Featured series 
Tag: Research
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Health
Demystifying migraine
‘It’s not an imagined headache, and it’s not a mild condition,’ says Michael Moskowitz, Brain Prize recipient for his dogma-defying research
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Science & Tech
The ascent of us
Anthropologist traces split between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, other human forms
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Science & Tech
A world-shifting moment (literally)
Geoscientists track when Earth went from ‘just another planet’ to ‘something very special’
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Nation & World
How high school shapes future success
Study associates 2 factors with better long-term outcomes, including higher earnings at age 30
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Science & Tech
Aramont Fellowships give scientists freedom to concentrate on high-risk, high-reward research
Renewed gift significantly expands the impact of early-career support
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Science & Tech
Study suggests healing skin without scarring may be possible
Researchers unblock embryonic regrowth mechanism that shuts down after birth in mice
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Science & Tech
Ultra-cool step toward transformative technologies
University physicists gain new window into superconductivity by improving device pioneered by Harvard Nobelist Percy Bridgman
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Health
Want to feel more loved? Forget changing yourself. Change conversation.
Two psychologists offer science-backed framework on how to improve relationships
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Health
‘Harvard Thinking’: The things we carry
In podcast, experts discuss how trauma can reshape us — down to the cellular level
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Health
Thymus may be critical to adult health
Research indicates often-overlooked organ can be key predictor in longevity, disease risk, cancer treatment outcomes
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Nation & World
Want better schools? It’s all up to states.
Education scholar Thomas Kane says that’s lesson of recent ‘Southern Surge’ in test scores
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Health
Why we need Black bioethics
Panel points to historical examples, including Tuskegee experiment, pandemic, and life expectancy inequities
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Health
Federal drug price reforms are working, study says
Medicare beneficiaries skipping fewer medications due to cost
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Health
Can’t wait to listen? You should.
Research inspired by driving lapse finds link between album drops, road fatalities
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Arts & Culture
How Ben Franklin put a charge into American independence
Reputation in science was key to his political power, historian says. On the other hand, ‘Frankenstein.’
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Health
Warning signs of alcohol-use disorder relapse
New study focuses on those with long history of sobriety
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Health
Daily multivitamin may slow biological aging
Greatest gains for participants who were biologically older, researchers say
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Health
Unlocking hidden pocket on a billion‑dollar drug target
Scientists identify path toward making cancer drugs safer and more selective
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Health
‘A moment of real possibility’ in Alzheimer’s care
Experts explain how recent findings are demystifying disease that afflicts tens of millions worldwide
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Health
‘I think I know how to fix this.’
How a discovery in a Harvard lab is offering hope for patients with hard-to-treat heart disease
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Health
American heart health worsening
New statistical snapshot finds disappointing trend despite advances in treatment, ways to prevent nation’s leading cause of death
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Health
Tracking mysteries of loss of Y chromosome, cancer
Research suggests it may explain higher incidence, severity of some disease in men
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Arts & Culture
‘The sound stopped suddenly’
After rare condition robbed drummer of ability to play music, science led him back
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Health
Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds
Researchers say results could dramatically increase chances of recovery
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Campus & Community
Tracing Harvard’s ties to slavery: Recovering names and histories
Researchers delve into probate records, tax lists, and estate inventories to identify enslaved people
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Health
Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones
Large new global study fuels growing concern over trend of increases in several types
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Science & Tech
Can a chatbot be a co-author?
Physicists take souped-up ChatGPT out for a spin, return home with significant discovery
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Work & Economy
Did I say too much?
‘Revealing’ author explains difference between TMI and the kind of healthy ‘oversharing’ that deepens relationships
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Health
What’s next for GLP-1s?
Scientists eye new treatment targets for popular weight-loss drugs, from heart failure to addiction
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Nation & World
New factor in predicting who becomes criminal: when you were born.
Sociologist Robert J. Sampson investigates plunging arrest rates for youngest millennials
