Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggests 3I/ATLAS may carry extraterrestrial life, sparking debate on panspermia; evidence remains unproven.

When a powerful generative AI (GenAI) chatbot was released in 2022, we have spent the succeeding years debating whether it ...

In this essay, Shetland linguist Mark Smith looks at the dialect vs language question and asks: ‘How do we find our place in ...

While AI may have some uses in student assessment, relying on it would result in “homogenised” grading that “underestimates brilliance”, according to researchers from Cambridge University. Researchers ...

As debate on Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3) continues and heads to Parliament after the just-ended parliamentary public consultation process, one of the battlefronts is whether ...

Increasingly, many people I talk to — from students to teachers to peers — tell me that they think it’s OK to use A.I.

The form known as ekphrasis — or poetry about art — has taken a turn toward the individual. Our columnist asks what it means.

It’s time to write your college application essay! Naturally you’re trying to decide which of your many life-changing, earth-shattering, mind-blowing experiences to write about in order to wow the ...

Institutional Classifications: These new multidimensional categories, defined by ACE, group institutions based on characteristics like award level focus, academic program mix and enrollment size.

This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. In the most abstract sense, the function of an introductory paragraph is to move the reader from the world of daily life into the ...

John Gardiner Pieper passed away peacefully at his home on May 27, 2026, after a years-long battle with cancer. Over the ...