Health What makes us human? It’s all in the hips New study shows how pelvis evolved for walking upright, allowing birth of offspring with larger brains
Health Parents are so wrong about teenage sleep and health Study upends common myths around melatonin, weekends, school start times
World How to save democracy Events examine what can be done to address grinding problem of race, internet’s power to exploit political, cultural schisms to destructive ends
World ‘Be unstoppable, be true to yourself, but be just’ Zelensky talks Russia strategy, nuclear threat, Ukrainian unity, leadership lessons during Kennedy School talk
Reminders from Hollywood on memory, amnesia, personality Psychology, philosophy scholars mine psycho-thriller ‘Memento’ for its lessons on function of recall, how it shapes who we are DateFebruary 8, 2022February 8, 2022
Logic or emotion: Which is more valuable? Neither, according to Leonard Mlodinow’s new book, which argues thinking and feeling are inextricably linked DateJanuary 31, 2022January 31, 2022
Back in days of great floods New research shows overflowing rivers helped sculpt face of Mars DateJanuary 31, 2022
What it takes to be a scientific breakthrough Medical School professor explains scientific advances vs. world-changing discoveries DateJanuary 25, 2022January 20, 2022
A different kind of queen’s gambit Harvard mathematician largely resolves 150-year-old chess problem involving most powerful piece on board DateJanuary 21, 2022January 24, 2022
How a bubble gives birth to young stars Astronomers discover the chain of events that gave Earth its star-filled solar system DateJanuary 12, 2022January 11, 2022
5 ways to learn new things in the new year Expert suggests adults start with what they know DateJanuary 11, 2022
Seeing squid more clearly Harvard researchers show how animals repurpose genes to develop both limbs, eyes DateJanuary 7, 2022January 7, 2022
Turns out smarter kids are made, not born New study hints parental mindset about potential for growth yields better outcomes starting from very early age DateJanuary 6, 2022January 11, 2022
Gut-brain connection in autism Research in mice identifies possible mechanism linking autism, intestinal inflammation DateJanuary 1, 2022January 4, 2022
Geneticists’ new research on ancient Britain contains insights on language, ancestry, kinship, milk Student’s discovery of 3,000-year-old migration is a highlight of Harvard-led findings DateDecember 23, 2021January 3, 2022
Twin gene-editing system gives twice the efficiency New technique will allow programmable manipulation of large DNA segments DateDecember 17, 2021December 16, 2021
Telescope to help tell the story of the universe Astrophysicist explains why the James Webb Telescope is NASA’s most ambitious space probe to date DateDecember 16, 2021December 17, 2021
Why that song is stuck in your head Brain scientist explains earworms DateDecember 14, 2021December 14, 2021
Touching the sun Center for Astrophysics scientists played key role in verifying Parker Solar Probe’s historic contact with corona DateDecember 14, 2021December 15, 2021
University seen as well-equipped to meet goals of ambitious institute Initiative at intersection of artificial, natural intelligence will benefit from existing breadth, experience, scholars say DateDecember 9, 2021December 13, 2021
New University-wide institute to integrate natural, artificial intelligence Initiative made possible by gift from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg DateDecember 7, 2021December 7, 2021
Negotiating the irrational with Daniel Kahneman Nobel-winning behavioral economist and author of ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ shares advice on how to influence others DateDecember 6, 2021December 6, 2021
Step in quest for quantum computing Harvard-led researchers document presence of quantum spin liquids, a never-before-seen state of matter DateDecember 2, 2021
Potential step toward new superconductors Never-before-seen electron behavior could help scientists create superwires for supercharged technology DateDecember 2, 2021December 1, 2021
Getting the asteroid before it gets us Astrophysicist details NASA’s mission to head off Armageddon DateNovember 30, 2021December 1, 2021
Elizabeth Kolbert sees a world depleted, and possibly defeated, by climate change New Yorker staff writer, a Pulitzer Prize winner for ‘Sixth Extinction,’ laments era of inaction in conversation with Chan School researcher DateNovember 19, 2021November 22, 2021
Meat and muscles, sure. But the human eye is a stretch, for now. Author and engineer sees world of opportunity in biofabrication DateNovember 16, 2021November 19, 2021
When will a robot write a novel? Computer scientist launches new series DateNovember 15, 2021May 19, 2022
A Rosetta Stone of biology Harvard researcher develops program to read any genome sequence and translate its genetic code DateNovember 15, 2021November 12, 2021
Lessons in regeneration by light of glowing worms Harvard-led team devises genomic method that provides better view of how things work on cellular level DateNovember 12, 2021
If we could talk to the animals … whales, specifically Scientists who met at Radcliffe are exploring how whales communicate, and if they have language DateNovember 5, 2021November 9, 2021
A big discovery of a tiny critter Water bear fossil found in 16-million-year-old amber is the third tardigrade species ever discovered DateNovember 5, 2021November 5, 2021
Mathematician’s life advice: Subtract the boring parts With help from a mountaineer and a cellist, Oxford professor elevates shortcut to everyday art DateNovember 4, 2021November 9, 2021
Why did some mammals develop tusks? Harvard-led study defines and traces their evolution from the first animals to sport them DateNovember 2, 2021
