Museums preserve clues that can help scientists predict and analyze future pandemics
Genetic information that could help finger the next infectious threat is stored in museums around the world.
June 24, 2020 • ~9 min
As talk of recovery begins, it’s time to rethink the role of artificial intelligence in society.
Genetic information that could help finger the next infectious threat is stored in museums around the world.
Artificial intelligence insatiable data needs has encouraged the mass collection of personal data, placing privacy at risk. But AI can help solve the very problem it creates.
Smartphone apps and wearable devices can tell when workers have been within six feet of each other, promising to help curb the coronavirus. But they're not all the same when it comes to privacy.
From fungi and flies to spiders and fish, living collections need care and feeding even when their human keepers are dealing with a pandemic and its resultant social distancing.
Propelled by her viral short story, Harvard alumna Kristen Roupenian publishes her first collection, visits Cambridge.
A course at the Graduate School of Design takes students from the classroom into Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, where plants come to life for these landscape architects.
Harvard researchers contribute to the preservation of museum specimens, marking the collections’ importance in a special journal released Nov. 19.
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