Poverty hurts young brains but social safety net may help

Study finds aid programs cut disparities in brain structure and mental health, especially in states where the cost of living is high.

Christy DeSmith • harvard
May 2, 2023 ~6 min

DNA shows poorly understood empire was multiethnic with strong female leadership

Biomolecular archaeology reveals a fuller picture of the Xiongnu people, the world’s first nomadic empire.

Christy DeSmith • harvard
April 28, 2023 ~7 min


Researchers discover how mutant protein leads to melanoma

Discovery of new mechanism could have wide implications for other cancers.

Alice McCarthy • harvard
April 26, 2023 ~4 min

Tracking rapidly changing patterns of suicidal thought

Smartphones enabled researchers to capture shifts multiple times a day, gathering data that could help guide more effective prevention.

Christy DeSmith • harvard
April 21, 2023 ~5 min

Did rising seas drive Vikings out of Greenland?

A new geophysical analysis helps fill gaps in an archeological puzzle: why Norse vanished in the 15th century.

Clea Simon • harvard
April 20, 2023 ~5 min

Taking a lesson in evolutionary adaptation from octopus, squid

Two new studies describe path of divergent sensing capabilities, tracking lineage from common ancestral neurons.

Alice McCarthy • harvard
April 12, 2023 ~5 min

After taking intro course in new concentration, alum sets up own lab

Sam Wattrus ’16, Ph.D. ’22, becomes the first human developmental and regenerative biology concentrator to establish an independent research lab.

Joelle Zaslow • harvard
March 13, 2023 ~6 min

Scientists explain how an infection can produce genetic diversity

A new study illuminates the way pathogens — and pheromones — alter social behavior in animals.

Alice McCarthy • harvard
March 3, 2023 ~5 min


New study offers clues to how shifting climate may change ocean ecosystems

By studying the fossil record of one group of organisms, researchers now worry that human-driven climate change may return us to an “Earth of 8 million years ago ... detrimentally restructuring the marine communities of the entire ocean.”

Wendy Heywood • harvard
March 3, 2023 ~6 min

One small step toward understanding gravity

Quantum computing simulation reveals possible wormhole-like dynamics.

Alice McCarthy • harvard
Feb. 22, 2023 ~4 min

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