Articles of Interest - July 2
/***TECHNOLOGY
Harvard scientists develop material that can change its surface shape at the microscale on the fly Harvard
Is the Solution to the Data Storage Crunch your DNA? Wired
Satellites could show airplanes faster long-haul routes in mid-air Quartz
Google opens its human-sounding Duplex AI to public testing CNET
How roboticists are copying nature to make fantastical machines Wired
Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up: more detailed maps built from its own data for the first time Tech Crunch
***TECHNOLOGY: FACIAL RECOGNITION
Orlando Airport Will Be First in the U.S. to Scan Faces of All International Passengers Conde Nash Traveler
Facial Recognition Software is Not Ready for use by Law Enforcement Tech Crunch
This Japanese AI security camera shows the future of surveillance will be automated The Verge
***SOCIAL MEDIA
The data behind winning Instagram captions News Whip
How Instagram Is Eating The World Forbes
Only 'Influencers' Can Take Photos at This LA Mural and People Are Pissed Vice
Slate Traffic Plummets as a result of FB’s retreat from the news business Slate
Facebook is stepping back from its plan to bring the internet to the world via giant drones Quartz
Facebook bug randomly unblocked some users from people’s block lists The Verge
Facebook is buying UK’s Bloomsbury AI: It’s all about fighting fake News Tech Crunch
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
In both the U.S. and China, more people say they’ll watch matches via live video online than via terrestrial, cable, or satellite television Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Quartz sale doesn’t give digital media players much to cheer about Columbia Journalism Review
***JOURNALISM
How can design processes help your newsroom? Medium
Post dismisses reporter for lax attribution in ‘aggregated’ news stories Washington Post
News outlets join forces to track down children separated from their parents by the U.S. Poynter
Advertising is not journalism Union-Tribune
Small-town American newspapers are surprisingly resilient Economist
Why LinkedIn wants to make original journalism The Drum
***THE VALUE OF JOURNALISM
How we know journalism is good for democracy Local News Lab
Can journalists counteract hatred toward the press? It starts with explaining what we do Poynter
The Importance Of Local Journalism NPR
***JOURNALISM: THE CAPITAL GAZETTE SHOOTING
Dave Barry: My heart aches for Capital Gazette shooting victims Miami Herald
The war against the press comes to the local newsroom Columbia Journalism Review
More than 350 org. and individuals sign condemnation of mass murder at the Capital Gazette and negative environment for journalists The Student Press Law Center
Trump says Maryland shooting 'filled our hearts with grief' CNN
Trump’s press attacks didn’t cause the Annapolis tragedy: But there is a connection Washington Post
Former Capital Gazette reporter grieves colleagues who died in Annapolis shooting Delaware Online
An act of violence against one journalist is an attack on all of us Union-Tribune
Trump won’t Lower Flag for Cap Gaz Shooting as he has for Other Mass Shootings Mashable
***JOURNALISM: SAFETY
The Newsroom Is No Longer a Safe Place Politico
How Rare Are Attacks On Journalists? NPR
Defend Yourself AND the News Provides: practical advice for turbulent times RTDNA
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
2018 Research: Women and people of color in local TV and radio news RTDNA
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
How VR in Journalism Education Keeps Learners Abreast With a Rocky Media Landscape eLearning Inside
***FAKE NEWS
Rapidly expanding fact-checking movement faces growing pains Washington Post
Adobe is using machine learning to make it easier to spot Photoshopped images The Verge
A Web Tool That Lets People Choose Their Own ‘Sources of Truth’ The Atlantic
Americans may appreciate knowing when a news story is suspect, but more than a third will share that story anyway Knight Foundation
