Featured series 
Tag: Research
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Health
Who should take GLP-1s?
Experts dig into what we’ve overlooked in rush to embrace ‘magical’ weight-loss drugs
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Science & Tech
Is it already too late to reduce catastrophic AI risk?
New Kennedy School ‘pre-mortem’ lays out threats, vulnerabilities, and possible steps, warns firms must act now
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Health
How can a book make you cry?
New Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth draws line from his early interest in power of words to research on how brain works
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Health
Living longer, disease-free
Healthy Aging Symposium convenes experts to discuss everything from ‘Nutrition 3.0’ to biology of dogs
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Nation & World
Which grade is most important to a child’s development?
Stats suggest high stakes for one year in particular
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Health
Heart attack, stroke — and hip fractures
Endocrinologist discusses life-or-death stakes of weak bones and how to protect against devastating falls
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Nation & World
Is cursive worth learning?
Pencil-and-paper asks more of a student than a keyboard. Maybe that’s the point.
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Science & Tech
What do you know about the Nobels?
Harvard’s history with the prestigious prize may surprise you
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Work & Economy
Why AI hasn’t triggered mass layoffs — yet
Artificial intelligence can do some jobs already, but experts say CEOs have good reasons to keep humans on the payroll
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Campus & Community
Harvard launches $150 million research initiative
University plans range of awards in basic and applied science, seeking to meet ‘moment of remarkable opportunity’
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Science & Tech
How Harvard scientists built genomics outpost on Gloucester harbor
It started with idea to help beleaguered fishermen. Now marine science lab promotes healthy fisheries, trains local workforce, seeks clues to longevity
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Health
The healing power of gene therapy
How researchers are seeing their work changing lives — from restoring children’s hearing to saving a baby born with a fatal disease
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Science & Tech
Can you tell an amorphophallus from an aspergillus?
Word nerds, classicists, and botanists, it’s your time to shine in etymology quiz inspired by Div School book
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Health
How did her sister become so sick so fast?
Joan Brugge’s decadeslong professional fight against cancer began when she tried to make sense of a tragedy
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Health
Who needs opioids?
HSDM team explores how artificial intelligence could help clinicians tailor pain treatment to individual patients
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Health
Has pancreatic cancer met its match?
Frontline researcher sees newly approved medication as ‘critical first step’ toward transformation of care
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Science & Tech
What it takes to solve math’s toughest problems
Logic skills, yes, but also two seemingly incompatible traits: Confidence and humility
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Health
More evidence that mass shootings are suicidal acts
New research finds national peaks for suicides, gun rampages take place within days of each other in summer
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Nation & World
Survey of young researchers raises concerns over future of science in U.S.
Fewer planning careers in academy, nation, and more doubt value of Ph.D. amid policy shifts in funding, international students
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Health
Why is yogurt good for us?
Genghis Khan supposedly fed it to his troops for strength and bravery. He might have been onto something.
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Health
Pioneering cancer fighter sees promise beyond melanoma breakthrough
‘This is not a time that we should be pulling back,’ says Catherine Wu. ‘It’s a very, very exciting time in the field.’
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Arts & Culture
Mystery statue unearthed at Sardis archaeological dig
2,500-year-old marble sculpture of young man hid face-down for centuries, broken and recycled as paving stones
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Science & Tech
The why behind sex
Research details answer to a question that’s more complex than it seems
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Health
Screening newborns for cancer risk
Blood samples routinely collected at birth could be used for genetic testing, potentially helping 1,000 children a year, study suggests
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Campus & Community
One answer but with more than one way to get there
Jon Star, professor of teaching and learning, finds flexibility is key to helping students master math
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Science & Tech
Does vitriol make you feel special?
Beyond the algorithm, online negativity takes on a life of its own. Here’s why.
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Health
For women in menopause, ‘not all healthy diets are equal’
Study comparing 11 eating patterns finds two clear paths to curbing weight gain
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Nation & World
When AI goes rogue
Computer security expert says recent OpenAI, Anthropic breaches highlight need for regulations that balance safety, speed of development
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Health
AI use surging for mental health help among young people
Survey researcher says popularity may help fill gap between rising national problem, shortage of clinicians — provided counsel is sound
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Campus & Community
Don’t mince words, Radcliffe told scholars. It worked.
Participants in intellectual diversity initiative navigated deep disagreements on path to consensus
