Science & Tech
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The answer to your search may depend on where you live
Researchers find ‘language bias’ in various site algorithms, raising concerns about fallout for social divisions among nations
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Putting human past on the MAPS
Harvard digital atlas plots patterns from history ancient and modern
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Does AI help humans make better decisions?
One judge’s track record — with and without algorithm — surprises researchers
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Tracking entwined histories of malaria, humans
New study of ancient genomes tracks disease over 5,500 years, factors in spread, including trade, warfare, colonialism, and slavery
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Want to make robots more agile? Take a lesson from a rat.
Scientists create realistic virtual rodent with digital neural network to study how brain controls complex, coordinated movement
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More than a planetary fender-bender
New study finds Earth collided with dense interstellar cloud, possibly affecting life on planet
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A COVID cure worse than the disease?
Some worry a treatment that kills SARS-CoV-2 by helping it mutate could spawn a super virus. New research weighs in on its “evolutionary safety.”
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14 projects confronting climate change win Salata Institute grants
Plant-based buildings, greener AI, and a national agroforest are just a few of the solutions researchers are teaming up to explore.
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Wildfires are much worse than a sign of climate change
Loretta Mickley, a Harvard wildfire expert, says wildfires are not just a symptom of climate change, but with the increased burning of millenia-old global peat stores, have the potential to worsen warming.
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Science no longer intimidates her. Neither do sharks.
Summer research program breaks down barriers for undergraduates with disabilities.
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After capturing image of black hole, what’s next?
New Center for Astrophysics mission aims for closer look at photon rings and insight into nature of space and time.
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Climate change, global hunger: What to do?
Black holes, warming seas, new treatments for disease. Understanding the context — not to mention the technical jargon — can be a challenge.
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Making the immense graspable
A talk with Andrew Pontzen, author of “The Universe in a Box: Simulations and the Quest to Code the Cosmos.”
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In the doghouse — at the White House
Reports surface of aggressive behavior but canine expert says there may be understandable reasons.
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Can you be close without sex?
Healthy intimate relationships vary but share one key feature, says psychologist
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Making algorithm used in AI more human-like
Researchers used fMRI to test ideas about complex decision-making.
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Life on Mars?
A study of magnetic fields suggests the Red Planet held water for longer than previously believed.
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500-million-year-old fossil reveals new secrets
A new discovery, named Megasiphon thylakos, offers surprising insights on the evolution of tunicates.
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5 reasons you crack under pressure
“Managing Conflict Mindfully” author outlines why even experts get in their own way sometimes, and how to stop.
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Using light to make electrons even more energy efficient
A team of researchers was able to generate electron spin domains without the need of magnetic fields on perfectly ordered materials at extremely low temperatures.
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Fighting fire with fire
A study found that controlled burns in key areas of the U.S. West could drastically reduce smoke exposure
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‘Moral breakdown is a fake problem’
In new study, experimental psychologist takes on the stubborn perception of declining morality.
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In the thick of it
Scenes of smoke-blanketed Northeast likely to repeat, one expert says. Another offers advice for reducing harm to health.
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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.
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What drives four future climate leaders
Seniors represent diverse backgrounds, concentrations, and perspectives on finding real-world solutions to complex, mounting crisis.
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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.
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Getting to root of possible carbon storage changes due to climate change
New study looks at the dynamics of how warming may affect carbon capture in soil near trees and plants.
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World ‘way off track’ from climate goal, Kerry says
Despite increasing momentum toward a green energy shift, the world remains far off track from emissions reductions that will limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, Biden’s climate ambassador said.
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Struggling to design green buildings amid shifting legal, tech landscape
GSD Associate Professor Holly Samuelson explains how climate change is catalyzing dramatic new city and state regulations as architects, designers, and developers are struggling to stay current.
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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.
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2 very different microbes immune to the same viruses? Scientists were puzzled.
Genomic analysis suggests host diversity is far greater than previously thought.
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Bringing Stone Age genomic material back to life
Scientific breakthroughs will enable exploration of Earth’s biochemical past, with hopes of discovering new therapeutic molecules.
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How will the world end? Possibly with a belch, not a whimper.
Scientists say it’s a preview of Earth’s fate in 5 billion years.
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How greatest biological discovery of 20th century got passed over
Harvard Professor Richard Losick highlights flawed, human side of science in his MSI Distinguished Achievement Award lecture.
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Poverty hurts children’s brain development but social safety net may help
Study finds aid programs cut disparities in brain structure and mental health, especially in states where the cost of living is high.
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DNA shows poorly understood empire was multiethnic with strong female leadership
Biomolecular archaeology reveals a fuller picture of the Xiongnu people, the world’s first nomadic empire.