How can we teach the Holocaust and transmit to younger generations the desire to act against forgetting? With literature and work on corpora of testimonies, the historical investigation on the traces of missing persons invites students to combine knowledge and experience, allowing them to forge another link with history, according to the principle of the […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
Memorial investigation: the “Stolpersteine”, a citizen project to teach high school students about the history of the Holocaust
Google promotes ‘teacher approved’ apps for kids. Here’s what parents should know
As school holidays continue around Australia, many parents are looking for educational ways to keep their children entertained. If you own an Android device and have young children, you may find yourself browsing Google Play for educational and age-appropriate apps. If you go to the children’s section, you will be led to a page with “Teacher […] … learn more→
Transferring your funding – addendum
In my last post, ‘Transferring your funding’, I talked in general about the things to consider for your grants when you move universities. This post covers the questions that I ask when someone says “I’m coming to your university and I need to transfer my grant”. As I said last time, it is worth remembering […] … learn more→
Five tips to make your memory work more effectively
As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how memory works – and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, decades of research have given us some clear answers to both questions. Memory essentially operates in three stages, with different brain regions contributing to each […] … learn more→
Key word – concision
Concision is not the same as brevity. A short piece of writing can be wasteful with its words, and a long piece can be meaning-full right to the last sentence. Getting concise is about getting clear about meanings, not addressing the total word count. When you cut a sentence that does no work, or replace […] … learn more→
Trump administration’s lawsuits against Harvard and UCLA have roots in a decades‑old fight over civil rights law
The Department of Justice announced in March 2026 that it is suing Harvard University and the University of California, Los Angeles. The lawsuits allege that both universities failed to adequately address antisemitism on campus, violating students’ civil rights. These cases follow earlier efforts by the Trump administration in 2025 to block federal funding to several major universities. The Trump administration has also – largely […] … learn more→
Artificial intelligence and biology: AI’s potential for launching a novel era for health and medicine
It can be estimated theoretically that more unique biological interactions exist than stars in our known universe. The biological foundations of life are built on an unimaginably vast network of interactions, where molecules, cells, systems and organisms are constantly colliding. For centuries, scientists and doctors have relied on targeted techniques and isolated observations. Through slow, iterative, […] … learn more→
Children ‘Googled’ from school
Recently, the Andalusian Transparency and Data Protection Council opened disciplinary proceedings against the Andalusian Regional Government for violating personal data protection regulations, specifically for breaching several articles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in its agreement with Google Ireland. This agreement facilitated the use of the Google Workspace for Education platform in schools. In its subsequent report on compliance […] … learn more→
We teach at a Florida university that agreed to cooperate with ICE – and we worry that it is making our students feel less safe
Since March 2025, at least 15 Florida public universities and colleges, including the University of Florida and Florida State College at Jacksonville, have signed memorandums of agreement for their campus police departments to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. These partnerships authorize ICE agents to expand the role of campus police officers so they can receive training and “perform certain functions of an immigration officer.” The agreements […] … learn more→
Your brain for sale? The new frontier of neural data
Your browsing history, your location, your political preferences. For years, tech companies have found ways to turn personal data into profit. Now, a new and far more intimate frontier is opening: the electrical signals produced by your brain. This is not science fiction. Nor is it about brain implants for paralysed patients or experimental medical procedures. A […] … learn more→
