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

Innovative imaging maps area of brain linked to speech

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

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


Researchers fight to save frogs from extinction

Indian herpetologists bring their life’s work to Harvard just as study shows a world hostile to the fate of amphibians.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Oct. 23, 2023 ~8 min

Experts warn how life will change as global temperatures rise

At the “Future of Cities” event, panelists explained how rising temperatures will impact different economic levels in various parts of world.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 18, 2023 ~8 min

A DEEPer (squared) dive into AI

Machine learning techniques give scientists faster returns of high-quality organ images.

Rohini Subrahmanyam • harvard
Oct. 17, 2023 ~5 min

Clearing forests to erect solar panels may not be clean-energy solution

Harvard-led analysis suggests incentives to save carbon-absorbing trees, siting projects on rooftops, developed areas.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Oct. 13, 2023 ~6 min

Self-correcting quantum computers within reach?

Harvard team’s method of reducing errors tackles a major barrier to scaling up technology.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Oct. 11, 2023 ~5 min

Scientists develop AI tool that predicts virus mutations

EVEscape uses evolutionary and biological information to predict how a virus could change to escape the immune system.

Catherine Caruso • harvard
Oct. 11, 2023 ~8 min


Harvard astronomers find explanation for Milky Way’s warp

The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian’s results bolster hypothesis of how galaxy evolved.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Sept. 27, 2023 ~4 min

Human brain too big to map so they’re starting with mice

Harvard-led project seeks to create the first comprehensive diagram of every neural connection.

Anne Manning • harvard
Sept. 26, 2023 ~8 min

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