Reality Checks: Toxic word of the year, Underqualified Cyber Ministers, Travel Ban in US Dampening Research, and Italian Supervolcano

Elizabeth — November 15, 2018

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Toxic is the 2018 word of the year. (via NPR)
New Japanese cyber minister never used a computer. (via BBC)
US Travel ban and its effect on science (via Ars Technica)
Italian supervolcano may be waking up. (via ScienceAlert)

Featured image credit:Lauri Helkkinen via flickr

Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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