At first glance, it may be tempting to assume that, when it comes to education, presenting students with more material in a shorter period of time should naturally lead to more learning. Recent ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that ...

Long before the federal government intruded on the already wavering trust in science, the field of K-12 science education was in trouble. Proper teacher training, the deprofessionalization of ...

AI has empowered anyone to code, but, as with many technical matters, not actually understanding the fundamentals comes with risks, writes Lewis Liu “Explain to me in plain English” or “tell me how ...

Andrew W. Shlomchik ’29, a Crimson Editorial comper, lives in Greenough Hall. Never before has it been so easy to cheat on problem sets — so why are we still grading them? While cheating on problem ...

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The government’s plans to poach 100 US researchers might make good economic sense. But what about the existing community? Canada’s universities are competing aggressively for funding attached to ...

When solving a puzzle, the answer could lie in your dreams. In a study of lucid dreamers, playing soundtracks linked with unsolved puzzles helped the sleepers solve the problems the next day, ...