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May 12, 2015
Scientists have successfully replicated the molecular processes that led from dinosaur snouts to the first bird beaks.
May 12, 2015
Never has knowledge of the world’s biodiversity knowledge been more at your fingertips, thanks to a new smartphone app: the Map of Life. No matter where you are, the app can...
May 8, 2015
Nathan Kaplan, a Gibbs Assistant Professor in Mathematics, will be a contestant on the syndicated TV program “Let’s Ask America,” in an episode airing May 8.
May 7, 2015
Six members of the faculty won 2015 Yale College awards for outstanding undergraduate teaching at a ceremony in late April. YaleNews spoke with each of them about their craft...
May 7, 2015
Chemistry professor Patrick Vaccaro and historian Jon Butler were recently honored with Yale College’s oldest award for outstanding teaching — the William Clyde DeVane Medal.
May 5, 2015
Convincing a large group of people to change its behavior is no popularity contest, a new study shows.
May 5, 2015
An international team of astronomers led by Yale University and the University of California-Santa Cruz have pushed back the cosmic frontier of galaxy exploration to a time...