Reconstructing vertebrates rise from the water to land
Harvard scientists reconstruct evolution of limb-based motion in early tetrapods.
Nov. 25, 2020 • ~6 min
Cracking the case of the missing molecules
When scientists moved from manipulating atoms to messing with molecules, molecules started to disappear from view. Professor Kang-Kuen Ni has figured out why.
July 22, 2020 • ~6 min
African grey parrot outperforms children and college students
African grey parrot Griffin shows off his brain power, making students doubt their own.
July 2, 2020 • ~7 min
Genetic research offers insight into rise of first cities
Genomic analysis shows long-term genetic mixing in West Asia before the rise of the world’s first cities
May 29, 2020 • ~8 min
How a grad student choreographs life in science and art
Ph.D. student Frederick Moss brings together the incongruous worlds of science and art.
Jan. 30, 2020 • ~6 min
Harvard Museum of Natural History gives hands-on lab work to middle school educators
Mansi Srivastava's lab worked with middle school teachers in an education workshop on DNA and evolution.
July 30, 2019 • ~2 min
Robobee makes its first solo flight
Several decades in the making, the Harvard Microbiotics Lab’s Robobee made its first solo flight.
June 26, 2019 • ~6 min
Harvard researchers find gut microbes can lessen effectiveness of medicines
Study published in Science shows that gut microbes can chew up medications, with serious side effects.
June 19, 2019 • ~9 min
4 new Veritalk episodes take on food: culture, veganism, gut health, obesity
Harvard Ph.D. students explore the culture and science of food in the latest episodes of the Veritalk podcast. The talks cover veganism, gut health, food and diaspora, and childhood obesity.
June 4, 2019 • ~3 min
Why jackals thrive where humans dominate
The surprising success story of the golden jackal in Europe holds lessons about nature’s resilience and about how nature might respond to the evolutionary pressure exerted by humans as we change the natural landscape. The Gazette spoke with doctoral student Nathan Ranc for insight.
April 25, 2019 • ~18 min
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