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

Study explains early humans ate starch — and why it matters

Findings on Neanderthal oral microbiomes offer new clues on evolution, health.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
May 10, 2021 ~8 min


How we handle stress at 45 linked to prenatal exposure

Men and women whose mothers experienced stressful events during pregnancy regulate stress differently in the brain 45 years later, results of a long-term study demonstrate.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
April 5, 2021 ~5 min

Researchers find conversations don’t end when people want them to

Conversations don’t end when people want them to because few people know how to end them politely, a Harvard study finds.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
March 3, 2021 ~6 min

Online demos can be as effective as classroom teaching

In a new paper, Harvard researchers show for the first time that research-based online STEM demonstrations not only can teach students more, but can be just as effective as classroom teaching.

Anna Fiorentino • harvard
Feb. 28, 2020 ~6 min

Study shows that students learn more when taking part in classrooms that employ active-learning strategies

A new Harvard study shows that, though students felt like they learned more from traditional lectures, they actually learned more when taking part in active-learning classrooms.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Sept. 4, 2019 ~8 min

Changing temperatures are helping corn production in U.S. — for now

Increased production of corn in the U.S. has been credited largely to advances in farming technology, but new research shows that changing temperatures play a significant role in crop yield.

Leah Burrows • harvard
Nov. 6, 2018 ~4 min

Changing temperatures are helping corn production in U.S. — for now

Increased production of corn in the U.S. has been credited largely to advances in farming technology, but new research shows that changing temperatures play a significant role in crop yield.

Leah Burrows • harvard
Nov. 6, 2018 ~4 min


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