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Nation & World
‘I am currently on the high seas … your email will definitely not be read’
Professors who are also good friends join Clipper Round the World yacht race
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Nation & World
Why virtual isn’t actual, especially when it comes to friends
Tech, society expert Sherry Turkle warns growing number of chatbots for companionship isn’t good for individuals, or democracy
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Campus & Community
Call it summer school in public service
Presidential fellowships give students a chance to kick the tires on careers for greater common good
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Nation
What the Osage taught Scorsese about ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Members to detail role of tribe in making of new film, legacy of murders on community at Kennedy School event
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Campus & Community
How they found the work they were ‘meant’ to do
Faculty share the class, mentor, book, experience that changed everything and set them on path to scholarly calling
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Campus & Community
Like all true love stories, this one comes with heartache
Scholar’s ‘Harvard Square’ more than an academic pursuit
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Health
Scorecard reveals risk of dementia, stroke
Researchers developed Brain Care Score to assess how current habits will impact future brain health
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Nation & World
A towering scholar-turned-diplomat, public intellectual
Harvard faculty examine legacy of Henry Kissinger
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Campus & Community
Diane Lopez to retire as vice president, general counsel after 30 years
Led through pandemic, admissions lawsuit, fight against Trump-era plan that would have forced out many international students
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Health
Legacy of heading off deaths from industrial air pollution
Dominici details decades-old Harvard roots of latest findings showing particles from coal-fired power plants deadliest
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Health
AI may be just what the dentist ordered
Could close the gap, allowing for more equitable access to care and treatment
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Health
Headache or sore all over after bad night’s sleep?
Newly identified chemical link between chronic pain, sleep loss could help sever vicious cycle
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Nation & World
Thinking about having baby? Even during climate crisis?
Scholar says increasing numbers of young adults are weighing what is best for planet, children
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Health
After decades of improvement, cardiovascular health rates on worrying path
CDC report trend is stagnating — and for middle-aged, even declining
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Health
‘It’s much more harmful than we thought, and its mortality burden has been seriously underestimated’
Study finds particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants may be twice as deadly as that from other sources
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Nation & World
Hope for progress survives terror and war
Can the Israelis and Palestinians find peace? Scholars discuss — and debate — long history of conflict, prospects for a durable accord
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Nation
New study finds wide gap in SAT/ACT test scores between wealthy, lower-income kids
Opportunity Insights researcher notes how opportunity, preparation differences begin early, play major role in success, suggests possible solutions
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Health
Uncovering a culprit behind the itch
Scientists identify common microbe that activates nerve cells in the skin, igniting the urge to scratch
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Arts & Culture
Creation of ‘genre-defying, sort-of-uncategorizable’ books
Writer Geoff Dyer talks with Maya Jasanoff about history, memory, and life on the USS George H.W. Bush with 5,000 new friends
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Work & Economy
We’ll gather together — even though everything seems so much more expensive
Economists explain why Americans feel inflation, economy are much, much worse than they actually are
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Campus & Community
Front of mind for Michael Pollan: psychedelics
Author with an experimental side says new generation of researchers will inform medicinal, religious, recreational use
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Science & Tech
What shapes your dog’s personality
Neuroscientist finds skills, temperament influenced by brain differences across breeds
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Campus & Community
Jenny Hoffman sets world record through tears and traffic, falls and fertilizer
Physics professor runs across U.S. in 47 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes
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Work & Economy
‘Glass ceiling’ is problem, but so are ‘broken rungs’
New report examines myths hampering advancement of women in workplace, actual barriers, and possible solutions
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Health
Smart trackers may predict health risks in older adults
Researchers find wearable devices detect circadian disturbances associated with age-related decline
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Campus & Community
‘I got very lightheaded because it was just so surreal’
10 seniors win Rhodes Scholarships, plan to work on neuroscience and climate change, reproductive legislation and international medicine
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Arts & Culture
A case for the ‘beautiful, troubling’ complexity of art
Philosopher Quinn White sees a big flaw in common response to creative work
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Arts & Culture
Exploring dimensions of Asian American pop culture
New Harvard course looks at representation in film, TV, music, food
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Science & Tech
Insight into evolution of cooperation
Bonobos, one of our closest living animal relatives, show humanlike ability to work together outside social borders in new study
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Nation & World
Someone stole Karestan Koenen’s future. She took it back.
Trauma expert speaks from brutal experience
