Featured series 
Tag: Q&A
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Nation & World
Onion holds up mirror; society flashes big smile (with green stuff in teeth)
How some students at University of Wisconsin-Madison created satiric cultural institution
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Work & Economy
How market reactions to recent U.S. tariffs hint at start of global shift for nation
Economist updates literature on optimal American import-tax rate in world of interconnected trade, investment
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Nation & World
Brainwashing? Like ‘The Manchurian Candidate’?
More than vestige of Cold War, mind-control techniques remain with us in social media, cults, AI, elsewhere, new book argues
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Arts & Culture
From ‘joyous’ to ‘erotically engaged’ to ‘white-hot angry’
Stephanie Burt’s new anthology rounds up 51 works by queer and trans poets spanning generations
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Nation & World
Why U.S. should be worried about Ukrainian attack on Russian warplanes
Audacious — and wildly successful — use of inexpensive drones against superior force can be used anywhere, against anyone
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Work & Economy
Remember when corporate America steered clear of politics on social media?
Study finds Twitter surge starting in 2017, most of it Democratic-leaning by surprising range of firms, with negative effects on stock price
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Nation & World
Closer look at ‘coolest dictator in the world’
Sociologist traces rise, career of Salvadoran leader some view as savior, others as authoritarian
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Health
Do ultra-processed foods increase Parkinson’s risk?
New study finds people who consume higher servings are more likely to show early signs of the disease
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Health
Why the Achilles is such a danger zone
With Jayson Tatum facing long road to recovery, surgeon explains force behind injury, how it’s repaired
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Work & Economy
Era of U.S. dollar may be winding down
Economist Kenneth Rogoff’s new book entwines currency’s ascension, his own experiences, and looks at what looms ahead
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Work & Economy
Funding today, entrepreneurship tomorrow. Or not.
Threat to research is a threat to U.S. innovation and growth, HBS analyst says
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Arts & Culture
Could the same tech that is threatening photojournalism offer a way to save it?
Shorenstein fellow wants to deploy AI to preserve the visual record. An image from the front lines in Iraq provides a test.
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Work & Economy
Can Trump fire Fed chairman?
Law professor and former Fed Board member says it’s possible but likely market reaction should give pause
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Campus & Community
Pulse Survey finds strong sense of belonging and respect at Harvard
Gaps identified, particularly related to sharing opinions and forming relationships with people holding different views.
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Health
How halt in funding hurts efforts to ensure safety of patients in medical research
Stop-work order disrupts system that facilitates oversight of studies happening at multiple sites
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Arts & Culture
Discoveries on a musical path
From Benin to Cuba to the Americas, Yosvany Terry sees how tradition safeguards culture and identity
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Health
U.S. pregnancy-related deaths continuing to rise
Study researcher says nation, which leads high-income peers in maternal mortality, needs better prenatal, extended postpartum care
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Arts & Culture
What really scares Katie Kitamura
Ahead of Harvard visit, author talks performance, privacy, and horror inspiration for latest novel
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Campus & Community
Endowment offers Harvard flexibility but also risks
Economist speaks of balancing act between immediate needs and long-term planning
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Nation & World
‘If you’re boring, you’re not going to educate.’
Randall Kennedy has blazed a path as an open-minded, nuanced, and independent thinker
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Health
Immune-system strategy used to treat cancer may help with Alzheimer’s
Turning off checkpoint molecules freed microglia to attack plaques in brain, improved memory in mice
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Arts & Culture
‘Everybody feels like two people’
Alum who co-produces ‘Severance’ says show speaks to real-life mysteries
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Nation & World
Lesson No. 1: It pays to be nice to your allies
Nicholas Burns on being U.S. envoy to China, returning to Harvard, lessons from long career in diplomacy
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Health
Mortality rates between Black, white Americans narrow — except in case of infants
70-year study finds widening gap despite longer life expectancy for both racial groups
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Science & Tech
When a stove’s virtues amount to more than just hot air
Science historian examines how Benjamin Franklin’s invention sparked new thinking on weather, technology
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Campus & Community
Rakesh Khurana shares lessons learned at helm — and as an influencer, off- and online
Danoff Dean of Harvard College to step down at end of academic year after 11-year tenure of advances, innovation, and challenges (including pandemic)
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Nation & World
What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
Health law policy expert says biotech firm’s uncertain future shows need for protections of personal, genetic information
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Nation & World
Can Europe defend itself against a nuclear-armed Russia?
National security expert details what’s being done, what can be done as U.S. appears to rethink decadeslong support
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Work & Economy
Where next for U.S. economy?
Kennedy School analyst includes trade war fallout among 5 recession threats
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Health
U.S. innovation ecosystem is envy of world. Here’s how it got started.
Economist who studies technological change looks at public-private research partnership amid rising questions on federal funding
