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Science & Tech
Seeking a carbon-capture breakthrough
Chemist Richard Liu harnesses sunlight to trap greenhouse gases
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Health
Weight loss drugs protect heart patients, study suggests
40% lower risk of hospitalization or death
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Campus & Community
‘We mark your belonging here’
Garber urges Class of 2029 to teach, learn from one another, reject viewing world in simple binaries
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Work & Economy
Why employers want workers with high EQs
‘Future of Jobs’ report highlights value of emotional intelligence
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Arts & Culture
Viewing art like an expert
Curators and conservators at the Harvard Art Museums zoom in on the tiny details that tell big stories about some of their favorite works
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Health
Racing against antibiotic resistance
Scientists fear funding cuts will slow momentum in ongoing battle with evolving bacteria
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Health
What makes us sleepy during the day?
Research links by-products of steroid hormone to excessive daytime sleepiness
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Science & Tech
Solving evolutionary mystery of how humans came to walk upright
New study identifies genetic, developmental shifts that resculpted pelvis, setting ancestors apart from other primates
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Nation & World
When global trade is about more than money
Economist’s new tool looks at how China is more effective than U.S. in exerting political power through import, export controls
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Health
Analysts highlight a school-sized gap in mental health screening
Less than a third conduct screenings, according to survey of more than 1,000 principals
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Campus & Community
‘We’re so happy to have you here’
Yard brims with voices and motion, excitement and nerves, sweat and tears on move-in day
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Nation & World
Global concerns rising about erosion of academic freedom
New paper suggests threats are more widespread, less obvious than some might think
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Arts & Culture
Funny or failure? It’s a fine line.
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ writer on taking risks in comedy and why getting laughs is worth near-constant rejection
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Health
Mediterranean diet offsets genetic risk for dementia, study finds
Greatest benefit for those with highest predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease
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Science & Tech
Seeding solutions for bipolar disorder
Brain Science grants promote new approaches to treat the condition and discover underlying causes
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Health
Physicians embrace AI note-taking technology
‘There is literally no other intervention in our field that impacts burnout to this extent’
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Health
How to reverse nation’s declining birth rate
Health experts urge policies that buoy families: lower living costs, affordable childcare, help for older parents who want more kids
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Health
Dr. Robot will see you now?
Medical robotics expert says coming autonomous devices will augment skills of clinicians (not replace them), extend reach of cutting-edge procedures
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Nation & World
Setback in the fight against pediatric HIV
Funding cut disrupts effort to liberate Botswana patients from antiretroviral regimen
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Nation & World
Why was Pacific Northwest home to so many serial killers?
In ‘Murderland,’ alum explores lead-crime theory through lens of her own memories growing up there
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Health
For some, the heart attack is just the beginning
Harvard clinic uses mindfulness techniques to treat medically induced PTSD
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Arts & Culture
Reading like it’s 1989
Report on classroom literature shows staying power for ‘Gatsby,’ ‘Of Mice and Men,’ other classics. Time to move on?
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Nation & World
Why Malcolm X matters even more 60 years after his killing
New book by Mark Whitaker examines growth of artistic, political, cultural influence of controversial Civil Rights icon
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Health
Brain implants that don’t leave scars
Harvard startup is developing a softer device to monitor head injuries
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Work & Economy
In touch with our emotions, finally
Insights at intersection of gender, anger, and risk are just one example of shift in science of decision making
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Science & Tech
Researchers uncover surprising limit on human imagination
Humans can track a handful of objects visually, but their imaginations can only handle one
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Health
Keeping kids safe in extreme heat
Experts outline threats to childhood development, school challenges, play-time risks
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Science & Tech
Possible clue into movement disorders like Parkinson’s, others
Rodent study suggests different signaling ‘languages’ in parts of brain for learned skills, natural behaviors
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Science & Tech
‘Turning information into something physical’
Houghton exhibit looks at how punched cards — invented 300 years ago to streamline weaving — led to modern computing
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Arts & Culture
Carving a place in outer space for the humanities
The cosmos ‘is as weird and astonishing as any great work of art,’ argues Jennifer Roberts, and navigating it requires ‘a new kind of ethics’
