Health Your memory might benefit from a multivitamin Researcher details ‘remarkable’ findings, but with a caveat: Healthy lifestyle needs to come first
Health Birth control for cats? Single dose of hormone prevents ovulation and conception in felines for two years
World How schools teach children about their social station Sociologist Peter Francis Harvey embedded with students at private upper-middle-class, public working-class schools to explore implicit lessons
Nation COVID prison releases expose key driver of racial inequity As incarcerated population dropped overall, proportion of Black prisoners rose. Researchers point to unequal sentencing.
New visualization techniques yield star formation insights Gravity plays larger role in molecular clouds than thought Science| DateDecember 31, 2008
John P. Holdren named President-elect Obama’s Science Advisor Broad Institute Director Eric Lander named a co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Science| DateDecember 20, 2008November 10, 2016
Stem cell researcher honored by President George W. Bush Kevin Eggan receives Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering in White House ceremony Health| DateDecember 19, 2008
Religion in the vernacular Nicholas Watson traces the decline of the clergy and the rise of the laity World| DateDecember 18, 2008
Women’s hoops recover on homestand Crimson records wins over Vermont and Maine as non-conference play draws to an end Campus| DateDecember 18, 2008
Toys, clothes, and a visit from Santa Across campus, Harvard community reaches out Campus| DateDecember 18, 2008
Antacid use during pregnancy may increase childhood asthma Population-based study links maternal prescriptions with child health data Health| DateDecember 18, 2008
New obesity-related genes identified Findings add to knowledge about obesity and appetite regulation in the general population Health| DateDecember 18, 2008
Idle computing power may ID candidate molecules for efficient solar panels Science| DateDecember 18, 2008
Modeling the forest … and the trees Moorcroft models provide detailed view of forest responses to climate variation Science| DateDecember 18, 2008