The time that it would take to read or send a text message, activate maps, or check social media, she added, is associated with a 5.5 times greater likelihood of a crash.
Will Your Job Survive AI?
Several top executives are now predicting AI will eliminate large numbers of white-collar jobs far sooner than previously expected.
Several top executives are now predicting AI will eliminate large numbers of white-collar jobs far sooner than previously expected.
Overlooked Climate-Change Danger: Wildfire Smoke
Researchers rush to get hands around multiple serious health risks as blazes mount — and get bigger.
Researchers rush to get hands around multiple serious health risks as blazes mount — and get bigger.
How Do Math, Reading Skills Overlap? Researchers Were Closing in on Answers
Grant terminated at critical point of ambitious study following students for five years.
Grant terminated at critical point of ambitious study following students for five years.
Going to Bed Earlier May Help You Hit Fitness Goals
New study finds link between sleep curfew, higher levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
New study finds link between sleep curfew, higher levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
Mounting Case Against Notion That Boys Are Born Better at Math
Analyses showed virtually no gender differences at the start of first grade, when students begin formal math education. However, a gap favoring boys opened after just four months — and kept growing through higher grades.
Analyses showed virtually no gender differences at the start of first grade, when students begin formal math education. However, a gap favoring boys opened after just four months — and kept growing through higher grades.
Did Jane Austen Even Care About Romance?
Scholars contest novelist’s ‘rom-com’ rep as 250th anniversary ushers in new screen adaptations
Scholars contest novelist’s ‘rom-com’ rep as 250th anniversary ushers in new screen adaptations
Meditation Provides Calming Solace — Except When It Doesn’t
Researchers find ways to promote altered states of consciousness, reduce risks of distress that affect some
Researchers find ways to promote altered states of consciousness, reduce risks of distress that affect some
Can AI Be as Irrational as We Are? (Or Even More So?)
Psychologists found OpenAI’s GPT-4o showing humanlike patterns of cognitive dissonance, sensitivity to free choice.
Psychologists found OpenAI’s GPT-4o showing humanlike patterns of cognitive dissonance, sensitivity to free choice.
Riskier to Know — Or Not to Know — You’re Predisposed to a Disease?
‘DNA isn’t a crystal ball for every kind of illness’ but potential benefits outweigh fears, says geneticist
‘DNA isn’t a crystal ball for every kind of illness’ but potential benefits outweigh fears, says geneticist
When the Falcons Come Home to Roost
A new wildlife camera mounted on Memorial Hall is giving online visitors an up-close glimpse of a peregrine falcon nesting site with a storied history.
A new wildlife camera mounted on Memorial Hall is giving online visitors an up-close glimpse of a peregrine falcon nesting site with a storied history.
Why Are Young People Taking Fewer Risks?
Psychologist describes generation overparented — but also overwhelmed by ‘frightening world’
Psychologist describes generation overparented — but also overwhelmed by ‘frightening world’
Cuts Imperil ‘Keys to Future Health’
The studies’ biological samples are stored in a network of high-powered freezers, which must maintain temperatures as low as 170 degrees below Celsius.
The studies’ biological samples are stored in a network of high-powered freezers, which must maintain temperatures as low as 170 degrees below Celsius.
Need a Good Summer Read?
Whether your seasonal plans include vacations or staycations, you’ll be transported if you’ve got a great book. Harvard Library staff share their faves.
Whether your seasonal plans include vacations or staycations, you’ll be transported if you’ve got a great book. Harvard Library staff share their faves.
A Taste for Microbes
The octopus is a creature with sensitive feelings.
The octopus is a creature with sensitive feelings.
From Bad to Worse
Writing biographies of bad people is challenging, said Harvard historian Fredrik Logevall.
Writing biographies of bad people is challenging, said Harvard historian Fredrik Logevall.