Why linguistic urban legends go viral online
Artist R. Luke Dubois on his experiments with the intersection of data and humanity.
Business moguls tend to be big on protecting speech, right until it hurts their bottom line.
The complexity of free speech, the culture war inside the Church, and the chaos in Syria
Rebuilding Prodigy, one screen at a time
Why traditional metrics like completion rates aren't a good way to evaluate online courses
In the early 1990s, New Kids on the Block fans fed their fascination on Prodigy, as Justin Bieber's do today on the Internet. But while the fandom might be the same, the online world has changed.
Traditional universities could soon be forced to accept credits from online courses.