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What would you do if you had £60 million to play with? Some people would invest it. Many would buy a bigger house. A few would go on a spending spree. Me, I’d try to change the way the world does ...

Princeton awarded the James Madison Medal to Terence Tao GS ’96 at Alumni Day last month, recognizing his achievements in Mathematics and advancing the cause of graduate education.

From vaccines to semiconductors, the scientific method made the U.S. a superpower. Abandoning it could reverse decades of progress.

So, how exactly are AI chatbots affecting our minds, thoughts, beliefs and opinions? Scientists are scrambling to find out — and reports that have come out this week offer insights into what’s going ...

UVA Engineering faculty members earned the University of Virginia’s top honors for iimpactful research spanning careers, labs and disciplines.

Jared Cooney Horvath says screens in schools are harming students. A close look finds a messier case — and real questions for educators.

A university in Kyiv is under siege — and running 16 hours a day. Nicholas A. Christakis is a physician and sociologist who directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale University. He hosts “For the Love of ...

C al Newport has been described as the “man who never procrastinates,” so I expected him to be punctual for our interview. He ...

The physics preceptor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss New York City, interdisciplinarity, and the origins of math.

It’s happened. You’ve probably already fallen for it at least once (no shame, we’re all there). Over the past six months, AI ...