89 Percent of Colleges Reported Zero Campus Rapes in 2015 USA Today The vast majority of American colleges reported zero incidents of rape in 2015, according to an American Association of University Women analysis of Department of Education data. But there's a difference between reported rapes and actual rapes, which are believed to be drastically underreported. Ransomware Hack Exploited Human Error Wall Street Journal Last week's global cyberattack combined elite hacking tools with a particularly devastating form of malicious software known as ransomware. But another factor helped turn the outbreak into one of the nastiest computer infections ever: human fallibility. Northward-Bound 'Pet Railroad' Saves Shelter Cats and Dogs Washington Post An overground "pet railroad" is transporting shelter animals from south to north to spare them from euthanasia. Advocates point to northern cities' more concerted spay-neuter campaigns and mention "cultural" differences in attitudes about sterilizing pets. Whatever the reason, more tails are wagging in shelters up north. How Google Took Over the Classroom New York Times Most elementary and high school students now use Google education apps and products, amping up an old debate: Should schools turn out knowledgeable citizens or skilled workers? Some parents have a more concrete worry: that Google is harvesting their kids' personal details to market to them as young adults. One Autonomous Car Has a Huge Impact on Alleviating Traffic MIT Technology Review You've likely seen the demonstration of phantom traffic jams where cars drive around in a circle to simulate the impact of a single slowing car on a road full of traffic. One car pumps its brakes for no particular reason and soon you have a traffic nightmare. Now research shows - and a video demonstrates - that placing even just a single autonomous car into one of those circular traffic simulations can dampen the effects of the phantom traffic jam. |