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Health
How to get stronger
If you’re not failing all the time, you’re doing it wrong, says fitness expert
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Arts & Culture
Dramatizing genius
Pop culture portrayals tend to favor the lone mastermind. These faculty faves are more realistic.
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Health
Real-world answers for patients running out of time
Insurance data can help fill gaps between longer trials, researchers say
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Health
Binge drinking triggers gut damage, finds new study
Research suggests even brief episodes of heavy alcohol consumption can injure small intestine
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Health
Sports betting worries grow as wagers skyrocket
Experts see rise in gambling problems, possible wider cultural fallout
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Science & Tech
Want to speed brain research? It’s all in how you look at it.
New AI-enhanced scanning method promises to boost quest for high-resolution mapping
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Arts & Culture
When Cambridge was a ‘tiny Cuba’
125 years ago, a Harvard expedition drew 1,200 Cuban educators to class
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Nation & World
Why are older adults more likely to share misinformation online?
They have greater tendency to seek out, believe material that conforms to pre-existing views, expert says.
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Work & Economy
How Barbie became the ‘It Girl’
Innovative marketing, ad strategy helps fashion doll rocket through Mad Men years and beyond, with tip of hat to Gillette
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Health
Dry January as an experiment, not a punishment
Why it’s worth trying, what to expect, and how to succeed
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Science & Tech
A tiny limpet reveals big secrets
Discovery marks significant find in study of deep sea
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Campus & Community
Digging for old Harvard
Archaeology Project members get their hands dirty exploring lives of earlier students
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Campus & Community
New institute to strengthen fundamental physics research, collaboration
Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics made possible by $20 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation
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Science & Tech
‘It just feels good when you solve the hard problems’
Why do students volunteer to take this notoriously difficult math exam? For the fun of it.
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Health
How to pay attention
Constantly distracted by devices? Experts share strategies on reclaiming focus.
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Arts & Culture
Seamus Heaney’s long migration
New collection traces life of courage, caution from Northern Ireland to Harvard
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Nation & World
Hope for imminent Russia-Ukraine peace is out of touch with reality, expert says
Hope for imminent Russia-Ukraine peace is out of touch with reality, expert says
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Health
Are you doing enough to keep your brain healthy?
Take our quiz to score your lifestyle’s potential for preventing diseases like dementia
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Campus & Community
Building interfaith community
New initiative draws students seeking connection across difference
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Health
Depression and anxiety linked to increased risk of heart attack or stroke
Study suggests stress reduction holds potential for cardiovascular disease prevention
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Science & Tech
Stopping the next pandemic
Disease surveillance network faced ‘existential cliff’ despite proven success. Then came the $100 million.
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Health
Is cost curbing use of weight loss drugs?
40 percent of GLP-1 prescriptions go unfilled, study finds
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Health
The perils of perfectionism
In podcast, experts discuss different types of toxic achievers and the case for embracing your ‘beautiful mess’
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Health
Social media detox boosts mental health, but nuances stand out
‘Wildly different reactions’ among participants, says researcher
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Health
New research finds 5 genetic signatures shared by 14 psychiatric disorders
Could advance treatment of mental illness with greater precision, less medication
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Arts & Culture
Who needs the humanities?
Scholars detail how disciplines offer value in cultivating mind, character but also enable fresh perspectives on societal, practical problems
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Arts & Culture
O say can you sing?
Athletics, arts collaboration riffs on anthem that inspires patriotism and ‘personal flair’
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Campus & Community
Garber to lead Harvard beyond 2026-27 academic year
‘Our progress has made me prouder than ever to be part of the University — and determined to see us through this uniquely challenging period in our long history.’
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Arts & Culture
At a loss for words
Displacement and forced migration trigger alarm about language attrition in Cameroon
