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Science & Tech
Stealing a ‘superpower’
Study finds some sea slugs consume algae, incorporate photosynthetic parts into their own bodies to keep producing nutrients
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Health
Why are young people taking fewer risks?
Psychologist describes generation overparented — but also overwhelmed by ‘frightening world’
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Arts & Culture
Need a good summer read?
Whether your seasonal plans include vacations or staycations, you’ll be transported if you’ve got a great book. Harvard Library staff share their faves.
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Health
What might cancer treatment teach us about dealing with retinal disease?
Joan Miller’s innovative thinking led to therapies for macular degeneration that have helped millions, made her better leader
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Science & Tech
Reading skills — and struggles — manifest earlier than thought
New finding underscores need to intervene before kids start school, say researchers
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Campus & Community
Harvard to advance corporate engagement strategy
Findings by 2 committees highlight opportunities for growth and expansion
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Science & Tech
Shining light on scientific superstar
Vera Rubin, whose dark-matter discoveries changed astronomy and physics, gets her due with namesake observatory, commemorative quarter
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Science & Tech
A taste for microbes
New research reveals how the octopus uses arms to sense chemical clues from microbiomes
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Health
Cuts imperil ‘keys to future health’
Project has tracked lives, lifestyles, and well-being of cohorts over decades, led to insights, interventions in cardiovascular disease, cancers, nutrition
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Nation & World
Onion holds up mirror; society flashes big smile (with green stuff in teeth)
How some students at University of Wisconsin-Madison created satiric cultural institution
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Work & Economy
How market reactions to recent U.S. tariffs hint at start of global shift for nation
Economist updates literature on optimal American import-tax rate in world of interconnected trade, investment
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Campus & Community
‘Truly the best’
65 staffers honored as ‘Harvard Heroes’ for ‘exemplary’ service to University’s mission
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Campus & Community
Projects help students ‘build bridges’ across differences
Online games and small group discussions provide opportunities for people with contrasting points of view to engage
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Nation & World
Brainwashing? Like ‘The Manchurian Candidate’?
More than vestige of Cold War, mind-control techniques remain with us in social media, cults, AI, elsewhere, new book argues
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Health
Hope for sufferers of ‘invisible’ tinnitus disorder
Researchers develop way to objectively measure common malady, which may improve diagnosis, help in developing therapies
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Science & Tech
Out of sight but not out of mind
By 15 months, children can learn the names of objects they’ve never seen
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Campus & Community
3 friends, 104 miles, and a tradition of taking the scenic route
Trio marked each year with a walk to a different New England state
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Arts & Culture
From ‘joyous’ to ‘erotically engaged’ to ‘white-hot angry’
Stephanie Burt’s new anthology rounds up 51 works by queer and trans poets spanning generations
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Campus & Community
Turning 2 decades of discovery into impact
Isaac Kohlberg to step down as senior associate provost and chief technology development officer
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Nation & World
Why U.S. should be worried about Ukrainian attack on Russian warplanes
Audacious — and wildly successful — use of inexpensive drones against superior force can be used anywhere, against anyone
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Work & Economy
Remember when corporate America steered clear of politics on social media?
Study finds Twitter surge starting in 2017, most of it Democratic-leaning by surprising range of firms, with negative effects on stock price
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Science & Tech
A step in fight against tick-borne disease
New molecular method differentiates sexes, reveals whether females have mated
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Campus & Community
‘Who we are and what we stand for’
Amid Harvard Alumni Day celebration, speakers address challenges, share messages of strength and resolve
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Science & Tech
Still waiting
75 years after Fermi’s paradox, are we any closer to finding extraterrestrial life?
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Health
What your brain score says about your body
Simple tool can be used to identify risk factors for cancer and heart disease too, says new study
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Science & Tech
Numbers tell one story about climate change. People tell another.
Policy expert Dustin Tingley studies transition to renewable energy, knows from work, life how economic shifts rattle through communities
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Nation & World
Youth gun deaths rise in states that relaxed laws
Study compares child mortality rates before and after 2010 Supreme Court ruling
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Health
Son’s diabetes diagnosis sent scientist on quest for cure
Decades later, Doug Melton and team are testing treatment that could make insulin shots obsolete
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