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Languages
Can I use 'we' and 'I' in my essay? Introducing corpus linguistics
An introduction to using a corpus to get answers in linguistics.
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Languages
Using digital tools to save languages
Subhashish Panigrahi explains what he learned while documenting the language of his own community.
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Science, Maths & Technology
How network science can unravel Al Capone's criminal associates
In new research which studies the social relationships of organized crime in Chicago in the 1920s, Chris M. Smith and Andrew V. Papachristos were able to take advantage ofthe availability of thousands of notes and documents on Al Capone’s criminal network. By applying network analysis to the criminal relationships in Capone’s gangs they find ...
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Science, Maths & Technology
What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
The race to contactless transactions and virtual currency puts those with least at the most risk, warns Dana Kornberg
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Languages
What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
Is emoji another example of the dumbing-down of our language and culture or is there a more educational purpose to the little pictures used to communicate?
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Digital & Computing
OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences
Join us at The Open University, in the Berrill Theatre and online as we host an enlightening talk exploring virtual worlds.
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Digital & Computing
After Manchester: The strength of the city
Even as it coped with the shock, Manchester and its people displayed their strength of character. Caroline Cheetham tells how a Northern city rallied in the streets, and on social media.
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Digital & Computing
If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?
Hundreds of thousands of computers locked across the globe - but Wannacry raised less than other ransomware attacks. Bill Buchanan explains why.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Learn psychological self-defence and start resisting the dark arts of political communication, in Volker Patent’s second article on Brexit and the General Election
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Education & Development
Has media literacy become self-destructive?
Danah Boyd, founder of Data & Society, asks if American society has become too distrustful of experts
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Science, Maths & Technology
Should the NHS have been better prepared for the cyber-highwaymen?
The Wannacry malware attack which locked down vital systems throughout much of the NHS on Friday was preventable, explains Conor Deane-McKenna.
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History & The Arts
How the ZX Spectrum and ZX81 shaped Frank Sidebottom
Rhys James Jones traces the legendary Frank Sidebottom's roots back to the early days of home computing. (When "computing" was a thing you did, and doing it at home was especially noteworthy.)