Whether it’s documents found in school textbooks or narrative fiction studied in literature classes, reading texts remains a pillar of learning. But the rise of audiobooks opens up new possibilities for approaches. Can we consider listening to literary works on the syllabus rather than reading them in the traditional way? And, if so, does listening […] … learn more→

Small local organizations called Active Clubs have spread widely across the U.S. and internationally, using fitness as a cover for a much more alarming mission. These groups are a new and harder-to-detect form of white supremacist organizing that merges extremist ideology with fitness and combat sports culture. Active Clubs frame themselves as innocuous workout groups on digital platforms and […] … learn more→

For centuries, before the advent of automatic spell checkers, proofreading depended on professionals such as scribes, copyists, copyeditors, typographers, or simply people with a good understanding of spelling. This continued until the 1970s and 1980s, with the advent of personal computers. Then, the way we wrote and corrected documents changed. Writing began to be digitized, […] … learn more→

In recent weeks, the US State Department implemented a policy requiring all university, technical training, or exchange program visa applicants to disclose their social media handles used over the past five years. The policy also requires these applicants to set their profiles to public. This move is an example of governments treating a person’s digital persona as their political identity. […] … learn more→

We live surrounded by stimuli. Our phones vibrate constantly, platforms compete for our attention, and for many young people (and not so young people), reading a full text seems like a feat. As a university professor, I frequently observe that many students fail to fully understand what is being asked of them, not because of […] … learn more→

We know that without emotion there is no learning , but what role do emotions play in educational leadership? Although the concept of emotional intelligence began to be researched in the 1990s by authors such as Peter Salovey and Daniel Goleman , its application in education has gained momentum in the last decade. What once seemed “soft” or accessory is now revealed as the […] … learn more→

What do you think of when it comes to extra terrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings could live on other planets. But when astronomers are searching for extra-terrestrial life, it is usually in the form of emissions from bacteria or other tiny organisms. A new research paper in the […] … learn more→

Badly behaved artificial intelligence (AI) systems have a long history in science fiction. Way back in 1961, in the famous Astro Boy comics by Osamu Tezuka, a clone of a popular robot magician was reprogrammed into a super-powered thief. In the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the shipboard computer HAL 9000 turns out to be more sinister […] … learn more→

AI has made it easier than ever to find information: Ask ChatGPT almost anything, and the system swiftly delivers an answer. But the large language models that power popular tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude were not designed to be accurate or factual. They regularly “hallucinate” and offer up falsehoods as if they were hard facts. […] … learn more→

I bought my first new car at 50 – a Tesla. Now, four years later, I’ve bought a second electric vehicle, a ridiculously yellow EX30 Volvo with a dual motor. Some might question buying new cars in quick succession, but I see it as helping to kickstart the second-hand electric vehicle market. After years of […] … learn more→