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- 1Harvard Physicist Uses AI to Crack 400 Scientific Problems in Months●Harvard Physicist Teams with AI to Solve 400 Scientific Problems in Three Months
A Harvard physicist reports that, working alongside artificial intelligence tools, he solved 400 scientific problems in three months — a pace he credits to AI handling calculations, literature review and code while he directed the research. Commenters are split: some call it proof that AI can dramatically accelerate real science, others question how rigorous the problems were and whether the results can be independently verified.
- 2Lindsay Clancy Case Puts Perinatal Mental Health in Focus●What the Lindsay Clancy Case Reveals About Perinatal Mental Health
The Lindsay Clancy case is prompting renewed discussion of perinatal mental health in the United States. Commentators, including student publication the Harvard Independent, are examining what the case reveals about gaps in screening, treatment and support for mothers experiencing postpartum mental illness, and how the justice system responds to such cases.