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California-size Antarctic ice sheet once thought stable may actually be at tipping point for collapse

Researchers have discovered the base of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, which holds enough ice to raise sea levels by as much as 10 feet, may already be partially thawed.

LiveScience

A wargame experiment pitting AI chatbots against each other ended exactly how you'd expect

Wouldn't you prefer a good game of Global Thermonuclear War?

PC Gamer

SBF Controversy Continues: Bankman And Fried Counter FTX's Clawback With Dismissal Request

FTX did not specify the exact sum allegedly misappropriated by Bankman and Fried but detailed certain expenditures: Bankman's annual remuneration of $200,000 as a senior adviser to the FTX foundation, over $18 million allocated for Bahamian real estate, and $5.5 million in contributions made by the FTX Group to Stanford…

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Plagiarism is not always easy to define or detect

Quite a few high-profile careers in higher education have been upended as of late amid questions of academic integrity. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who had served as president of Stanford University for seven years, stepped down in 2023 after it was determined that he had co-authored several academic papers that contained manipulated…

The Conversation

Claudine Gay | Forced exit

Right-wingers' witch-hunt of Harvard's first Black president, Claudine Gay, ended with her resignation after plagiarism allegations.

The Hindu

New AI pinpoints your exact location from one photo with 92% Street View accuracy — beating a pro GeoGuessr player

Graduate students from Stanford University have developed an AI-powered app that can determine your exact location based on Google Street View data.

Windows Central

US seizes more illegal e-cigarettes, but thousands of new ones are launching

U.S. officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes

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Wildfire smoke this year woke up places unaccustomed to its effects. Now what?

Wildfires worsened by climate change spewed smoke over much of North America this year. It's a new reality Americans haven't yet processed: how dangerous the smoke is for human health.

WEKU

"We'll embark on a sonic journey through the band's diverse and ever-evolving music": Stanford University is offering a course studying the music and culture of the Grateful Dead

The course is taught by musician and author David Gans, host of the Grateful Dead Hour radio show

Louder

Counting scientists’ productivity with numbers undermines science | Explained

Stanford University’s John Ioannidis recently ranked the top 2% of scientists in various fields. This list is based on 6 citation indicators, including total citations and single-author citations. However, this system has drawbacks, such as not accounting for quality/impact of work, not extrapolating between fields, and incentivising unethical practices. Ranking…

The Hindu

Bankman-Fried's Case 'Almost Impossible To Win,' SBF Is The 'Worst Witness,' Defense Counsel Admits

The 76-year-old legal expert also disclosed how Bankman-Fried made things all the more challenging when he went off the script during his testimony, eventually making his case "unwinnable."

International Business Times

Tech firms failing to ‘walk the walk’ on ethical AI, report says

Stanford University researchers say AI ethics practitioners report lacking institutional support at their companies.

Al Jazeera

Blood tests can show how fast your organs are ageing, study says

Study finds 20 per cent of people aged 50 or older had one or more ageing organs

The Independent UK

Mike Brown obituary

Other lives: Academic pharmacist and pharmaceutical microbiologist who specialised in understanding how bacteria respond to antibiotics

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Reason

'The Science' Suffers from Self-Inflicted Political Wounds

A separation of science and politics might be called for.

Reason

Hiring a Research Fellow in Free Speech Law for 1 or 2 Years, at the Hoover Institution (Stanford)

This was just announced Friday: Opportunity for Post-JD Scholars The Hoover Institution at Stanford University is seeking an outstanding early-career legal scholar who is interested in doing research on free speech law, in preparation for seeking an academic position at a law school or elsewhere. If you are selected, you…

The Guardian - US

Muslim Stanford student hospitalized in suspected hate crime hit-and-run

University says incident being investigated as possible hate crime after Abdulwahab Omira suffered non-life-threatening injuries

Fortune

Remote work guru Nick Bloom thinks we'll never go back to the office full-time—but 'maintaining discipline is important'

“The most creative mode seems to be for individuals spending time both in groups and working alone.”

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The Hindu

Four VIT-AP varsity professors in Stanford University’s global top scientist list

Four professors of the VIT-AP University— Suripeddi Srinivas from the School of Advanced Sciences, Jayendra Kumar from the School of Electronics Engineering, Sachi Nandan Mohanty and M. Azees from the School of Computer Science and Engineering— have been featured in Stanford University’s list of the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” for…

Golf Monthly

Report: 16-Year-Old Amateur Star To Follow In Steps Of Tiger Woods And Rose Zhang

Ratchanon Chantananuwat has reportedly been offered a spot at Stanford University in the fall of 2024, with the Thai star the youngest male player to win an event on a major Tour

Fortune

Return-to-office mandates will just keep getting harsher as bosses stick to 'management by walking around'

This doom loop could have been avoided if managers knew how to manage hybrid and remote workers well.

The Hindu

5 teachers of IIT Palakkad feature among world’s top 2% scientists

Five faculty members of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad have been included on the latest list of the “world’s top two per cent scientists” released by Stanford University, California, US. Last year, IIT Palakkad had three of its teachers on the Stanford list.

Zenger

Virtual Reality Eases Parental Anxiety During Child Surgeries

Virtual reality reduces anxiety for parents during their children's surgeries, offering a cost-effective solution for hospitals.

The Hindu

Seven from KLETU in top 2% of scientists in Stanford list

In a rare feat of its kind, seven faculty members and scientists from KLE Technological University (KLETU), Hubballi, have made it to the list of top 2% of most influential scientists in the world released by Stanford University for 2023.

Reason

"Targeting Students for Disparate Treatment Based on Protected Class Is Not Protected by Academic Freedom"

From the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Joe Cohn): Earlier this week, Stanford University suspended an instructor while the institution investigates allegations Jewish and Israeli students were targeted for discriminatory treatment in a required, first-year "Civic, Liberal and Global Education" course. Discriminating against students based on a protected characteristic…

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