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Health
Only 1 in 4 addicted to opioids takes life-saving meds. Why?
Study examining potential solution to treatment gap — especially in rural areas — gets federal funding cut
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Work & Economy
Economy is doing OK. So why are Americans so pessimistic about their prospects?
Scholars say government statistics can miss lived experience, politics taking larger role in shaping perceptions
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Nation & World
Data bolsters theory about plunging Catholic Mass attendance
Surveys tracking religious engagement globally show decline starts after church’s 1960s reforms
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Science & Tech
Our viral vocabulary
Adam Aleksic — aka the ‘Etymology Nerd’ — discusses how social media algorithms are transforming language
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Arts & Culture
Her Cambridge iconography made her a local icon
Before New Yorker covers, Barbara Westman created colorful visions of campus as Gazette’s first staff artist
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Health
‘Shared humanity’ is their call to action, here and there
No letup in doctors’ commitment to easing suffering in world’s danger zones
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Science & Tech
What is creativity without sweat and tears?
Philosophers, psychiatrist consider what we lose when we outsource struggle to AI
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Health
New blood test detects HPV-associated head and neck cancer 10 years early
Tool identifies disease before symptoms appear
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Nation & World
‘Now I have become death, the destroyer of the worlds’
Oral history offers kaleidoscopic view of angst and relief, hope and dread at test of atomic bomb 80 years ago
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Campus & Community
Healthy Minds Survey points to encouraging findings, areas for renewed focus
Survey assessed student mental health, sense of belonging, and utilization of services and resources on campus
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Health
Your body fought off the virus — but damaged your lungs
Researchers zero in on potential key to rapidly repairing tissue harmed by inflammation
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Health
New AI tool predicts therapies to restore health in diseased cells
Currently using model to tackle Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
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Arts & Culture
G is for Gorey who’s ghastly and great
Houghton exhibition celebrates legendary artist’s offbeat, macabre sensibility
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Health
Early breakfast could help you live longer
Study finds mealtimes may impact health, longevity in older adults
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Science & Tech
How to regulate AI
Scholars from business, economics, healthcare, policy offer insights into areas that deserve close look
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Arts & Culture
‘Passengers’ at crossroads of circus and theater
7 Fingers co-founders explain how they unite the two art forms in their latest A.R.T. production
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Health
‘Surprise and relief’ from homeless patients: ‘This works for me’
Doctors report ‘fascinating and counterintuitive’ results delivering healthcare to hard-to-reach population via telehealth
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Campus & Community
Court victory for Harvard in research funding fight
Government acted unlawfully when it cut grants, ruling says
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Health
Does this cellphone habit raise risk of hemorrhoids?
Gastroenterologist Trisha Pasricha discusses why new findings may change how you think about bathroom routines
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Science & Tech
Watching history being made
Astrophysicists think mysterious ‘little red dots’ are generated from spinning dark matter, studying them may yield insights into evolution of universe
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Health
With charms to soothe savage back pain
Music appears to decrease anxiety, discomfort in ER patients, study finds
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Campus & Community
A happy place, campfire concert, and good joe on the go
Harvard violist recommends 3 ways to savor life’s little joys
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Science & Tech
A smell test for science
Researcher outlines vision for implants that could help patients reclaim vital connection with their surroundings
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Health
Facing life-or-death call on who gets liver transplants
Surgeons, medical professionals apply risk calculus that gets even more complex for patients with drinking problems
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Campus & Community
Why institutions thrive on disagreement
Garber points to value of argument in sustaining communities at first Morning Prayers of school year
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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
