‘SHAKEN AND AFRAID’Undergrad Sues Over Prof’s Alleged Antisemitic ‘Campaign’Yael Canaan says her architecture instructor at one point suggested she ponder “what Jews do to make themselves such a hated group.”Justin Rohrlich
1ST AMENDMENTCarnegie Mellon Gives Prof a Pass for Mean Queen TweetsTwitter deleted the tweets for violating the platform’s rules but the university said “free expression is core to the mission of higher education.”Brooke Leigh Howard
TWO-TIMEDEnvironmental Foundation Funding Nativist Groups: ReportThe group spent tens of millions of dollars funding anti-immigrant and nativist groups.Audrey McNamara
Killfies?A Plague of Suicidally Stupid SelfiesA 13-year old Italian boy was hit by a train while playing “selfie chicken” with his friends. He’s not the first to die for a photo.Barbie Latza Nadeau
WORD POWERTrump's Very Very Very Bad Verbal Tic‘Very’ is one of Donald Trump’s favorite words. What does he hope to achieve using a word that may be insistent, but is often empty of meaning?Joshua David Stein
Breaking BreadEating With The EnemyA takeout restaurant in Pittsburgh is offering exotic cuisine with a twist, facilitating cultural conversation and political dialogue on countries in conflict with the United States.Justin Jones
Funny MoneyThe Missing Bitcoin MillionsBitcoin reached an all-time high of more than $400 on Wednesday, just weeks after a multimillion-dollar exchange in China disappeared. Kris Holt
I QuitNot So Fast!Like previous tragedies, the movie-theater shooting in Colorado has led to all sorts of fevered calls to action. Jesse Singal on why psychologists think we should resist that impulse.Jesse Singal
Major Asset Joe Manganiello Bares AllThe ‘True Blood’ star talks to Marlow Stern about playing Big Dick Richie in ‘Magic Mike’—and his long, dark road to Hollywood. Marlow Stern
Send in the Robots to Japan's Nuclear MeltdownJapan is famous for creating robots, so why aren't they being used to help end the crisis at Fukushima Daiichi? A robotics expert tells Dan Lyons they'll be used soon—but don't expect a SWAT team of smart, autonomous Terminators.Dan Lyons
Doers Change the World: EducationHP bets on education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.Daily Beast Promotions
