Articles of Interest - Sept 17
/***TECHNOLOGY
'Molar Mic' will let US military make radio calls from their teeth cnet
Shapeshifting canopy uses drones to keep guests in the shade New Atlas
How a wave of new tech products are making life easier for people with disabilities USA Today
***BIG DATA & AI
Unifying Big Data And Machine Learning, Cisco Style Next Platform
The increased complexity of the analytics that is being done is changing.. and dragging on big data Datanami
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Making useful three-dimensional maps Kottke
***INTERNET
Google Employees Are Quitting Over The Company’s Secretive China Search Project BuzzFeed News
The Rise and Demise of RSS TwoBit History
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
How the Magazine Industry’s Identity Crisis Plays Out on Its Front Page The Ringer
***JOURNALISM
Reddit, Twitter, Facebook stand out as sites with the most news-focused users Pew Research Center
Americans expect to get their news from social media, but they don’t expect it to be accurate Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Tips every brand new reporter should know Poynter
Audiences often overestimate the influence of news stories on other people — while underestimating how much they influence their own views and beliefs Harvard’s Nieman Lab
What Is ‘Quality’ Journalism? European Journalism Observatory
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
A Trump effect at journalism schools? Colleges see a surge in admissions Washington Post
Observations on how we teach drone journalism Reynolds Journalism Institute
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
New fund gives $20 million to local journalism Poynter
As newsrooms do more with less, can reporters keep up? Columbia Journalism Review
Marc Benioff is the latest tech billionaire to buy a news outlet CNN
***FAKE NEWS
A mathematical model captures the political impact of fake news MIT Tech Review
CrowdTangle now lets users report potentially false news Poynter
***PERSONAL GROWTH
One is the loneliest Number Aeon
***GRAMMAR
How the Cold, Dead Hand of John Dryden Still Perpetuates Grammar Myths Chronicle of Higher Ed
Google Docs just became smart enough to fix your grammar errors Tech Radar
***WRITING & READING
The 2018 National Book Award Longlists NPR
Customer wins bookshop in raffle The Guardian
***LANGUAGE
Mischievous Pronunciations Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Americans are reading fewer novels, but more poetry PS Mag
Mary Shelley’s Handwritten Manuscript of Frankenstein: This Is “Ground Zero of Science Fiction,” Says William Gibson Open Culture
***GENDER
Dartmouth College hired the first woman known to coach full-time in Division I football Dartmonuth
CBS And #MeToo NPR
Photojournalists Are Demanding A #MeToo Reckoning NPR
Many Ways to Be a Girl, but One Way to Be a Boy: The New Gender Rules New York Times
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
History lesson: Scholars take aim at racist views of Middle Ages CS Monitor
How Journalists of Color Are Redefining Newsroom Culture Harvard’s Nieman Report
***FREE SPEECH
Univ of Wisconsin defines unacceptable protest in updated guidelines-two violations means suspended, third expulsion Badger Herald
Freedom of Speech? A Lesson on Understanding the Protections and Limites of the First Amendment New York Times
***LEGAL ISSUES
***RELIGION
A Christian counseling organization leader faces plagiarism charges Christian Post
Inside Of A Cult Whose Leader Claims He Can Control The Weather Digg
Non-Disparagement Agreements And Truth-Telling In The Church: Willow Creek (opinion) Scot McKnight blog
Most Western Europeans favor at least some restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing Pew Research Center
Disgraced Baptist leader Paige Patterson body-shames a woman in his return to the pulpit Washington Post
John MacArthur's ‘Statement on Social Justice’ Is Aggravating Evangelicals Christianity Today
***GOOD NEWS
Community Center Displays Sign with Countless Funny Puns My Modern Met
Bystanders lift vehicle to free man pinned underneath car WTAE
This school janitor has quietly been giving homeless students clothes, soap and more Washington Post
Banker offers free 2-year tuition to every senior at a Wisconsin high school CNN
95-year-old World War II vet breaks scuba diving record Telegraph
Animals rescued from Florence floodwaters, after pets left behind or forgotten Fox News
California teen finds purse with $10,000 inside, turns it in to police CBS News
Armed Robbers Take Over A Store, Underestimate The 83-Year-Old Man In The Room (video) Digg
***ART & DESIGN
Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - in pictures The Guardian
