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@mander.xyzhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/court-clears-researchers-of-defamation-for-identifying-manipulated-data/
Harvard, however, will still face trial over how it managed the investigation.
https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/academic-journals/
Academic Journal Publishers Antitrust Litigation On September 12, 2024, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel at Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals, including Elsevier B.V., John Wiley & Sons, Wolters Kluwer NV, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM), on
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-spot-nasas-solar-sail-demonstration-streaking-through-the-night-sky-180985052/
Amateur astronomers can use NASA's mobile app to find the ACS3 for themselves—a reflective satellite that could appear as bright as the star Sirius
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/12/desantis-tenure-review-law-florida-professors-00178947
https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/gpt-fabricated-scientific-papers-on-google-scholar-key-features-spread-and-implications-for-preempting-evidence-manipulation/
Academic journals, archives, and repositories are seeing an increasing number of questionable research papers clearly produced using generative AI. They are often created with widely available, general-purpose AI applications, most likely ChatGPT, and mimic scientific writing. Google Scholar easily locates and lists these questionable papers alongside reputable, quality-controlled research. Our analysis of a selection of
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/college-grades-have-become-a-charade-it-s-time-to-abolish-them/ar-AA1q7z05
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235958/internet-archive-loses-appeal-ebook-lending
A big blow to the Internet Archive.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/what-does-it-really-mean-to-learn
A leading computer scientist says it’s “educability,” not intelligence, that matters most.
https://hechingerreport.org/how-colleges-can-become-living-labs-for-combating-climate-change/
A growing number of professors in fields as diverse as business, English and the performing arts have integrated their teaching with efforts to minimize their campuses’ waste and emissions — an approach to sustainability known as “campus as a living lab.”