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Arts & Culture
‘That’s not how the story went’
Novelist Joshua Cohen and professor James Wood discuss the creation of Cohen’s book, “The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family.”
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Health
Torn muscle? Send in the gut microbes for rapid repair
A Harvard-led study shows that the gut microbiota acts as the training camp for a class of immune cells that are recruited to heal muscle injury.
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Health
Using AI to target Alzheimer’s
In a recent study, a deep learning model tested on tens of thousands of routine brain scans spotted disease risk with 90% accuracy.
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Science & Tech
How does infection change social behavior?
A new study illuminates the way pathogens — and pheromones — alter social behavior in animals.
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Work & Economy
How did Americans come to trust markets more than government?
Book by Naomi Oreskes, Erik Conway traces history of how Americans came to trust markets more than government.
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Nation & World
Why police resist reforms to militarization
Jessica Katzenstein, an Inequality in America fellow, has been analyzing police militarization in an effort to show how and why departments are resisting changes and the ways this resistance is not as straightforward as it’s often portrayed.
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Science & Tech
Seeking clues to how shifting climate may change ocean ecosystems
By studying the fossil record of one group of organisms, researchers now worry that human-driven climate change may return us to an “Earth of 8 million years ago … detrimentally restructuring the marine communities of the entire ocean.”
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Health
Supreme Court may halt health care guarantees for inmates
Harvard experts on law and policy say originalist view used to overturn Roe could upend the 1976 Supreme Court ruling that requires a minimal standard for inmate health care.
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Health
Women are 20% more likely than men to refuse statins
New study finds 1-in-5 patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease decline statin therapy with women being 20 percent more likely to refuse it when first suggested and 50 percent more likely than men to never accept the recommendation.
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Science & Tech
What Harold McGee learned after decade of sniffing durian, keyboards, outer space
Science author Harold McGee explores all things olfactory in “Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World’s Smells.”
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Health
Low-carb diet can help manage progression of Type 2 diabetes
A Harvard study found that a plant-based low-carbohydrate diet was tied to a reduction in overall, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality among people with Type 2 diabetes.
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Health
Those breezy TV drug ads? Take ’em with a grain of salt
A new study shows that advertising may not work so well at promoting treatments that are significantly better than other options.
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Arts & Culture
Old as Chaucer, new as #MeToo
Scholar Anna Wilson looks at the role #MeToo plays in Zadie Smith’s “The Wife of Willesden,” an adaption of Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.”
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Campus & Community
Bacow praises Ruth Simmons as towering figure in higher education
Prairie View A&M President Ruth Simmons, who formerly led Smith, Brown, to help carry out key recommendation of Harvard & Legacy of Slavery report.
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Health
Consulting Dr. YouTube
New study highlights the prevalence of misinformation among popular YouTube videos addressing sleep health.
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Campus & Community
When you’re a watercolorist and your day job is at Harvard
Exhibition encompasses hundreds of works in mediums from film to fashion, portraiture to printmaking.
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Nation & World
Historian says Fla. dispute shows why AP class in African American studies is needed
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad explains the importance of including the Advanced Placement course in African American studies in high school curriculum.
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Arts & Culture
Rich history of DIY publishing
Creative people have bypassed gatekeepers for centuries to distribute “what they wanted to share so badly.”
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Health
Level of cannabis use could determine post-op outcomes
Researchers found that surgical patients with a diagnosed cannabis use disorder more often required advanced postprocedural health care — such as admission to an intensive care unit — compared to non-users.
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National
Why Church Committee alums urged new House panel to avoid partisanship
Fritz Schwarz, former chief counsel of the 1975-76 U.S. Senate panel known as the Church Committee, discusses what it was like to undertake the largest, most consequential investigation of U.S. intelligence in American history.
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Campus & Community
Ruth Simmons named to senior post advising on HBCU partnerships
Ruth Simmons has been appointed senior adviser to the president of Harvard University, advising on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery efforts to create meaningful and enduring partnerships with historically Black schools.
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Science & Tech
Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is
You’ll never experience a black hole, but Avi Loeb can help you imagine one
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Nation & World
Ukraine sees victory ahead, shift to West
Dmytro Kuleba spoke about Ukraine’s push for support from Western powers, mistakes that set the stage for the Russian invasion, and prospects for a Ukrainian victory.
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Science & Tech
One small step toward understanding gravity
Quantum computing simulation reveals possible wormhole-like dynamics.
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Health
Study shows higher sperm counts in men who lift heavy objects
Occupational factors, such as physical demands and work schedules, were associated with higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone, according to a new study.
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Science & Tech
5 research teams win Grid funding to smooth path from lab to market
Funding aims to help researchers turn their ideas into products and services that confront real-world problems.
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Campus & Community
How to make effective climate policy — and policymakers
“Politics of the Environment and Climate Change” challenges students to navigate obstacles and opportunities for effective policymaking at all levels of government.
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Health
Lack of sleep will catch up to you in more ways than one
Experts highlight the health and memory effects, offer suggestions for countering environmental disruptions.
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Nation & World
One year later: How does Ukraine war end?
Analysts look back at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year later.
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Nation & World
‘Renewed and enlightened’
A group of Harvard students share their experiences after making the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina.
