“(Technology) is not making teaching obsolete. If anything, it is making the craft of teaching more important” … The Economist, 22nd July 2017 It all began in November, 2014 when I attended the edX Global Forum in Boston. All through the dreary eighteen-hour flight from Bangalore (where I live and work) to Boston, I was restless and unsure, perhaps even skeptical,…
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Our incel problem
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit…
Huge double asteroid will pass safely May 25
Professional and amateur astronomers are gearing up to observe asteroid 1999 KW4 – oddly shaped, about a mile wide, with a companion moon – around its closest approach on May 25, 2019. Charts here for amateur observers across the globe. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/double-asteroid-1999-kw4-closest-may-25-2019…
Rain over Asia foreshadows intense California heat
When heavy rain falls over Southeast Asia and the eastern Pacific Ocean, temperatures in California’s Central Valley will reach 100 degrees F (38 C) in 4 to 16 days, says a new study. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/rain-asia-pacific-predicts-california-heat-wave…
Vox Sentences: Right to marry, right to work?
Source: https://www.vox.com/vox-sentences/2019/4/22/18511376/sri-lanka-easter-bombings-lgbtq-supreme-court…
Why observe Earth Day on April 22?
April 22 is the date of Earth Day in part because of Arbor Day, an earlier observance. The focus of Earth Day 2019 is protection of Earth species. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/this-date-in-science-why-celebrate-earth-day-on-april-22…
FBI arrests leader of private militia accused of detaining migrants on US border
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/21/18509998/fbi-arrests-leader-private-militia-accused-of-detaining-migrants-on-us-border…
New Mexico militia detains migrants at gunpoint in social media video
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/20/18509147/new-mexico-militia-detains-migrants-gunpoint-facebook-video…
Akron’s ‘Pond Monster’ Versus Ohio’s Many Water Cryptids
Have you ever wondered why Ohio doesn’t have an official state monster? Me neither, but one reason might be it has too many mythical creatures, swimming monsters and other strange cryptids to choose just one. If the Loveland Frogman, the Minerva Monster, the Grassman or any other Buckeye State beasts are planning to lobby the… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/akrons-pond-monster-versus-ohios-many-water-cryptids/…
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber are CGI animals in this generation’s “We Are the World”
Source: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/4/19/18507660/lil-dicky-earth-music-video-ariana-grande-leo-dicaprio…