The Nobel Prizes represent an interesting litmus test for hot topics in modern research — and this year is no exception.
David Baker, professor at University of Washington, Seattle, won half for his...
Claudia Goldin receiving Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her work on women's role in the work force comes at the perfect time as attitudes about work in general are evolving post-pandemic.
The entire concept of leadership is arbitrary, varied by culture and thus a cause of needless stress. Which is to say, if there were ever a time for universities to loosen their expectations for students and potential applicants, perhaps a global pandemic would be a great start.
We’ve all heard the concept of being in a partisan or media “bubble.” However, the term bubble doesn’t really do justice to the phenomenon. Bubbles imply something is loosely contained and visible;...
Harvard professor emeritus Martin Karplus received the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for the development of multi-scale models for complex chemical systems forty years after beginning his...
When I was 16, I asked the same girl on a date four Friday afternoons in a row. I’d spend the whole week psyching myself up, thinking about what I’d say, how I’d say it and what measures I’d take...
