Is taking a leap from your current career path, worth the risk? Taking risks Leaving a job is probably one of the most difficult decisions in life that we have to make. How can someone think of replacing a stable career path for something quite uncertain? An example is the field of Data Science. For […]
A Harvard professor and two Chinese nationals are now under federal investigation for suspected conspiracy against U.S. research and technology properties. Harvard professor conspiring with China Charles Lieber, chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, is under investigation for the suspected involvement in China’s Thousand Talents Plan. The professor is […]
Private school organizations have criticized a move by the government to consider university admission based on social classes. They argue that this will discriminate qualified students based on class rather than performance. Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC), a representative body for top UK private schools, has criticized plans by the office for students (OFS) to […]
Microsoft has developed a technology for the visually impaired using their HoloLens and algorithms developed by machine learning experts. The technology relays valuable information to users through audio. A partnership project between Microsoft, researchers in the US, UK, China, India, and Japan was launched in 2016 in Tokyo. The researchers’ goal was to create a […]
Thousands of Twitter users blamed supposedly “dirty” Chinese eating habits for the outbreak of the coronavirus. A video of a young Chinese woman biting into a virtually whole bat has sprung criticism by many on social media relating to the outbreak of Wuhan’s coronavirus. The Wuhan coronavirus believed to have originated late last year in […]
The University of the Philippines system ranks top on the list of Philippine universities included in Google’s Scholar Citation rankings. Google’s Webometrics Google conducts a constant assessment of scholars from Top Universities worldwide with published works being cited frequently. Google Scholar Citations is a feature created by Google to provide authors to track down the […]
Senate is probing Yale’s involvement in a possible self-censorship movement in Singapore. Senate probes “Dialogue and Dissent” class by Yale The Faculty Senate is still debating over the withdrawal of a controversial course last year at Yale-NUS. Yale-NUS is a liberal art and science college in Singapore founded by a collaboration between Yale University and […]
The appointment of a creationist, Benedito Guimarães Aguiar Neto, by President Jair Bolsonaro to head a higher education department known as CAPES has dismayed the Brazillian scientific community. Scientists are challenging the appointment of a creationist to head a scientific field. They argue that he may use his beliefs to implement policies that are contrary […]
China is reporting more than 4,500 people are infected with Coronavirus, and so far, it has caused more than 100 fatalities. In the last couple of weeks, the disease has been spreading with at least three confirmed cases in the US. Coronavirus has also been detected in other countries such as Thailand and Germany. The […]
Intimidation foreigners experience from using the English accent is equal to how Americans get conscious with their accent. Discrimination of foreign accents In 2013, around 232 million people lived outside of the country they were born from, either seeking employment or refuge. In the U.S. alone, around 13 percent of its residents are considered immigrants. […]
