’s moment of reckoning Columbia Journalism Review
15 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Next Journalism Conference Rebecca Aguilar
Tools for covering ICE Columbia Journalism Review
Beyond 800 Words: Prototyping New Story Formats for New BBC
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
BuzzFeed launches a new website for its real journalism Tech Crunch
Newsprint tariffs are a Black Swan event that could speed up the death of U.S. newspapers Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS
Meet the next misinformation format: Fake audio messages Poynter
How and why communicators should fight the ‘fake news’ scourge PR Daily
Generation Z must seek, and find, journalism it can trust Boston Herald
Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News NPR
False news spreads online faster, farther, and deeper than truth does but it can be contained: Here’s how Harvard Business Review
Sacha Baron Cohen's fake conspiracy site is fully post-parody Wired
Fact-checkers have debunked this fake news site 80 times. It's still publishing on Facebook Poynter
WhatsApp will drastically limit forwarding across the globe to stop the spread of fake news Recode
***FAKE NEWS & POLITICS
American Conservatives Played A Secret Role In The Macedonian Fake News Boom Ahead Of 2016 BuzzFeed News
Politicians are using fake news schemes to get elected Axios
N.J. senator sets up phony health news website to attack challenger Stat News
***FAKE NEWS OUTSIDE THE U.S.
How The Spread Of Fake Stories In India Has Led To Violence NPR
Fact-checking around the world: Inside Colombia Check International Journalists' Network
***PERSONAL GROWTH
JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out Becoming (my blog)
How the West became a self-obsessed culture: Is Social Media to Blame? Vox
***WRITING & READING
Writing a Book or Article? Now’s the Time to Create Your ‘Author Platform’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Edit Typos in Your Tweets Using This Chrome Extension Life Hacker
Library Book Acquisition Patterns Scholarly Kitchen
How Essay-Writing Factories Reel In Vulnerable Students Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
‘The Suits,’ ‘Light Bulb Went Off,’ and ‘Tree Lawn’: Investigations of a Language Nerd Chronicle of Higher Ed
Sign-language hack lets Amazon Alexa respond to gestures BBC
***LITERATURE
These Drawings By JRR Tolkien Reveal His Vision Of Middle-Earth BuzzFeed
The Evolution of Science Fiction PBS Digital Studios
Two men charged with stealing more than $8 million in rare books from Carnegie Library Post-Gazette
***GENDER
When men earn less than their wives, both spouses lie about it Quartz
CVS Fired A Pharmacist Who Refused To Fill Out A Transgender Woman's Hormone Prescription BuzzFeed News
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism New Yorker
Louisiana judge says Jews are a race and protected by anti-racial-discrimination laws Washington Post
Muslim girls kicked out of public pool after officials said hijabs would clog filtration system Washington Post
The Americans who want America to stay white are actually a minority themselves Quartz
Year After White Nationalist Rally, Charlottesville Is in Tug of War Over Its Soul New York Times
***FREE SPEECH
Judge lifts controversial order requiring the L.A. Times to alter article LA Times
The global slump in press freedom Economist
***LEGAL ISSUES
Do Sacha Baron Cohen's Targets Have a Shot at Winning a Lawsuit? Hollywood Reporter
A conservative legal group that “seeks to expose science fraud…appears to be imploding” New York Times
Fox Settles Lawsuit for Using Muhammad Ali to Hype Super Bowl Hollywood Reporter
Elon Musk, artist settle copyright disagreement over tooting unicorn coffee mug USA Today
***RELIGION
New forensic tests suggest Shroud of Turin is fake Reuters
Ethiopian 'prophet' arrested after trying to resurrect corpse BBC
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
God, Trump, and the Meaning of Morality Washington Post
Seb Gorka in Talks to Be Christian Radio Network’s New Host The Daily Beast
***GOOD NEWS
Birmingham college student walked 20 miles to 1st day of work so his boss gave him his car Al.com
Hundreds of golden retrievers met in Scotland for 150th anniversary of breed NBC News
Toddler saves dad having a stroke by face-timing mom Winchester Star
Couple delivers baby at Chick-fil-A; baby will get free Chick-fil-A food for life KSAT-TV
***ART & DESIGN
How to Paint Like Kandinsky, Picasso, Warhol & More: A Video Series from the Tate Open Culture
Storytelling, Why Art Is Essential for Democracy, and the Key to Good Writing (opinion) Brain Pickings
