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Juan Perez-Mercader

Why there might be life out there unlike any on Earth

Researchers create synthetic species without biochemistry, find they operate according to Darwinian evolutionary principles

DateJune 6, 2023June 5, 2023

Maggie Vallejo, Quinn Lewis, Alayna Jenkins, and Cole Petersen.

What drives four future climate leaders

Seniors represent diverse backgrounds, concentrations, and new perspectives on finding real-world solutions to various aspects of complex, mounting crisis

DateMay 22, 2023May 22, 2023

PFAS testing by EPA.

EPA’s new rules on forever chemicals don’t go far enough, study suggests

Harvard-led team finds standards don’t account for major source of drinking water contamination

DateMay 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Nikhil Chari and Benton Taylor collect root exudates.

Getting to root of possible carbon storage changes due to climate change

Study looks at dynamics of how warming may affect capture in soil near trees, plants

DateMay 11, 2023May 11, 2023

John Kerry on screen in conversation with Larry Bacow.

World ‘way off track’ from climate goal, Kerry says

But U.S. envoy sees signs of momentum, noting ambitious plans in some nations, commitments from corporate leaders

DateMay 10, 2023May 15, 2023

Holly Samuelson.

Struggling to design green buildings amid shifting legal, tech landscape

Architecture technologist says universities like Harvard can offer big hand up because they have time, resources to project trends going forward

DateMay 10, 2023

Amy Duffuor, GP at Azolla Ventures; Christina Chang, Partner at LowerCarbon Capital; Rajeev Singh, CTO of AutoGrid

Think incubator for fresh ideas, innovation, new leaders to fight warming

Inaugural Harvard Climate Leadership Summit brings together students from across disciplines, Schools with established figures to pitch, consider, inspire

DateMay 9, 2023May 9, 2023

Yunha Hwang and Peter Girguis.

2 very different microbes immune to the same viruses? Scientists were puzzled.

Genomic analysis of deep-sea samples suggests host diversity far greater than previously thought

DateMay 9, 2023

Examining ancient teeth.

Bringing Stone Age genomic material back to life

Breakthroughs will enable exploration of Earth’s biochemical past, with hopes of discovering new therapeutic molecules

DateMay 4, 2023May 5, 2023

Illustration of star engulfing planet.

How will the world end? Possibly with a belch, not a whimper.

Astronomers observe for first time a star consuming a planet, bolstering theory Earth will meet same fate — in about 5 billion years

DateMay 3, 2023May 4, 2023

Richard Losick.

How greatest biological discovery of 20th century got passed over

Richard Losick highlights flawed, human side of science in his MSI Distinguished Achievement Award lecture

DateMay 2, 2023May 3, 2023

Mina Cikara, Katie A. McLaughlin, and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler.

Poverty hurts children’s brain development but social safety net may help

New study finds robust aid programs cut disparities in structure, mental health, especially in states where cost of living is high

DateMay 2, 2023May 15, 2023

Burial site.

DNA shows poorly understood empire was multiethnic with strong female leadership

Biomolecular archaeology reveals a fuller picture of the nomadic Xiongnu

DateApril 28, 2023April 28, 2023

Zebra fish

How mutant protein leads to melanoma

Discovery of new mechanism could have wide implications for other cancers

DateApril 26, 2023April 26, 2023

Martin Fackler and Arn Howitt.

How deadly lessons from Fukushima changed Japan and the world

Journalist, crisis expert at HKS event say it shifted nation’s attitude toward military, global sense of need to prepare for unexpected disasters

DateApril 25, 2023May 1, 2023

Lead author Daniel Coppersmith (left) and co-author Professor Matthew Nock.

Tracking rapidly changing patterns of suicidal thought

Smartphones enabled researchers to capture shifts multiple times a day, gathering data that could help guide more effective prevention

DateApril 21, 2023

Gina McCarthy and James Stock.

U.S. clean energy transition soon ‘to be on steroids’

Former Biden climate adviser McCarthy brings insider’s view of status of battle against warming to Smith Center

DateApril 20, 2023April 21, 2023

Marisa Borreggine.

Did rising seas drive Vikings out of Greenland?

Study helps fill gap in longtime archeological mystery: why Norse vanished in 15th century

DateApril 20, 2023

Joshua Goldstein and Oliver Stone.

Oliver Stone wants you to reconsider nuclear power

In panel following preview of new film, director debates its merits as a climate change solution

DateApril 20, 2023

Fruit fly with fungal outgrowth.

‘The Last of Us,’ fruit fly edition

Postdoc Carolyn Elya sheds light on how parasitic fungus hijacks nervous system of flies, uses mind control to manipulate behavior as insects near death

DateApril 18, 2023April 19, 2023

Ju Chulakadabba.

Desire to battle climate change rooted in childhood

Environmental science, engineering doctoral student grew up next door to family’s palm-oil refinery outside Bangkok

DateApril 12, 2023April 18, 2023

Octopus.

Taking a lesson in evolutionary adaptation from octopus, squid

Two new studies describe path of divergent sensing capabilities, tracking lineage from common ancestral neurons

DateApril 12, 2023April 12, 2023

An immature queen-like mutants.

Buck Trible and the case of the mutant ants

Spontaneous mutation offers new theory about how ants evolve into social parasites, how human bodies grow

DateMarch 30, 2023March 31, 2023

Steve Wofsy,

Buying crucial time in climate change fight

MethaneSAT satellite will spot global sources of methane emissions, which in many cases can be halted with relatively simple fixes

DateMarch 24, 2023March 27, 2023

Squat lobster.

Racing to catalog, study deep-sea biodiversity

Researchers find 5 new species of hard-to-access creatures amid shortage of knowledge, concerns growing commercial interest may cause extinctions

DateMarch 14, 2023March 21, 2023

Sam Wattrus in his lab.

A 14-year incubation

Sam Wattrus becomes first human developmental and regenerative biology concentrator to establish research lab

DateMarch 13, 2023

Lab mouse on top of test tubes.

Why we need female mice in neuroscience research

Findings reveal that despite hormonal fluctuations, female mice exhibit more stable exploratory behavior than their male peers

DateMarch 8, 2023

Taihong Wu (from left), Minghai Ge, and Professor Yun Zhang.

How does infection change social behavior?

Study illuminates how pathogens — and pheromones — alter social behavior in animals

DateMarch 3, 2023March 8, 2023

Anshuman Swain,

Seeking clues to how shifting climate may change ocean ecosystems

New study tracks movement of marine plankton communities during Late Cenozoic cooling

DateMarch 3, 2023March 2, 2023

Close-up of nose and mouth.

What Harold McGee learned after decade of sniffing durian, keyboards, outer space

In book talk, James Beard Award-winning author explains why galaxy might be partly redolent of cooked eggs, what smells can tell us about our world

DateMarch 1, 2023

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