Tag: Daniel E. Lieberman
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Science & Tech
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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Health
Taking it easy as you get older? Wrong.
Study says that physical activity later in life shifts energy away from processes that compromise health and toward mechanisms in the body that extend it.
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Science & Tech
People weren’t so lazy back then
Research comparing 19th- and 21st-century Americans finds a half-hour decline in physical activity. Blame it on planes, trains, and automobiles.
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Health
Why run unless something is chasing you?
In his new book, “Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding,” Daniel Lieberman ’86 explores exercising myths.
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Science & Tech
Your shoes were made for walking. And that may be the problem
Toe springs in shoes make walking easier but may come at a cost.
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Campus & Community
Studying COVID-19 in real time
How some Harvard professors are integrating the coronavirus crisis into their curricula.