***MUSIC
Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report Nielsen Research
She fled the Holocaust and kept writing lyrics and poetry but at 93 she found a new way to reach audiences: death metal New York Times
***FILM
Most Popular Netflix Shows by Country 2018 High Speed Internet
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Sexual Assault Inside ICE Detention New York Times
This Immigrant Returned To Her Dangerous Home Country — Where She’d Been Raped BuzzFeed News
Trump Administration Defends Campus Sexual Assault Rules NPR
When Rape is reported and nothing happens Star Tribune
More Than 100 Ohio State Alumni Allege Abuse by Former University Sports Doctor Chronicle of Higher Ed
Christian University professor harassed women for decades at conferences Inside Higher Ed
Baylor ‘Set the Football Program on Fire’ as Scapegoat in Sex-Assault Scandal, Says Ex-Athletic Director Chronicle of Higher Ed
***SOCIAL ISSUES
How local police are battling the opioid epidemic Axios
Comic-Con 2018: Huge pop culture convention spotlights social justice, political issues Union Tribune
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
It’s called vomit fraud. And it could make your Uber trip really expensive Miami Herald
For just $10, a hacker can attack your business via RDP: Here's how to stay safe Tech Republic
Private messaging apps increasingly used for public business Associated Press
***HEALTH
Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates NPR
Sleep Science: In the Era of Screens, Rest is Crucial National Geographic
Frequent Smart Phone, Internet Use Linked To Symptoms Of ADHD In Teens NPR
The disturbing reason heat waves can kill people in cooler climates Vox
Medicare’s ‘catastrophic insurance’ can be a catastrophe for middle-income seniors (opinion) Stat News
How To Talk To Your Doctor About Your Pain NPR
Chinese premier orders investigation of vaccine makers Associated Press
***FAMILY
Interesting parental control app requires kids to exercise to earn screen time 9 to 5 Mac
What would you do if your teenager became an overnight Instagram sensation? The Guardian
***SCIENCE
How To Be A Savvy Consumer Of Science News NPR
Meet the Woman Who Rocked Particle Physics—Three Times Wired
***PSYCHOLOGY
Many famous studies of human behavior cannot be reproduced: Even so, they revealed aspects of our inner lives that feel true New York Times
Psychology research by philosophers is robust and replicates better than other areas of psychology The British Psychological Society
Motherhood brings the most dramatic brain changes of a woman’s life Boston Globe
***NEUROSCIENCE
Why your earliest memory may be a lie, according to scientists Telegraph
***PHILOSOPHY
What Are the New Questions of Philosophy? The Atlantic
Writing on Philosophy: It’s Not Rocket Science. It’s More Complicated Than That Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TRAVEL
A Road Trip In 'America For Beginners' NPR
10 products we wish we'd packed on our last vacation CNN
***RESEARCH
The Flint Water Research Coverup WVTF radio
We’re developing chronic compulsive writing syndrome trying to be ranked among the best researchers—quantity largely takes precedence over quality European Scientist
One Author’s Novel Approach to Article Self-Publishing The Scholarly Kitchen
The Ethics of Research on Leaked Data Discover Magazine
The proliferation of questionable Physics conferences Physics Today
Mount Sinai multiple sclerosis researcher admits to doctoring images Retraction Watch
***HIGHER ED
Colleges ask for a share of future salary in lieu of loans Associated Press
Some Colleges Cautiously Embrace Wikipedia Chronicle of Higher Ed
Objections erupt at UVa over appointment of top Trump aide Politico
At Merced, the Changing Face of the U.C. System New York Times
Why Russian Spies Really Like American Universities Propublica
Why We Need To Rethink Graduation Rates As A Measure Of Colleges' Success Forbes
Scholars, Know Thy History: Higher Ed Has Always Struggled to Survive in the U.S. Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Running Class Discussions on Divisive Topics Is Tricky: Here’s One Promising Approach Chronicle of Higher Ed
Professors Are Often Asked 'What Do You Teach?' But They Do Far More Forbes
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Playing the game: academics have bought into the competition and become complicit in their exploitation London School of Economics and Political Science
Scientist stripped of award after showing slides of former students in bikinis Motherboard
A College Administrator Told ‘The New York Times,’ Rap Is Not ‘Real Music.’ His President Called the Comment Disappointing Chronicle of Higher Ed