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    Opinion

    The Best College Is One Where You Don’t Fit In

    Have you heard the advice to go where you can see yourself? Ignore it.

    By Michael S. Roth

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    Canada

    Lessons From the Front Lines of Canada’s Fentanyl Crisis

    In a visit supported by the U.S. government, a group of Mexican experts came to British Columbia to discuss ways of responding to rampant opioid deaths.

    By Vjosa Isai

    A nurse at the Crosstown Clinic, a supervised injection site in Vancouver, British Columbia, handed out a syringe of medical-grade heroin to a patient.
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    Opinion

    Are E.V.s Too Quiet and ‘Boring’?

    Readers discuss a guest essay that argued they are both. Also: College roommates; tech in school; truths about Russia; water and politics.

    PRINT EDITIONMay 6, 2024, Page A19
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    Science

    Evelyn Fox Keller, Who Turned a Feminist Lens on Science, Dies at 87

    Trained as a physicist and biologist, she argued that science had become gendered, with a narrow masculine framework that distorted inquiry.

    By Clay Risen

    PRINT EDITIONEvelyn Fox Keller, 87, Who Weighed Gender In Science, Is Dead|October 2, 2023, Page B7
    The scientist Evelyn Fox Keller in 2005. She wrote widely about the way ideas of masculinity and femininity had affected her profession.

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    Book Review

    A Science Writer Gets Personal

    In a series of revealing essays, the NPR contributor Nell Greenfieldboyce views the events of her life through the lens of natural phenomena.

    By Adam Nicolson

    PRINT EDITIONScience Project|January 21, 2024, Page BR14
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    Science

    Everett Mendelsohn, Who Linked Science and Society, Dies at 91

    A longtime professor at Harvard, he lectured on atom bombs, genetics and more, examining how science, culture and politics influence one another.

    By Neil Genzlinger

    PRINT EDITIONEverett I. Mendelsohn, 91, Who Linked Science and Society|July 17, 2023, Page A17
    Everett I. Mendelsohn in an undated photo. In his many years at Harvard, he became known for encouraging students to examine how science influenced world events and everyday lives.
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    Opinion

    A Simple Act of Defiance Can Improve Science for Women

    Motherhood often feels at odds with a research career.

    By Toby Kiers

    PRINT EDITIONAn Act of Defiance Can Improve Things for Working Moms|May 4, 2024, Page A22
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    Business

    Ban or Embrace? Colleges Wrestle With A.I.-Generated Admissions Essays.

    A.I. chatbots could facilitate plagiarism on college applications or democratize student access to writing help. Or maybe both.

    By Natasha Singer

    PRINT EDITIONPersonal Essay or Chatbot? Colleges Wrestle With A.I.|September 2, 2023, Page B1
    Susan Barber, a high school English teacher, said using A.I. chatbots could make students’ college essays too generic.
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    Opinion

    Why So Many Americans Are Losing Trust in Science

    We may be entering a new political order polarized around institutional trust.

    By M. Anthony Mills

    PRINT EDITIONThe New Politics of Trust|October 6, 2023, Page A23
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    U.S.

    Colleges Want to Know More About You and Your ‘Identity’

    With affirmative action banned, application essays ask about “life experience,” the one place in admissions where discussing race is still explicitly legal.

    By Anemona Hartocollis and Colbi Edmonds

    PRINT EDITIONColleges Want Applicants to Open Up in Essays After Affirmative Action Ban|August 15, 2023, Page A20
    Harvard University has replaced last year’s single optional essay with five required short essays, designed to allow the admissions committee to see each applicant as a “whole person.”
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