Tag: Double Helix

  • Nation & World

    Mathematician’s life advice: Subtract the boring parts

    Marcus du Sautoy discussed his latest work “Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life,” with Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics.

    4 minutes
    Illustration of head full of data connections.
  • Nation & World

    Beyond DNA

    On a day when Harvard celebrated the accomplishments of the Human Genome Project, the Radcliffe Institute hosted a scientist whose work focuses not just on DNA, but on the mechanisms that control its expression.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A look inside

    Scientists have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the human genome, paving the way for new insights into genomic function and expanding our understanding of how cellular DNA folds at scales that dwarf the double helix.

    4 minutes