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Five alumni elected to the Board of Overseers
Everything counts!
New HAA president brings holistic approach to alumni leadership
‘The scientist is not in the business of following instructions.’
George Whitesides became a giant of chemistry by keeping it simple
Glimpse of next-generation internet
Physicists demo first metro-area quantum computer network in Boston
Science is making anti-aging progress. But do we want to live forever?
Nobel laureate details new book, which surveys research, touches on larger philosophical questions
Epic science inside a cubic millimeter of brain
Researchers publish largest-ever dataset of neural connections
What is ‘original scholarship’ in the age of AI?
Symposium considers how technology is changing academia
Complex questions, innovative approaches
Seven projects awarded Star-Friedman Challenge grants
All Science & Tech
Early warning sign of extinction?
Fossil record stretching millions of years shows tiny ocean creatures on the move before Earth heats up
So much for summers of love
Despite ‘hippie’ reputation, male bonobos fight three times as often as chimps, study finds
Are you a human? Select all that apply.
Philosopher Barba-Kay on CAPTCHA dilemma, Aristotle’s good life, and how the internet is changing us — not for the better
Amazon butterfly evolved from hybrids
Genomic findings challenge thinking on what makes a species
Is AI friend or foe? Wrong question.
A lawyer, a computer scientist, and a statistician debate ethics of artificial intelligence
Getting ahead of dyslexia
Harvard lab’s research suggests at-risk kids can be identified before they ever struggle in school
Why AI fairness conversations must include disabled people
Tech offers promise to help yet too often perpetuates ableism, say researchers. It doesn’t have to be this way.
How did you get that frog to float?
Ever-creative, Nobel laureate in physics Andre Geim extols fun, fanciful side of very serious science
Lifting a few with my chatbot
Sociologist Sherry Turkle warns against growing trend of turning to AI for companionship, counsel
Hate mosquitoes? Who doesn’t? But maybe we shouldn’t.
Entomologist says there is much scientists don’t know about habitats, habits, impacts on their environments
Climate alignment is no easy task
Experts at the Salata Institute outline tensions between global and local priorities
A playbook for policy change
Leah Stokes turns a love for the wilderness into a commitment to help mitigate climate change
Under pressure
New tool for precise measurement of superconductors
Glimpse into how mind may affect healing
Study finds bruising fades faster in patients who are led to believe more time has passed than actually has
Herbaria’s use and importance grows with climate change
In race against extinction, new agreement supports Harvard’s work to analyze and digitize its medicinal plant collections
Harvard physicists create a new phase of matter
First demonstration of non-Abelian anyons in a quantum processor
Did fermented foods fuel brain growth?
Study puts fermentation, not fire, as pivot point behind our ancestors’ increasing cranial capacity
‘Radcliffe Wave’ is waving
Astronomers detail oscillation of our giant neighbor
Aramont Fellows bring cutting-edge scientific innovation to the forefront
Four groundbreaking projects investigate brain development, capture raw data with AI, innovate quantum computers, and develop new models to map supernovas
Deep in the Amazon, SEAS team tracks a mobile element
Field work on the Rio Negro could help communities exposed to methylmercury protect their food web
The miracle of ‘dog’
New findings illuminate complex neuroscience behind even the simplest words, with implications for treatment of speech, language disorders
A fast pivot into the unknown
AI’s rapid rise prompts Harvard/MIT Symposium exploring excitement, potential challenges to STEM education, research
An evolutionary clue, curled up and long unstudied, in a Harvard museum
Trilobites’ soft undersides show mechanics of early ‘enrollment’ defense
Bird’s-eye view of energy conservation
Physics of V-shaped flight formations offer insights into how to improve efficiency of groups of drones, underwater vehicles
Why do some kids learn to talk earlier than others?
Global study by new faculty Elika Bergelson finds three key predictors of language development. They may surprise you.
You did it of your own free will? No such thing.
Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky says every decision, action you make is result of chain of genes, biology, experience that preceded it
High-temperature superconductors with a twist
Fabrication method could facilitate materials discovery
Robotic exosuit gives Parkinson’s patient smoother stride
Eliminates gait freezing, a common and highly debilitating symptom
Demystifying a mammal’s brain, cell by cell
Harvard-led team helps create first molecular map for national neuroscience study
Researchers create first logical quantum processor
Key step toward reliable, game-changing quantum computing