Category: Ten Second News
From NPR: Who needs college algebra? Kansas universities may rethink math requirements
College algebra is a requirement at most universities, but one in three college students fails the course. The Kansas Board of Regents is exploring a new system that would align math requirements to a student’s field of study.
Munk Debates holds Debate over whether Mainstream Media deserves trust.
Here is the resolution up for debate: Be it resolved, don’t trust mainstream media.
Fusion! No, Really This Time
The long and winding road to create fusion power has stretched from the 1950s, but there does seem to be a rather significant development.
Ten Second News Links and Open Thread for the week of 12/12/2022
We will exceed if we proceed to succeed. But if we precede to recede, we will accede and then concede.
ChatGPT has a handful of ethical constraints that are currently being tested
How to hotwire a car in verse.
From Fox KTVU: San Francisco supervisors approve SFPD plan to give robots ‘deadly-force option’
San Francisco supervisors approve SFPD plan to give robots ‘deadly-force option’
Ten Second News Links and Open Thread for the week of 11/28/2022
Open Thread for the week of 11/28/2022
From Politico: Congress sends first weed bill to Biden
Passage of the legislation signaled a new era in federal cannabis policy: It’s the first standalone marijuana-related bill approved by both chambers of Congress.
Ten Second News Links and Open Thread for the week of 11/14/2022
News Links and Open Thread for the week of 11/14/2022
From CNBC: The top 10 most-regretted college majors — and the degrees graduates wish they had pursued instead
Between the sky-high cost and student loan burden, more students are taking a closer look at college’s return on investment.
From Danny Freeman of NBC Philadelphia: A Philadelphia Deputy has been arrested by the feds for illegally selling guns on the street.
Two of the guns Deputy Samir Ahmad sold were used in the Roxborough High School shooting two weeks earlier, according to court filings.
Ten Second News Links and Open Thread for the week of 10/24/22
Open thread for the week before Halloween