Harvard Department of Astronomy chair: We were visited by an alien artifact 3 years ago
Was it the Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Rama from the Arthur C. Clarke’s series? A piece of “scrith” from Larry Niven’s Ringworld?
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Was it the Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Rama from the Arthur C. Clarke’s series? A piece of “scrith” from Larry Niven’s Ringworld?
An artificial intelligence system that generates realistic stories, poems and articles has been updated, with some claiming it is now almost as good as a human writer.
The University of Texas fired its head football coach Tom Herman. Herman’s buyout will cost the university about $15 million, in addition to an estimated $9 million for his assistant coaches.
Cornell University’s student assembly passed a resolution to disarm the school’s police department.
A Jesuit university is offering undergraduate students a “J-Term” between semesters that is centered around “race, equity, and inclusion.”
Internet providers are under pressure to do more to help low-income families afford data packages for their children to take part in remote learning.
Brexit deal leaves Britain out of the continent's flagship student exchange program. The U.K. government announced a new program to replace it, but many people are skeptical about that plan.
With donations ranging from $20 million to $50 million to colleges routinely overlooked by major philanthropists, MacKenzie Scott has set herself apart by focusing on institutions that serve students of color and those from low-income backgrounds.
One academic faces five weeks of quarantine, while many students can’t travel to campus at all
Bitcoin's value surged above $34,000 (£24,850) for the first time on Sunday as the leading cryptocurrency continued to soar.