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Yale startup brings 50,000 to D.C. women’s march

Rally, a startup co-founded by Numaan Akram and Siheun Song DIV ’15, helped to bring 50,000 individuals to this past weekend’s Women’s March on Washington.

Yale researchers discover prenatal brain differences

Yale researchers have found differences in the fetal brains of babies to be born prematurely, suggesting that doctors can identify those at risk of future neurological disorders before birth to achieve better long-term health outcomes.

The role of data in locating exoplanets

Yale researchers have published a paper describing the use of hard data in the search for distant exoplanets.

City growth threatens food production

Urban expansion could lead to dramatic losses in cropland and crop production, according to a new Yale study.

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Yale study elucidates biology behind hunting

A recent Yale study sought to explain the neurological origin for hunting, an intrinsic behavior conserved across most vertebrate life.

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Students create app for buying and selling textbooks

Three members of the Yale community, Aaron Shim ’16, Apurv Suman ’16 and Timur Guler ’18, are working on BoolaBooks, an app to help Yale students quickly buy and sell textbooks.

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Student-run clinic to move

Due to restrictions imposed by federal regulations, HAVEN Free Clinic, a clinic run by Yale medical students in Fair Haven, will move its offices to […]

New undergraduate think tank explores psychedelics

Four students have established the Yale Undergraduate Think Tank, an organization that purports to make students aware of infrequently-discussed ideas that have “the potential to […]

Yale study models gun violence as a social epidemic

A Yale study published as part of a series on gun violence has garnered national media attention for its treatment of firearm violence as a contagious social epidemic.

“Tainted” money less attractive, research finds

New research from Yale and the University of Michigan has found that people are more reluctant to accept stolen money than money obtained legally.

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Study sheds light on risk aversion in older people

As humans age, the amount of gray matter throughout the brain decreases, explaining the observed relationship between aging and risk avoidance.

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