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Health
Snapshot of pandemic’s mental health impact on children
Psychiatric epidemiologist warns crisis too recent for conclusive results but shares some surprising, troubling early indications.
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Science & Tech
Relocating farmland to cut carbon emissions amid warming world
Reimagined world map of agriculture could turn back clock 20 years on carbon emissions.
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Science & Tech
6 things to know about Earth
Andrew Knoll, Harvard’s Fisher Research Professor of Natural History and author of the recent popular science book “A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters,” shares six facts about the Earth.
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Health
It may be increasingly legal, but it doesn’t mean cannabis is safe
Neuroscientist says the jury’s still out on effects on neurodevelopment of fetuses, teens.
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Campus & Community
How consequential life grew from dying heart
For soon-to-be Harvard graduate, his medical career is personal, and a way to give back to a system that saved his life.
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Campus & Community
Four to be honored with Harvard Medal
The Harvard Alumni Association has announced that Avarita L. Hanson ’75, William F. Lee ’72, Dwight D. Miller, Ed.M. ’71, and Tom Reardon ’68 will receive the 2022 Harvard Medal.
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Health
In Alzheimer’s victims, somatic mutations are both more and different
A new study by Harvard-affiliated researchers finds that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have both more and different somatic mutations — alterations in DNA — in their brain cells than people without Alzheimer’s disease.
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Nation & World
Learning how to talk about divisive issues
Harvard students share their experiences as fellows in the Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Partnership program at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
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Health
Infertility linked to increased risk of heart failure in women
A new study finds that a woman’s history of infertility is associated with increased risk of heart failure.
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Science & Tech
Making 3D printing truly 3D
Harvard researchers present a new method of volumetric 3D printing.
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Nation & World
The story behind Amartya Sen’s memoir
Nobel laureate, Harvard professor Amartya Sen talks about the challenges he faced writing his new memoir, “Home in the World.”
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Campus & Community
Bringing two worlds together
Harvard Graduate School of Education grad Nolan Altvater ’22 plans to work on changing education policy regarding Wabanaki culture in Maine public schools.
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Arts & Culture
How she went from being academic to creating Netflix show about one
Annie Julia Wyman, Ph.D. ’17 says her suggestibility led to “The Chair.”
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Arts & Culture
Like plunging over a waterfall
Natalie Hodges ’19 talks about her senior thesis-turned-book, “Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time.”
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Campus & Community
Library Collections in three dimensions
Librarians tell stories behind three objects: rare 16th-century globe set, Edison lightbulb, and DIY 1960s protest clothing.
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Health
Genetic risk scores developed for six diseases
Newly developed polygenic risk scores, which add up hundreds or thousands of genetic risk factors for six common diseases, can aid physicians and patients in making individualized disease screening and prevention decisions.
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Nation & World
At Div School, centuries-old Aztec language speaks to the present
An informal group of Harvard students study Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs that has been spoken in central Mexico since the seventh century.
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Campus & Community
Demystifying Harvard’s admission process
William Lee, University’s lead counsel, discusses the Supreme Court case with Sherri Ann Charleston, chief diversity and inclusion officer.
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Nation & World
Raskin’s message to students: Don’t just stand there, change something
Speaking at the Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin fielded questions about his legal and political education and his work on the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Health
Understanding aphasia
Sometimes language problems — also known as aphasia — are the first symptom of progressive brain disorders.
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Health
Women see gains, Black men see losses in U.S. medicine
Diversity in U.S. medicine is not keeping pace with population changes, particularly among Black men, according to a new report.
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Campus & Community
Let us not suffer Psets alone
Part study hall, part help desk, part social space, it proves math needn’t be all about solitary scholars racking their brains on Pythagorean theorems.
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Campus & Community
Mastering move with high level of difficulty, prize-winning execution
Marissa Sumathipala was an Olympic hopeful, started a company at 17, and is now graduating Harvard.
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Science & Tech
Forgetting, fast and slow
Forgetting generates changes in the brain and does not reverse the learning process, Harvard study finds.
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Work & Economy
Why is inflation at four-decade high?
Harvard’s Alberto Cavallo explains what’s driving inflation to historic figures.
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Campus & Community
Making field to table work regionally
Nina Sayles’ love of gardening is blooming into a drive to provide more nutritious foods for us all.
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Science & Tech
Altruism may not seem to make sense until you dig deep
In their new book, two Harvard scholars suggest that a subconscious process can help us understand everything from our aesthetic tastes to our altruism.
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Science & Tech
It’s not easy being your brain
Stephen Fleming, author of “Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness,” explains the importance of “thinking about thinking.”
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Nation & World
Would Russia have invaded if it wasn’t just one man making call? Possibly
Josh Kertzer looks at Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine and asks would it have happened if a group had made the call instead of just one man?
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Nation & World
When disaster strikes, what you don’t know might kill you
In excerpt from new book on our age of disasters, Kennedy School lecturer Juliette Kayyem ’91, J.D. ’95, examines how we take wrong lessons from history.