***FAKE NEWS OUTSIDE THE U.S.
A guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world Poynter
Fake news, rumour and censorship in the Middle Kingdom Monday Note
***BIG DATA & AI
One day AI programs may need therapists—seriously Axios
Ways to think about machine learning and avoid some of the misconceptions out there Ben Evans Blog
How Quantum Computing Works and Why It’s Important Medium
Is the Solution to the Data Storage Crunch your DNA? Wired
How to Execute R and Python in SQL Server with Machine Learning Services Data Science Central
***THE INTERNET
How to fix what has gone wrong with the internet Economist
Our Online Behavior is a Design Problem Medium
The story of the internet is all about layers How the internet lost its decentralised innocence Economist
Ecommerce Website Redesign: A Technical SEO Checklist Search Engine Journal
Make Wikipedia Even Better Chronicle of Higher Ed
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Malcolm Gladwell's 12 Rules for Life Revisionist History Podcast Revisionist History
Why are Russians so stingy with their smiles? The Conversation
Being rational all the time isn’t going to do you any favors Quartz
***GRAMMAR
That Adverb in Melania Trump’s jacket Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
Instead of abandoning print, the 119-year-old MIT Technology Review is doubling down on it Harvard's Nieman Lab
How the Self-Publishing Industry Changed, Between My First and Second Novels LongReads
***LANGUAGE
Koko Is Dead, but the Myth of Her Linguistic Skills Lives On Chronicle of Higher Ed
Switzerland’s Mysterious Fourth Language BBC
***LITERATURE
Translators' group brings international literature to Chicago Chicago Tribune
‘Frankenstein’ Author Mary Shelley on Creativity' Brain Pickings
Book clinic: which literature would inspire a men’s prison reading group? The Guardian
Why aren't schools teaching black literature? Baltimore Sun
Capturing the voice of a brilliant, unorthodox teacher of literature Economist
Clean, Well-Spoken: Hemingway’s Cuban Spanish Chronicle of Higher Ed
The 39 best health and science books to read this summer Stat News
Discover What to Read Next With This 'Instagram for Books' Life Hacker
***GENDER
‘Tormented and traumatized’: Rage toward women fuels mass shooters Washington Post
Women in public-facing journalism jobs are exhausted by harassment Poynter
Researchers preferentially collaborate with same-gendered colleagues across the life sciences BioRx
The midterm elections are shaping up to have a giant gender gap Vox
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The Elevation of Anti-Semitic Pseudoscience Undark
Race-Conscious Admissions Returns to the Spotlight Chronicle of Higher Ed
New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017 The Conversation
White supremacist propaganda is inundating college campuses, civil rights group says Washington Post
***FREE SPEECH
Is That Opinion Hate Speech? Here’s A Checklist To Find Out Daily Infographic
***LEGAL ISSUES
Campus Lawyers’ Deepest Fear: the Protest or Tweet That Spins Into a Free-Speech Crisis Chronicle of Higher Ed
***PRIVACY
California passes strictest online privacy law in the country CNN
Here are 5 key details in California’s new privacy law Fast Company
At this Chinese school, Big Brother was watching students — and charting every smile or frown LA Times
Here's why the NSA just deleted all of the calls and texts it collected since 2015 Tech Republic
***RELIGION
How Antebellum Christians Justified Slavery Daily Jstor
One of Hillsong's latest hits sparks debate on evolution Christianity Today
5 facts about Episcopalians Pew Research Center
Archdiocese of Washington apologizes after Maryland family kicked out of funeral Fox-5
***MEGACHURCHES
Willow Creek leaders issue public apologies for mishandling allegations Chicago Tribune
Mega church pastor resigns after investigation into 'inappropriate conduct' Fox-9
Pastor of Tacoma megachurch dismissed over accusations of inappropriate behavior Q13 Fox
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
In El Salvador, Becoming An Evangelical Is A Way Out Of A Gang NPR
5 facts about religion in India Pew Research Center
Christian Group Surprises Pride Crowd, Apologizes For Anti-LGBTQ Views Huffington Post
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
