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Health
Hearing breakthrough holds up
Gene therapy yields lasting gains for patients with inherited deafness: ‘How well it worked is really amazing.’
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Arts & Culture
Not your father’s Wild, Wild West
Megan Kate Nelson’s new book challenges myths of American frontier, finds more diverse, complex saga
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Campus & Community
Why are other kids starving?
Witnessing poverty as a child sparked Luiza Lima Vieira’s quest to vanquish hunger — but first, she had to learn to listen to her own body
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Nation & World
Deterring the next nuclear arms race
Experts assess threat landscape amid war, lapsing treaties, declining faith in U.S. security guarantee
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Nation & World
Got personal financial, medical data you’d like to keep private? Good luck.
AI and society expert warns new agentic releases to increase odds cybercriminals, hackers will be able to breach secure systems
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Health
Dangers coming from inside the house
John D. Spengler reflects on 50-year career of clearing the air — including in hockey rinks and on airplanes
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Work & Economy
Single-minded pursuit of profit can get firms in trouble. Same thing with AI.
Researchers see lesson for lawmakers, executives as systems asked to run business, maximize gain resort to unethical, fraudulent tactics
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Science & Tech
How deep is your knowledge of the ocean?
If you’ve got thalassophobia, this research-backed quiz is not for you.
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Health
Blood test has potential to detect earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease
New study suggests higher levels of pTau217 predict a faster progression, even when initial brain scans appear normal
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Nation & World
Voting goes to court
Election law expert assesses challenges to state authority as parties look ahead to midterms
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Campus & Community
Three alumni leaders honored with Harvard Medal
Annual award recognizes exceptional service.
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Science & Tech
Time for government, business leaders to figure out AI cybersecurity regulation
Experts say capabilities of agentic AI rising, along with risk to personal data, economy, national security
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Health
Rural U.S. bears heaviest burden accessing dental care
Researchers find 24.7 million Americans live in dental deserts, with transportation and specialty care the steepest barriers
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Nation & World
How 3 mayors are combating homelessness
City leaders meet to discuss ‘highly visible and highly unacceptable’ crisis
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Nation & World
What it will take to turn things around
Mitt Romney offers critique on nation’s divisiveness, foreign policy, value of hard, thankless work of governing
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Health
Psychedelics and the search for truth
Legal scholar sees common interests with law, religion, humanities
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Health
How super-agers keep their brains young
In podcast, experts break down ‘biological contradiction’ of a 65-year-old with the memory of a 25-year-old — and what that means for the rest of us
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Arts & Culture
‘She took those kids and left before he got home from work.’
Jayne Anne Phillips recalls childhood visits to beauty shop in rural West Virginia hometown in new memoir
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Nation & World
Michael Sandel saw it coming
Philosophy helps us solve ‘big questions that matter,’ argues ‘Justice’ professor as he accepts Berggruen Prize
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Nation & World
‘This is not about Harvard. It is about higher education.’
Garber discusses threat to university-government partnership, AI, fighting bias on campus in talk at 92NY
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Campus & Community
What makes a good student
Inner drive, integrity, open-mindedness among qualities highlighted by faculty
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Science & Tech
Bone-eating worms and other deep-sea survivors
‘Dark Frontier’ author details life in one of Earth’s harshest environments and quest to carve out ‘national parks’ of the oceans
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Arts & Culture
When Egyptians made blue
Art Museums workshop explores 1st synthesized pigment, examines its legacy
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Campus & Community
Harvard leaders salute National Security Fellows
Garber, Allison, O’Sullivan speak to strong ties between University and military, thank cohort for impact on campus life, students
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Nation & World
When is it time to dissent?
Legal, constitutional scholar suggests looking to judges’ practices for wider lessons
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Campus & Community
Getting to know your colleagues’ creative side
Staff Art Show puts hundreds of Harvard staffers’ talents on display
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Health
‘Alcoholic’
Term conjures outdated stereotypes about an illness that afflicts 28 million Americans, says expert
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Health
Expanding the fight against heart disease
Specialist welcomes shift to more aggressive recommendations
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Work & Economy
Why are communities pushing back against data centers?
Tech, data policy expert says concerns legitimate over rising power rates, water use, environmental issues amid mushrooming growth
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Health
How forgiving can improve well-being
New study of residents of 22 nations finds psychological, pro-social, character changes
