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Week 12 Scouting Notebook: A look at potential Chargers prospects in 2024 NFL draft

Here are a few prospects the Chargers could be watching in Week 12.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 18, 2023

Harvard Study Reveals Humans Aren’t Only Species Who Can Befriend Neighbors

Scientists found that bonobo monkeys can form strong and strategic cooperative relationships. 

Zenger · Nov 16, 2023

'Alien' spherules dredged from the Pacific are probably just industrial pollution, new studies suggest

Last summer, a Harvard professor claimed tiny pellets of iron came from beyond our solar system. But new analyses suggest that they likely originated much closer to home.

LiveScience · Nov 16, 2023

This physics professor ran 3,000 miles across America in record time

Harvard professor Jenny Hoffman ran from San Francisco to New York City to beat the world record for fastest woman to run across America.

WEKU · Nov 10, 2023

Flexible working can significantly improve heart health, study shows

US researchers suggest that better work-life balance particular beneficial for those over 45 or at higher risk

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023

AI Isn’t Yet a Huge Help to Writing Students, Says Director of Harvard’s Writing Center

Jane Rosenzweig sees potential for AI in the future but is critical of many of its current classroom applications.

Tech&Learning · Nov 9, 2023

South Africa's universities aren't training future civil servants for what the country needs

Many analysts blame state capture – the corruption of the management of public affairs – for the weakening of state capacity in South Africa. A judicial commission of inquiry into the problem laid it bare.

The Conversation · Nov 7, 2023

Harvard Kennedy School Professor's Rejecting Students' Class Project Discussing "Jewish Democracy" in Israel

was a violation of free speech principles, Harvard concludes.

Reason · Nov 6, 2023

Bill Ackman's Letter to Harvard re Widespread Antisemitism on Campus

It's worth reading the whole thing, but here is a "highlight": Last Wednesday, I spent seven hours on campus meeting with Jewish, Israeli, and non-Jewish students and faculty at the Law School, at HBS and in a 90-minute town hall in Aldrich 112 with 230 Jewish college students (coincidentally, one…

Reason · Nov 5, 2023

Study Finds Healthcare Professionals Are Biased Against Trans People

Experts found medical professionals are less likely to get to know transgender folk personally. 

Zenger · Nov 4, 2023