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Science & Tech
Is that bot a Pomeranian or a wolf — and who to sue when it ‘bites’?
Legal expert says canine law provides useful framework for leashing AI
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Health
NFL players 4 times more likely to die of brain disease, study finds
Despite living longer overall, neurodegenerative mortality risk dramatically elevated
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Health
Losing sleep is bad for individuals. Communities, too?
Researchers look to fill knowledge gap, push for studies of what happens to health of groups when major events disrupt rest
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Campus & Community
The bear? Nonchalant. Me? More ‘chalant.’
Wooly visitor shakes up already challenging 460-mile summertime solo canoe trip through Yukon wilderness
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Science & Tech
Rubies decoded: ‘Color is just one piece of the puzzle’
Rare gems shine in new Harvard exhibit
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Nation & World
How liberal Law School professors fueled rise of Federalist Society
New book traces broad campaign to combat what organizers viewed as takeover of nation’s legal system by forces of ‘radical’ liberalism
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Health
Think ‘Shark Tank,’ without the teeth
Dermatologist gets advice from investors at Harvard’s ‘Guppy Tank’ on new antibody that could help most sun-sensitive patients
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Health
Tracing evolution of vaccine for cancer, malaria
Technology born out of Harvard labs shows power of collaboration, how path to development seldom follows straight line
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Nation & World
World is designed by, for men. It shouldn’t be.
Karen Korellis Reuther explains why it’s a problem (dangerous, even) in products, how more inclusive design serves everyone
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Health
Sunlight is not your enemy
Health benefits outweigh the risks for most of us, according to new book
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Arts & Culture
Weirdest fashion trend ever
Dad’s uniform might look boring, but the history behind it is not
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Nation & World
Hot off the presses: The Declaration of Independence
A flawed first copy — dashed off in all-nighter — endures as template for democracy in action
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Arts & Culture
It’s easy — just learn everything
‘Jeopardy!’ star Paolo Pasco ’22 on right (and wrong) answers
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Campus & Community
Remembering Jack Reardon, ‘the best of the University personified’
‘Amazingly well-lived life’ marked by a gift for instilling in others a sense of their own potential
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Campus & Community
First phase of Enterprise Research Campus completed
Local leaders join Harvard and Tishman Speyer to celebrate opening
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Science & Tech
You take AI, I’ll take my iPod (if I can find it)
‘The vision of the future being pushed by tech moguls is not necessarily a vision we’ve all bought into.’
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Arts & Culture
Don’t believe everything you hear — or read
Faculty, staff recommend fiction with unreliable narrators — and try to explain why we can’t resist them
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Health
It’s good to break a sweat, but don’t sweat the details
‘What’s important is the total amount of human movement.’
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Health
Finding ways to ‘drug the undruggable’ diseases
Greg Verdine’s approach embraces improvisational thinking, ‘crazy stuff,’ and he thinks it may be future of medical research
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Nation & World
When ‘base’ of Republican Party shifted
In new memoir, Lamar Alexander says it used to be just elected officials, voters. Then came rise of more extreme activist groups, worsening polarization.
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Work & Economy
Furman on Social Security: Attention must be paid
‘Interest in the problem has diminished over time, not grown.’ Meanwhile, day of reckoning is ahead of schedule.
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Health
A clearer picture of drinking and disease
New study attempts to reconcile conflicting findings on benefits vs. risks
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Arts & Culture
There may be several on your beach reads list. Ever wonder why?
Mysteries blend puzzle-solving with kind of catharsis, according to scholars, writers
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Campus & Community
Celebrating a Harvard Alumni Day milestone
An event steeped in 150-plus years of tradition reaches a five-year anniversary
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Campus & Community
A historian for the ages
It was OK to disagree with Gordon Wood, but you couldn’t ignore him
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Arts & Culture
A life — and afterlife — in poetry
For Christian Wiman, ‘dead on the table’ more than once, suffering is no longer the only authentic thing
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Nation & World
Constitution was made to be amended. So what’s stopping us?
Jill Lepore argues in her new Pulitzer-winning history that it desperately needs update, traces emergence of roadblocks
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Health
A promising first for researchers probing mental illness
Anxiety finding a highlight as brain stimulation trial raises new hopes for precision care
