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Top mathematicians grade AI’s ability to solve toughest problems

The First Proof consortium has repeatedly challenged AI systems to crack 10 tough research math problems. In the latest round ...
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Harvard classicists size up Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

I think it’s very important for us as classicists to take a work like Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ as a work of adaptation that is ...
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Exploring why different groups of people, zebras, and even ants make nice

Cooperation can make us stronger, building alliances and increasing the availability of resources. A recent symposium hosted ...
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How scientific instruments reinforced distorted ideas about race

A new exhibit at Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments probes how calipers and spirometers never simply ...
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Hoekstra, Petrofsky outline new FAS administrative model at first faculty meeting of academic year

We will keep working at it until we get it right,” the FAS dean said. The effort is estimated to save $20 million per year ...
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8 awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medals in joyful ceremony

Singer Mavis Staples, actress Angela Bassett, and soccer star Didier Drogba were among the honorees presented with W.E.B. Du ...
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Caribbean art takes campus spotlight

A first-of-its-kind exhibition at the Hutchins Center’s Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art brings together works of contemporary artists from Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, ...