"To some cynical journalists or techno-skeptics, this maneuvering might seem like Facebook just being Facebook"that the Cambridge scandal is merely the latest in a litany of privacy intrusio…
The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point has proposed dropping 13 majors in the humanities and social sciences " including English, philosophy, history, sociology and Spanish " while add…
It looks like we owe Yoko an apology. New research finds rock bands have more critical and commercial success if they contain a mix of married and single musicians.
With the appointment, Hope, a virtuoso soloist who also directs other ensembles as concertmaster, becomes New Century's fourth music director, following Stuart Canin (1992-99), Krista Bennio…
Pinker is an evangelist for Enlightenment values, arguing that the philosophers of that era laid the groundwork for the scientific and social breakthroughs that have lifted millions out of p…
Social media platforms make the sharing of information ubiquitous and nonstop, but where will that information come from in the first place when all the reporters have been let go? Wha…
"We're experiencing a Native arts revival right now," said Alaska Native playwright Vera Starbard, whose autobiographical advocacy play Our Voices Will be Heard was performed in Juneau…
When we in the arts champion "diversity, equity and inclusion," do we mean everyone? Do we mean conservatives? Religiously, culturally or otherwise? Are conservative artists not identifying …
Receiving bankruptcy protection means that secured creditors will get paid before any women suing the Weinstein Co. (Bob Weinstein is listed as an unsecured creditor, per Vari…
The results were striking: individuals who completed these tasks while their phones were in another room performed the best, followed by those who left their phones in their pockets. In last…
"As libraries create access to a digital future, the books that have traditionally inhabited them are being displaced at an alarming rate. This leaves many asking: Does acceptance of digital…
In less than a decade, the percentage of U.S. households subscribing to a paid streaming video service surged 450% " from just 10% in 2009 to 55% in 2017.
Christopher Knight: "Today, about a week later, we still have no answer as to why MOCA Director Philippe Vergne fired chief curator Helen Molesworth " and we likely won't. I have a few specu…
On Sunday night John Oliver announced on HBO's Last Week Tonight that A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, a children's book about a gay bunny, named after a pet rabbit owned by…
"Portlandia was the moment something shifted and a new kind of person started showing up in Portland, who wasn't the same kind of hearty doer, but more of a spectator who wants to be ente…
Third Angle New Music, Portland's oldest new music ensemble that performs, commissions and records innovative contemporary classical music is seeking an experienced candidate for Artistic Di…
"Curation" lends to the proceedings a certain air of quasi-professionalism. It seeks to claim for the proprietors an exquisitely refined faculty of discrimination, a sense that "objective" h…
"Since individuals' investment in their own education is personally rewarding, you might infer that government investment in society's education would be socially rewarding. But this is a cl…
The oldest of these programs is that of the Louvre, which began during the French Revolution in 1793, reportedly just a month after radical Parisians converted the royal palace into a mus…
You might wonder how people who seem so good by occupation could be so bad in private. The theory of moral licensing could help explain why: When humans are good, it says, we give ourselves …
The policy change was backed by philanthropist Susie Konkel, who is a well-known advocate for youth. All eligible visitors will also be able to sign up for the Susie Konkel Pass, wh…
He's Marcel Gauchet, and he's writing a magnum opus. "In our neoliberal age, democracy has come to mean little more than the pursuit of individual rights and interests, while the hope of det…
Emily Wilson's presence on Twitter is quietly revolutionary, a new kind of experience for readers, poets, translators, and really anyone who likes to watch knowledge take shape in an open fo…
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is thought to be the first professional orchestra in the world to form an ensemble of disabled musicians. The group is led by a disabled conductor, James Rose,…
It could be an early sign that the days of the barcode are numbered as technological improvements allow companies to replace them with more secure digital tickets with codes embedded in a fa…