The “Star-Spangled Banner” in church? Some Christians are questioning the mix of patriotism and God Washington Post
Supreme Court ruling may pave way for more faith-based pregnancy centers The Hill
***GOOD NEWS
"Hello Kitty" bullet train to debut in Japan CBS
Joyful parade fulfills two wishes for 107 year old: When asked what she wanted for her birthday, Myda Lewis said "I want people to be happy" Stillwater News Press
***ART & DESIGN
Here's What 49 Iconic Disney Characters Would Probably Look Like IRL BuzzFeed
Duchamp's famous urinal sculpture was actually created by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven BoingBoing
Winners of the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest The Atlantic
Bookstore photo series perfectly juxtaposes patrons with book covers BoingBoing
***TRAVEL
National Trust’s List of 11 Most Endangered Places includes Route 66, Mount Vernon Curbed
19 of the Most Beautiful Streets in the World Architectural Digest
17 Mistakes Tourists Make When Visiting NYC For The First Time BuzzFeed
***FILM
10 Great First Movies For Your Kids Fatherly
A Montage of Dance Moments from Almost 300 Feature Films Open Culture
***HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
While Reporting At The World Cup, Female Journalists Are Sexually Harassed NPR
How Colleges and Organizations Can Stop the Cycle of Faculty Sexual Abuse Chronicle of Higher Ed
6 women on how they deal with sexism and discrimination at work Fast Company
***HARASSMENT & ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
How a Student Used Title IX to Force Her College to Change Its Response to Cases of Sexual Assault Chronicle of Higher Ed
Texas History prof accused of inappropriate behavior and using his social-justice standing to divert the narrative Stephenville Empire-Tribune
How Colleges and Organizations Can Stop the Cycle of Faculty Sexual Abuse Chronicle of Higher Ed
A Star Scientist From The Max Planck Society Allegedly Harassed And Bullied Her Colleagues BuzzFeed News
Acclaimed UC Irvine geneticist who gave millions to the campus resigns due to sexual harassment LA Times
***CRIME ON CAMPUS
Police officer who fatally shot Antwon Rose II left his campus job after his testimony and evidence didn’t add up Pittsburg Post-Gazette
Man Killed By Armed Portland State University Officers Had Valid Concealed Carry Permit When He Died OPB
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Scientists can track the spread of opioids in sewers. But do cities want to know what lies below? Stat News
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
How Old Are Successful Tech Entrepreneurs? Older than you think Northwestern
Republican tax law hits churches Some nonprofits could start paying taxes for the first time Politico
Why Startups Are Thriving Outside Silicon Valley Aspenideas
Can LinkedIn finally kill the business card with new mobile app QR codes? Tech Republic
I spent 2 days on a bus with a billionaire and a celebrity author while they toured America to invest $150 million in local business Business Insider
How regulators can prevent excessive concentration online Economist
30 Fake Business Blog Posts Someone Should Have Written Already Medium
***ENVIRONMENT
Rising seas: 'Florida is about to be wiped off the map' The Guardian
How can climate policy stay on top of a growing mountain of data? The Guardian
Hawaii Bans Common Sunscreens To Protect Coral Reefs NPR
***HEALTH
Hundreds of new genes may underlie intelligence—but also autism and depression Science Mag
Modified polio vaccine extends lives in U.S. brain cancer study Reuters
Marketing firm Exactis leaked a personal info database with 340 million records Wired
With Funding Scarce, HealthNewsReview.org Hurtles Toward Closure Undark
Seemingly Healthy Food For Kids That Have Shocking Amounts of Sugar Daily Infographic
***HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY
Amazon could radically change how you get prescriptions CNN
Kids of millennials may never know a doctor visit without AI Tech Republic
***FAMILY
Helicopter parenting is bad for children The Times
U.S. women are postponing motherhood, but not as much as those in most other developed nations Pew Research Center
America's work-life balance isn't so great Axios
***SCIENCE
***PSYCHOLOGY
The surprising thing the 'marshmallow test' reveals about kids in an instant-gratification world LA Times
