What Professors Owe Our Students Right Now

Tuesday, April 23, was the last day of my class for the semester at Barnard College, Columbia University’s sister college, and I woke up to several emails from my students that morning. “I don’t want to come to campus,” they said. “I don’t feel safe.” I didn’t blame them. Police in riot gear lined up…

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Falling Backward During Deadlifts? Here’s Why, And How To Fix It

Hands down, deadlifts are the best bang-for-your-buck exercise when it comes to building functional strength and stability. They target all the biggest muscle groups in your bottom half (glutes, hammies, and quads), and they challenge your core, shoulders, and forearms. Basically, they’re a total-body workout in one movement—and feeling like you’re losing your balance and…

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History Shows How to Win the Quantum Computing Race

In 1981, physicist Richard Feynman first theorized the creation of quantum computers that harnessed the principles of quantum physics to process calculations that would take standard computers millennia or longer to compute. Over the next four decades, however, research failed to advance significantly enough for the machines to have much impact on society. But breakthroughs…

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Best TV Shows of April 2024

April is to TV as November is to movies, with the Emmy eligibility deadline a month away and—hey, wait a second. Didn’t we just do the Emmys? Well, yes, the most recent Emmy Awards ceremony happened in January, but only because the actors’ and writers’ strikes delayed an event that was originally slated to happen…

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