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


How deadly lessons from Fukushima changed Japan and the world

Journalist, crisis expert at HKS event say it shifted nation’s attitude toward military, global sense of need to prepare for unexpected disasters.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
April 25, 2023 ~7 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

Oliver Stone wants you to reconsider nuclear power

In a Harvard talk following a preview of his new documentary, the director debates nuclear energy's merits as a climate change solution.

Anna Lamb • harvard
April 20, 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

U.S. clean energy transition soon ‘to be on steroids’

Former Biden climate adviser Gina McCarthy brings insider’s view of status of battle against warming to Smith Center

Alvin Powell • harvard
April 20, 2023 ~9 min

How a mind-controlling fungal parasite turns insects into zombies

Postdoc Carolyn Elya sheds light on how parasitic fungus hijacks the nervous system of flies.

Rohini Subrahmanyam • harvard
April 18, 2023 ~7 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

Desire to battle climate change rooted in childhood

Environmental science and engineering doctoral student grew up next door to family’s palm-oil refinery outside Bangkok.

Alvin Powell • harvard
April 12, 2023 ~8 min

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