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Harvard faculty votes to limit number of A’s it hands out to slow grade-flation

“It would be flippant to say that [Harvard] grades are useless,” a law school dean told the Washington Post, “But they’re almost useless.”

The Independent UK

James Webb Space Telescope's strange little red dots may really be 'black hole stars', X-ray data suggests

Finding X-rays coming from one of the little red dots discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the key to answering what these weird objects truly are.

Space

New 3D device computes using living brain cells — bioelectronic device uses 3D electronic mesh design paired with living tissue

Princeton researchers have developed a 3D bioelectronic device that combines living brain cells with embedded electronics, allowing neurons outside the body to perform simple computational tasks. The system may help scientists study brain function, neurological disease, and the brain’s extraordinary energy efficiency.

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37 Disastrous First Dates That Might Make You Rethink Dating Ever Again

If you’ve ever endured a first date so bad that you briefly considered life in a convent (or monastery), you’re not alone. From the mortified person who laughed too hard that they ended up farting and then pooping a little, to the poor soul who spilled scalding, hot coffee on…

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MacKenzie Scott's close relationship with Toni Morrison long before Amazon put her on the path give more than $1 billion to HBCUs

Morrison, who was Scott’s mentor at Princeton University, once called the philanthropist “one of the best students I’ve ever had in my creative-writing classes…really one of the best.”

Fortune

FACT FOCUS: As cold hits, Trump asks, where's global warming? Scientists say it's still here

In social media, President Trump is questioning global warming because of a chilly severe winter storm hitting the U_S_ On Friday, he called the weather nearly unprecedented and labeled scientists “environmental insurrectionists.”

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott's close relationship with Toni Morrison long before Amazon put her on the path give more than $1 billion to HBCUs

Morrison, who was Scott’s mentor at Princeton University, once called the philanthropist “one of the best students I’ve ever had in my creative-writing classes…really one of the best.”

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Did Princeton Scientists Just Rendered a 3D Image of Adam Looking Like Vin Diesel? Here's the Truth

The viral 3D 'reconstruction' of Adam as Vin Diesel resurfaced in 2025 — but it's actually an old 2016 digital art hoax with no scientific basis.

International Business Times UK

Princeton University data breach hits students, alumni - here's what we know

Names, email addresses, and postal addresses were taken, but Princeton says financial information remains secure.

TechRadar

“Expulsion by suffocation”: how soy expansion and herbicide use are displacing Amazonian communities

In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, the expansion of soy is not only transforming landscapes but also suffocating the communities that inhabit them. The intensive use of herbicides in soybean plantations— particularly glyphosate — has deeply disrupted the dynamics that sustain life in Amazonian communities and their relationship with…

The Conversation

Porsche-Backed Princeton Spinout Cephia AI Scores $4M To Create Tiny Superhuman Sensors Like Mantis Shrimp Eyes

A decade of research at Princeton University has resulted in a startup developing imaging sensors with capabilities beyond traditional cameras. Cephia launched on Oct. 30 with $4 million in seed funding and pilot customers already testing products that promise vision capabilities beyond human perception.

Benzinga

‘We want people to get lost!’ Princeton’s new museum survives scandal to deliver a mazey art ambush

It is architect David Adjaye’s first major project since the allegations that rocked his firm – a bold museum for Princeton University with exhibits that sneak up on its students. But do the insides match the outsides?

The Guardian - UK

Princeton student released after being held captive for over 900 days in Iraq

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The Independent UK

Princeton student held hostage by Iran-backed militia for two years is free, Trump says

The president said that Elizabeth Tsurkov, who went missing while on a study trip in March 2023, had been returned to the American embassy in Iraq

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Israeli-Russian graduate student kidnapped in Iraq has been released, Trump and family say

An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released

Fortune

As degrees get branded worthless, LinkedIn’s just revealed the universities that give Gen Z the best shot at corner office jobs

Move over Harvard and Columbia, Princeton and Duke are the schools most likely to fast-track Gen Z to the C-suite.

The Independent UK

Transgender woman sues Princeton for 'humiliating' removal from track meet

A transgender woman has sued Princeton University, saying she was removed from a track meet in May due to her gender identity

The Conversation

Our memories are unreliable, limited and suggestible – and it’s a good thing too

Milan Kundera opens his novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting with a scene from the winter of 1948. Klement Gottwald, leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, is giving a speech to the masses from a palace balcony, surrounded by fellow party members. Comrade Vladimir Clementis thoughtfully places his…

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The Independent UK

Yale's law school dean will be the Ford Foundation's new president

The Ford Foundation has announced Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken as its next president

The Guardian - US

Do protesters have a right to wear masks? Yes – despite Trump’s double standard

Standing by one’s identity makes sense in certain contexts. But there is a host of valid reasons for lawful demonstrators to remain anonymous

The Conversation

Harvard battle is Trump’s ‘Mao moment’: lessons from China’s state-sanctioned university crackdown

During the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong pushed for the closure of Chinese universities, seeing higher education as little more than a breeding ground for counterrevolutionary bourgeois intellectuals. After closing for a period, China’s universities reopened on a limited basis from 1970, with selection criteria based on class background, revolutionary…

The Independent UK

Catholic students find refuge at Princeton University's worship space and cheer new pope

A group of young Catholics attend Mass every weekday at noon at the Princeton University Chapel

The Independent UK

‘Whatever it takes,’ Fed chair defends universities, calls on Princeton students to save democracy in Trump swipe

President Donald Trump has been insulting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for weeks because the national banking head won’t lower interest rates

Tom’s Hardware

AI agents can be manipulated into giving away your crypto, according to Princeton researchers

Letting an AI agent run your finances could be hazardous to your wealth.

The Guardian - UK

Collapsing bird numbers in North America prompt fears of ecological crisis – research

Study using citizen data finds three-quarters of nearly 500 species in decline, with steepest trend in areas where they once thrived

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