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Alum’s new history traces evolution of technology — from party lines to mobile devices — and how we’ve changed with it...

You might see the sun in a whole new light after taking this quiz based on astrophysicist’s new book...

As social use of chatbots surges, experts discuss whether machines can satisfy our need for human connection...

The thorny ethical questions raised by AI demand exhaustive scrutiny, says Ifeoma Ajunwa — not to mention debate. She knows just the place.

Isaac Kohane cautions against both doomer and utopian visions of AI: ‘We have agency here.’...

With up to $53 million from ARPA-H, the researchers will use AI to generate safer herbicides that reduce dependence on imports and improve the security of the U.S. food supply.

A new study of the country’s bureaucracy shows the challenges of state-building at the moment of independence.

By learning how matter moves, the WorldParticle system could assist with developing soft robots, medicines, and more.

The new approach, known as FLEX, could lead to more intuitive, interactive household and assistive robots.

MIT engineers cast a concrete beam using a sewn fabric mold with one-third the amount of concrete and half as much steel as a conventional beam.

A research team that includes Yale cosmochemist Damanveer Grewal makes the first observational estimate of the isotopic composition of carbon in Earth’s core.

Inspired by fieldwork in Colorado, Yale College junior Leah Mock began exploring the Peabody Museum’s entomology collections, leading her to discover and describe a new species of sawfly. “It was almost like learning a new language,” she said.

Eric Michielssen, a leading researcher in computational electromagnetics and wave physics, joined the Yale faculty in 2026.

Citizen developers — non-IT professionals who use no-code artificial intelligence platforms to build solutions — are on the rise across Yale School of Medicine. Yale’s campus-wide access to AI tools has empowered faculty, staff, and students to explore creative solutions to their workflows....

You usually think of trades as happening between sports teams, but the Peabody Museum and the University of Alaska Museum of the North engineered a swap that sent a sled-dog legend for thousands of tree shrews, bamboo rats, and microbats.

Two neuroscience researchers with complementary approaches discuss the value of interdisciplinary collaboration and the future of discovery.

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An expert on what gets people to take action for the climate and sustainability says that it is easy to get discouraged, but collective action can and does work.

Jameson helped establish computational fluid dynamics as a practical engineering discipline, then developed mathematical methods that allowed computers not only to analyze aircraft but to improve their designs.

A professor who studies workplace hierarchies and human well-being says that collaboration is key to healthy work environments.