Science & Tech
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Lifting a few with my chatbot
Sociologist Sherry Turkle warns against growing trend of turning to AI for companionship, counsel
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Hate mosquitoes? Who doesn’t? But maybe we shouldn’t.
Entomologist says there is much scientists don’t know about habitats, habits, impacts on their environments
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Climate alignment is no easy task
Experts at the Salata Institute outline tensions between global and local priorities
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A playbook for policy change
Leah Stokes turns a love for the wilderness into a commitment to help mitigate climate change
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Under pressure
New tool for precise measurement of superconductors
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Glimpse into how mind may affect healing
Study finds bruising fades faster in patients who are led to believe more time has passed than actually has
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Black hole burps up shredded star
For the first time, astronomers have observed a black hole burping up stellar remains years after it shredded and consumed the star.
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Better predictions on rise of oceans on warming Earth
Harvard researchers take sea level fingerprints from theory to fact.
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Want to know how cold it was in 1490? Ask a tree
Tree rings could hold clues to climate change and forest change.
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Randall Munroe and the power of ‘What If?’
Randall Munroe is asking “What If?” again. You might like the answer.
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Harvard partners with Amazon Web Services in quantum internet push
Harvard faculty leaders explain implications for the field — and the future.
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So you learned everything you know about sharks from a movie?
At a book talk, marine conservationist David Shiffman explained why he adores sharks and how we can help save them from extinction.
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Designing a way to make oxygen injectable
Porous liquids hold promise as bridge therapy, game-changer for artificial blood substitutes, preserving organs for transplant.
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Why were reptiles such evolution success story?
Fast climatic shifts due to global warming coincided with high rates of morphological change in most reptiles.
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Look at life in lab
A summer program gives Harvard students firsthand experience with quantum research.
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Astronomers see carbon dioxide on planet outside solar system for first time
Discovery powered by James Webb Space Telescope could yield new clues on composition, formation of planets outside solar system.
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A matter of vision
Federico Capasso believed a flat lens could revolutionize advanced products, devices. But he needed help innovating one, and getting it to market.
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Think of them as utility players
New study shows that microglia cells “listen in” to neighboring neurons and change to match them.
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To sleep, perchance they dream?
New Harvard study documents REM in spiders.
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Finding much to like in Senate climate deal
John Holdren, who served as President Obama’s top adviser on science and technology policy, discusses the climate deal and its potential impact.
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When you talk silly to baby, the world joins in
Study finds striking similarities in infant-directed speech and song in cultures spanning six continents.
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Tracing history of early seafarers through genes
New genetic research shows untold migration to remote Pacific islands was generally matrilocal.
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Teaching algorithms about skin tones
Google adopts sociologist’s skin-tone scale, which aims to promote inclusion, diversity, help fix problems in facial recognition, other technologies.
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Novel food wrap offers shelf preservation
Harvard researchers have developed a biodegradable, antimicrobial food packaging system that extends shelf life and eliminates foodborne illness.
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Keeping cool without warming the planet
Harvard scientists have developed a revolutionary new mechanism that could unlock environmentally friendly air conditioning.
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Brain practices new tasks while we sleep
Researchers look at “replay” during sleep, which is theorized to be a strategy the brain uses to remember new information.
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Women in STEM need more than a law
Women scientists have seen gains in STEM since the addition of Title IX, but culture remains an obstacle.
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How humans evolved to get along (to extent that we do)
According to a new study, bonobo group dynamics show they are a model for the evolution of human peacemaking.
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Leeches as tool for map biodiversity
Scientists looking to measure the biodiversity of wild animals in a nature reserve are taking their lead from leeches.
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Global helium shortage slams brakes at Harvard labs
Latest helium shortage is impacting scientific research, equipment, and progress of grad students.
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How the brain responds to infection
Study illuminates connections to immune system.
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Thoreau’s flowers shine light on climate change
‘In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss’ exhibition marries art and science at Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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The language of dreams
Proficiency, place, emotion, or something else? These late-night conversations defy easy explanation.
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10 teams tackle climate change
Ten research teams at Harvard will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund awards, which address both local and global issues.
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‘The dawn of a new era in astronomy’
Harvard scientists discuss what the quest to image black holes could tell us about our universe.
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First image of black hole at the heart of Milky Way
Pioneering Harvard-led global collaborative unveils latest portrait, bolstering understanding of relativity, gravity.