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What we learned
Highlights from another year of discovery at Harvard, where inquiring minds are the norm
JAN. 6
Turns out smarter kids are made, not born
Study hints parental mindset about potential for growth yields better outcomes starting from very early age.
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JAN. 11
![Illustration of woman flourishing.](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20220111_thriving.jpg)
Healthy? Maybe. But are you flourishing?
The answer, according to a groundbreaking global study, might be more complex than you think.
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MAY 5
Remote learning likely widened racial, economic achievement gap
Study finds students in high-poverty districts had much less in-person instruction, lost more ground academically.
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MAY 10
Grandma’s workouts may have made you healthier
Joslin study finds exercise during pregnancy may yield metabolic benefits in grandchildren.
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MAY 12
![Black hole.](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ye_blackhole_EHT_PR_Main_Image_Wide_2500-2048x1152-1.jpg)
First image of black hole at the heart of Milky Way
Pioneering Harvard-led global collaborative unveils latest portrait, bolstering understanding of relativity, gravity.
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JUNE 14
Sifting the damage of pandemic-era drinking
As studies signal serious health consequences, specialists scramble to treat acute cases and reinforce limits that define moderate use.
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JUNE 28
Home is where the pipeline ends
Harvard study finds gas stoves could be leaking at least 21 toxic air pollutants.
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JUNE 30
Coffee is good for you, probably
Professor who edited mortality findings says evidence is strong but not yet definitive.
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JULY 5
![Ellis Monk](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/091918_Monk_Ellis_0963.jpg)
Teaching algorithms about skin tones
Google adopts sociologist’s 10-shade scale, which aims to promote inclusion, diversity, help fix problems in facial recognition, other technologies.
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JULY 20
Researchers model life-or-death AC as dangerous temps become norm
Team warns air conditioning access falls far short of what will be needed by 2050 to save lives.
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JULY 27
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Gorge today, sweat tomorrow? That’s not how it works.
Researcher outlines fresh data showing that you can’t outrun a bad diet.
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AUG. 3
Turns out it’s not who you know now that determines economic success
Big-data study by Raj Chetty, team shows whom you interacted with while growing up is more important.
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AUG. 29
Using AI as a pandemic crystal ball
MGH, Broad researchers develop Big Data tool that can predict which variants will likely trigger surges.
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SEPT. 2
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Demystifying Parkinson’s
Researcher details new findings as momentum builds behind treatment efforts: “Every problem looks intractable until it’s solved.”
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SEPT. 15
Why are young people so miserable?
They tally lowest life-satisfaction scores among all age groups of those 18 and older in Harvard-led study, reversal of results of past surveys.
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SEPT. 21
The secret to a meaningful life is actually no big deal
Across six experiments, including study of moral vs. immoral behavior, researchers explored nuances of feeling fulfilled.
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SEPT. 29
![Icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland.](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_ice.jpg)
Better predictions on rise of oceans on warming Earth
Harvard team detects first definitive proof of sea level fingerprints from melting of glacial ice sheets.
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OCT. 21
Might be a balmy paradise. Might be a face-melting wasteland.
Models scientists use to predict exoplanet atmospheres no match for extraordinary precision of Webb telescope, study says.
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NOV. 28
‘Vagina Chip’ allows scientists to test treatments for BV
No preclinical tools had existed to develop new therapies for an infection that afflicts 30 percent of reproductive-aged women globally.
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NOV. 30
![The Old Synagogue of the medieval Jewish community of Erfurt.](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ye_ashkenazi.jpg)
Remains from medieval Jewish cemetery illuminate ‘founder event’
Analysis of ancient DNA co-led by Harvard’s David Reich fills key gaps in understanding of Ashkenazi origins, history.