Federal data show Duke math majors earning a bigger median income four years after graduation than any other majors from any school. It’s a small cohort.
Category: Research
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At Nearly $300,000, Some Recent Duke Graduates Out-Earned All Their Peers
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H.I.V. Research Networks Face Uncertain Future Amid Funding Delays
The New York Times – Business:The networks also study treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.
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US Solar Panel Makers Try to Catch China With a Big Leap in Technology
The New York Times – Business:Manufacturers say they are close to perfecting a new, more efficient solar panel that could help the United States reclaim ground it lost.
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Could Homeownership Reverse the Decline in Birthrates?
The New York Times – Business:Researchers looked back at the baby-boom era and found that federal mortgage programs played a part in the country’s population upswing after World War II.
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How Scientists Can Shape Public Opinion Over A.I. Risks
The New York Times – Business:Artificial intelligence workers may have leverage to make the world safer.
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What Happened to Hollywood’s Most Reliable Happy Ending?
The New York Times – Movies:A new study by an independent analyst shows that action films are more likely to end on a sadder note nowadays.
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Trump Backtracks on Plan for New Controls on N.I.H. Grants
The New York Times – Business:Democrats and Republicans in Congress opposed the creation of a commission with the power to veto federal research awards.
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The Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations
The New York Times – Business:Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large.
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A.I. Agents as ‘Co-Scientists’? This Lab Says They Could Speed Drug Research.
The New York Times – On the Runway:A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more.
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Trump May Not Be Entirely Wrong About A.I.
The New York Times – On the Runway:Has A.I. become death, destroyer of worlds?
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Is A.I. Raising the Chances of Biological Warfare?
The New York Times – Business:Current chatbots aren’t likely to help lone actors invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need stronger safeguards.
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A.I. Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are Humans Supposed to Process That?
The New York Times – On the Runway:The technology is far from the only existential risk our species faces. But weighing such cosmic fears can become a mind-bending exercise.