Monday Edition
1000s German academics have to teach — even if they're never paid for it
In Germany and Austria there's a degree higher than a PhD traditionally required for professorships, and it's kind of a terrible deal.
Science in Society
Monday Edition
Five takeaways from the MIT report on AI in higher ed
Also: Two AI math discoveries, unconventional science funding, and bunsen burner mythology
Rant
Pluto is MAGA's favorite "planet" for a reason
Jared Isaacman's Pluto push is a master class in science populism
TLDR
Who gets the job? Here's how computers could help catch unfair rankings
I am weirdly hopeful that it could be easier to notice biased AI than biased humans?
Science in Society
Are the Stardew Valley wiki authors scientists?
Science is the generational project of finding out true things about the real world — and that project needs catalogers