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A theory suggests that consciousness is a quantum process, connecting us all to the entire universe. Neuroscientist Mike Wiest thinks those tubes may carry quantum information that never stays put.

Economist Phillip Levine found that schools with large endowments spend more educating each student than their published tuition, which means that every student, in some sense, receives financial aid.

Over the years we have created stereotypes of who and what twins are, perceptions warped by history and pop culture. Philosopher Helena De Bres believes these stereotypes play on human anxieties.

Firms are delaying or canceling projects that don’t fit with Trump administration priorities according to the Big Green Machine, Jay Turner’s initiative tracking clean technology investments.

The Princeton Review is out with its list of the “best value colleges,” and several schools from Massachusetts are on the list. Wellesley College is 22nd.

America’s aging population, coinciding with falling birth rates, has become a growing concern. "Older people today, including baby boomers, live longer than past generations," said Phillip Levine.

A new study from researchers at MIT, Wellesley, and Mass Art found that giving writers free reign to use AI as much as they wanted led to some bleak outcomes including lower brain activity.

American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau weighs in on a new course at Yale University that focuses on Bad Bunny and how the Latino superstar weaves politics into art.

Wellesley Centers for Women senior research scientist Sari Kerr helped fact-check this ‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’ article, which uses her research.