The secret to great design Asking good design questions will elucidate problems and opportunities O’Reilly
Can you guess which of these paintings was not made by a human? Quartz
***MUSIC
You Don't Own the Music, Movies or Ebooks You 'Buy' on Amazon or iTunes Life Hacker
The Unlikely Endurance of Christian Rock The New Yorker
***FILM
A Blockbuster Store Has Popped Up In London And It's Only Renting Out One Movie Digg
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Chancellor’s Husband Is Banned From Campus After Sexual-Harassment Investigation Chronicle of Higher Ed
How Faith Changes Campus Sex Assaults Christianity Today
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Thousands of foster children may be getting psychiatric drugs without safeguards, watchdog agency says Associated Press
Key findings about U.S. immigrants Pew Research Center
Twitter is bringing back the reverse chronological feed of tweets BoingBoing
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
The Ultimate Guide to the Best Business Newsletters Fortune
The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light Harvard Business Review
***ENVIRONMENT
North Carolina didn't like science on sea levels … so passed a law against it The Guardian
***HEALTH
The States With The Best And Worst Life Expectancy, Mapped Digg
Risks From Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Outweigh Benefits For Healthy Seniors NPR
Can brain-stimulating implants treat some severe cases of autism? Spectrum News
Medical students definitely need to learn professionalism. But can it be taught? Stat News
***TRAVEL
Annual list of the Top 100 Destinations to visit right now Time Magazine
20 Silly Mistakes That Most Couples Make When They Travel The Travel
***FAMILY
Throw Your Children’s Art Away The Atlantic
Parents with child who are deaf or hard of hearing have new resource in California ABC 30
***SCIENCE
Single molecule control for a millionth of a billionth of a second Science Daily
Scientists May Have Found What Makes Batteries Charge holds a charge for three days when new yet only three hours after you've owned it a while Popular Mechanics
***PSYCHOLOGY
Your earliest childhood memory is probably fake Quartz
Are the foot soldiers behind psychology’s replication crisis saving science — or destroying it? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Scientists identify four personality types The Washington Post
***NEUROSCIENCE
For the first time, a neural link between altruism and empathy toward strangers Penn Today
What is your dog really thinking? MRI brain scans might soon provide the answer Aeon
***HISTORY
The Attack On Democracy In The 1930s And Today NPR
Are Museums Still Important in the Digital Age? New York Times
***RESEARCH
Inside the 'shadowy world' of China's fake science research black market ABC (Australia)
Who are the world’s top reviewers? Pulbons
How Would You Ensure Diversity In Peer Review? Scholarly Kitchen
Academic publishing is a mess and it makes culture wars dumber BongBong
Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free (opinion) The Guardian
***HIGHER ED
The college-age population will drop 15% between 2025-2029 Hechinger Report
How Americans have come to see college as a requirement Washington Post
Ed Dept reopens a 2011 complaint by a Zionist group that claims Rutgers permitted a hostile environment for Jewish students New York Times
Auburn issues statement of disapproval and investigation over fraternity banners oanow
Why Is College in America So Expensive? The Atlantic
If 'Free College' Sounds Too Good To Be True, That's Because It Often Is NPR
Most Christian Students Believe College Is About Making Money: Study Christian Post
Two small Christian colleges take a stand against Nike over its Colin Kaepernick ad campaign Washington Post
***TEACHING
How to create a syllabus Chronicle of Higher Ed
How a Common Course Fosters Teaching Collaboration on One Campus Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Devices dominate teenagers' social lives Axios
Meet the Other Empty Nesters: They are Dogs and they are missing their Kids, too Boston Globe
U. of Nebraska Wondered Whether Conservative Students Were Being Silenced: Here’s What It Found Out Chronicle of Higher Ed
5 facts about Americans and video games Pew Research
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Why I Left a Tenured Job for a Career in Policy Chronicle of Higher Ed
Prominent health policy researcher resigns from Dartmouth over plagiarism dispute Stat News
The University of Southern California fired a professor for being a student at his own institution Daily Trojan
University of Oklahoma Law professor found connected to anti-Semitic publication OU Daily