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Understanding student weaknesses

As part of an unusual study that surveyed 181 middle school physical science teachers and nearly 10,000 students, researchers found that the most successful teachers were those who knew what students would get wrong on standardized tests. Read More…

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Colossal Hot Cloud Envelops Colliding Galaxies

Two large galaxies are colliding and scientists have used Chandra to make a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas that surrounds them. Read More…

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Seeking fairness in ads

Latanya Sweeney, Harvard professor of government and technology in residence, wants to add a new factor to the weighting Google uses when delivering online ads, one that measures bias. In a new paper, she describes how such a calculation could be built into the ad-delivery algorithm Google uses. Read More…

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Melding the Web and the tactile

An organismic and evolutionary biology course this semester has formed a virtual classroom with other universities to examine the holdings of museum collections and the vast amount of data they contain and integrate them into the classroom. Read More…

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Creativity and Madness: Shelley Carson on the Psychology of Creativity

Instructor and psychologist Shelley Carson discusses whether madness and creativity are linked. Read More…

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Riju Agrawal '13 wins 2013 SAME award

$1,000 prize recognizes outstanding academic achievements by an undergraduate in engineering sciences Read More…

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spring planting

Spring planting underway in the Arboretum landscape April 29, 2012 Though spring seemed to get [...] Read More…

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Imagining products to change the world

From smart skin to coconut bottles, students in ES 20 dream up the future Read More…

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Graduate student Aaron Kuan named Harvard Horizons scholar

Applied physics student is among eight selected for prestigious GSAS research communication program Read More…

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