Nobel-winning physicist, artist illustrate universe’s ‘warped side’

Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran team up to demystify complex science from black holes and wormholes to time travel and gravitational waves.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Nov. 15, 2023 • ~4 min

‘There’s no treatment if you don’t know what you’re treating’

Experts at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School traced a baffling smooth-muscle disorder to a tiny regulatory RNA, solving a medical mystery that had plagued a teen since birth.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 14, 2023 • ~17 min

U.S. men die nearly six years before women, reflecting largest gap since 1996

Analysis finds COVID-19 and “deaths of despair” behind trend that has been growing since 2010.

Victoria Colliver • harvard
Nov. 13, 2023 • ~4 min

Screech owl wisdom

Up-close-and-personal study gave 'Alfie and Me' author a rare look at birds' individual personality differences.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 9, 2023 • ~4 min

Workplace flexibility linked to lower risk of cardiovascular disease

Harvard study is among the first to assess whether changes in work environment can hold cardiometabolic risk at bay.

Maya Brownstein • harvard
Nov. 8, 2023 • ~5 min

Study links starchy vegetables with weight gain

Most know sugary, refined foods are foes of a healthy waistline as we age, but potatoes? Researcher explains how findings differ from dietary guidelines.

Anna Lamb • harvard
Nov. 7, 2023 • ~4 min

New study explains how exercise reduces chronic inflammation

Research in mice shows that exercise mobilizes inflammation-countering T cells, lowering levels of interferon — a key driver of chronic inflammation, inflammatory diseases, and aging.

Ekaterina Pesheva • harvard
Nov. 3, 2023 • ~8 min

Other countries put lives before guns. Why can’t we?

Harvard Chan School’s David Hemenway on the rampage in Maine, how ordinary citizens should respond, and the question he hears from horrified students new to the U.S.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 27, 2023 • ~7 min

How to prepare for a trip to space

Astronauts spend years training for missions. How do commercial travelers get ready?

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 25, 2023 • ~5 min

Cellular atlas guides new understanding of brain

New technology gives voice to pathologic changes in neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 24, 2023 • ~5 min

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