The university hired a high-powered law firm to try to reach an agreement with the Justice Department over claims its admissions practices hurt white and Asian applicants.

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It’s not just that President Trump has ramped up the decades-long conservative attacks on colleges. It’s also that some college presidents and board members themselves are repeating right-wing talking points about the shortcomings of American…

A mum-of-three believed her eight-year-old son and his grandad had made it out alive of a huge house fire, but months later, she is still seeking answers after conflicting reports over what caused the blaze

A Yale-led study uncovered unexpected communication between retinal visual pathways that were thought to operate separately. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) have discovered unexpected insights into how the eye handles visual information. When we view a scene, the visual system quickly separates different features, including color, contrast, and motion, and processes them…

Researchers developed a brain-controlled gaming system that learns from the brain’s natural wiring, enabling fast BCI training and potentially transforming medicine, mental health, and human-computer interaction. It may not be long before video game controllers become optional. Researchers at Yale University have developed a new brain-computer interface (BCI) that allows people to play video…

Dr YoungHoon Kim, who holds the Guinness World Record for the world's highest IQ, has shared a surprising Donald Trump endorsement on X, sparking widespread public debate

The discovery of Typhlichthys styx shows that cave-adapted species can continue evolving and splitting into new species, with underground aquifers playing a crucial role in that process. Researchers at Yale have identified a previously unknown species of eyeless cavefish, a finding that challenges the long-standing view that caves and other underground habitats are evolutionary dead [...]

At a minimum, colleges should be delivering a broad-based education that fosters critical thinking to restore public trust in higher ed

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The National Science Foundation lifted a hold on some grants for Harvard and other universities this week after inquiries from media outlets, including The New York Times.

Researchers have identified two proteins on the surface of neurons that may help drive the spread of Parkinson’s disease in the brain. New Yale School of Medicine (YSM) research suggests that two proteins on the surface of brain neurons involved in movement may play a key role in the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease [...]

Calorie restriction lowers C3, an immune protein tied to aging and inflammation, improving health without requiring weight loss. Cutting calories has long been linked to longer life—but there’s a catch. In animals, dialing back food intake can delay disease and extend lifespan, yet pushing it too far begins to backfire, weakening immunity and disrupting basic [...]

Using the placenta to understand how complex organs evolve

Recently, a new creationist member of a Facebook group resorted to the familiar tactic of presenting the placenta as a complex organ that could not possibly have evolved. As so often with creationist arguments, this was little more than an argument from personal incredulity dressed up as a challenge. In place of scientific evidence,…

A 10-member committee offered a brutal assessment of academia’s role in creating the forces challenging American colleges and universities.

UK writer Gwendoline Riley is one of eight authors to win a 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize, receiving $175,000 (£131,500) to support her "meticulous and ruthless" fiction

Ancient rocks reveal that Earth’s magnetic field during the Ediacaran may not have been chaotic after all. Earth’s Ediacaran Period, which lasted from about 630 to 540 million years ago, has long puzzled scientists studying the planet’s magnetic history. In most other eras, tectonic plates moved at relatively steady rates, climate zones remained stable, and [...]

Cato Ouyang works in a subtle terrain where power becomes normalized and meaning is shaped through systems that present themselves as benign, necessary, or even protective.

A diferença entre ser substituído e ser replicável muda tudo na economia do trabalho humano quando a era de AGI for real.