Live Nation rigged an entire concert to measure the biometrics of music fans Fast Company
One day AI programs may need therapists Axios
A big collaboration is trying to understand diseases of the psyche Economist
The Famous Break Up of Sigmund Freud & Carl Jung (video) Open Culture
New Jersey to Suspend Prominent Psychologist for Failing to Protect Patient Privacy Pro Propublica
Psychologists Looked In The Mirror … And Saw A Bunch Of Liberals Here’s how this might affect their research FiveThirtyEight
Campus mental health forums pay off, study shows Ed Dive
***NEUROSCIENCE
Why your brain never runs out of problems to find The Conversation
The eye's structure holds information about the health of the mind: It is a window to the brain Economist
One sentence with 7 meanings unlocks a mystery of human speech Wired
***PHILOSOPHY
What’s the point of philosophy? A new philosophy paper says there isn’t one Quartz
***PRODUCTIVITY
The best tools and tech to create a podcast in 2018 Poynter
***RESEARCH RETRACTIONS
CDC retracts finding that farmers have the highest suicide rate in the country New Food Economy
Scientists Rarely Admit Mistakes: A New Project Wants to Change That Undark
***RESEARCH REPLICATION
Statistical Rituals: The Replication Delusion and How We Got There Sage Journalism
Improving analysis and reporting of incomplete data will make reproducibility and replicability efforts easier (abstract) Social Science & Medicine
Can We Science Our Way out of the Reproducibility Crisis? PLOS
***RESEARCH
The Benefits and Pitfalls of Google Scholar Cambridge University Press
Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so Economist
African scientists launch their own preprint server Nature
Sports science journal has just banned a flawed statistical method FiveThirtyEight
Philip Zimbardo defends the Stanford Prison Experiment, his most famous work Vox
How Dennis Wall became the ‘bad boy’ of autism research Spectrum News
***HIGHER ED
A College Considers Taking the ‘Liberal’ Out of ‘Liberal Education’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Defining and Delivering on Quality in Higher Education Medium
What Does Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Mean for Higher Education? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Western Illinois Will Lay Off 24 Faculty Members, Including 7 With Tenure Chronicle of Higher Ed
Notre Dame students sue school, White House over birth control policy Reuters
AD: Baylor regents displayed racism, preferred misleading report on rape scandal Waco Tribune
***HUMANITIES & STEM
Digital Humanities and the Child Separation Crisis Wired
Why it's so hard to diversify STEM fields California Sunday
***TEACHING
What Podcasts Can Teach Us About Teaching Chronicle of Higher Ed
University develops rubric to certify students' soft skills Ed Dive
***ACADEMIC LIFE
No More Chili Pepper: RateMyProfessors Ditches ‘Hotness’ Ratings Chronicle of Higher Ed
In Nigeria, a battle against academic plagiarism heats up Science Magazine
Why the Supreme Court Ruling on Unions Could Be Good for Adjuncts Chronicle of Higher Ed
Second of 3 Dartmouth professors under criminal probe quits Union Leader
Was a Renowned Literary Theorist Also a Spy? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Liberty University professor arrested and charged with online sexual exploitation of a minor News Advance
***STUDENT MEDIA
How is college radio faring in the streaming era? Economist
In California, journalists lean on student reporters for education coverage Columbia Journalism Review
Student photojournalist who sued to retain copyright for his work is vindicated Student Press Law Center
Student journalist investigates lack of sexual misconduct records for teachers Columbia Journalism Review
***STUDENT LIFE
Should Working Learners Get a Tax Break? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why Teen Employment Numbers Are Down NPR
The Rise of College ‘Grade Forgiveness’ The Atlantic
The share of teens with summer jobs has plunged since 2000, and the type of work they do has shifted Pew Research Center
As A Mental Health Crisis Sweeps Across Colleges, Students Step Up To Fix It Huffington Post
California Will Be Fourth State to Sue Navient Over Student Loans New York Times