You probably don’t need more time. By Jancee Dunn When I look back on all the major decisions I’ve dithered over, I could scream. It took me a decade to commit to becoming a parent. I wavered for a ...

As coined by Philip Wadler [1], the Expression Problem is a new name for an old problem. The goal is to define a datatype by cases, where one can add new cases to the datatype and new functions over ...

Language isn’t just for communication—it’s a tool for thinking. Here’s how putting thoughts into words sharpens your mind. “Use your words.” It’s something we tell children—but it turns out it’s good ...

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of United Airlines flights were disrupted on Wednesday evening as the carrier grappled with a major computer system outage. "The underlying technology issue has been resolved, ...

Boolean expressions and Boolean logic are widely used in mathematics, computer science, computer programming, and philosophy. These take their name from the 19 th century mathematician and logician ...

On the eve of Daylight Saving Time, I flew home to Vermont from California. Crossing several time zones, I arrived near midnight. At 2 a.m., the clock jumped ahead an hour, leaving me discombobulated.

Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 is the Kenan Research Professor of Government at Harvard. The best instance of free speech I’ve observed at Harvard came long ago when I was an undergraduate. I attended a ...

Mathematicians have finally solved a geometry problem that has puzzled the field for decades. By wiggling a needle around while spinning it, you can minimize the amount of space it moves through, ...

For a majority of people, the COVID vaccine doesn’t cause adverse health effects — but a small percentage experience chronic symptoms that can last for months or even years. Yale researchers recently ...

At any given moment, Spotify stands out as one of the most popular music streaming platforms in the world, attracting millions of listeners who indulge in a diverse array of content, from songs and ...

Actin is the most abundant protein in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and interacts with hundreds of proteins to perform essential functions, including cell motility and cytokinesis. Numerous ...