Giving students everywhere up-close access to a world of art

The International Image Interoperability Framework makes online access as good as, or better than, physical interaction with library collections.

Anna Burgess • harvard
Jan. 9, 2023 ~7 min

What we learned in 2022

Highlights from another year of discovery at Harvard, where inquiring minds are the norm.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Dec. 20, 2022 ~3 min


Exoplanet spiraling toward its doom as it orbits aging star

For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.

Adam Hadhazy • harvard
Dec. 19, 2022 ~6 min

Why nuclear fusion is so exciting

Harvard scientist Adam Cohen breaks down breakthrough that might prove major turning point in clean energy efforts — but not any time soon.

Clea Simon • harvard
Dec. 13, 2022 ~7 min

Looking to retain most potent regenerative stem cells

Humans lose them after embryonic development, unlike some animals. New Harvard research offers potential insights into why.

Alice McCarthy • harvard
Dec. 8, 2022 ~4 min

Excerpt from ‘Minding the Climate’ by Ann-Christine Duhaime

You believe in climate change but drive a gas-guzzler, don’t recycle. Why? Neuroscientist explores in new book.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Dec. 6, 2022 ~18 min

‘Croco-salamander’ bones offer clues to how early animals emerged from water

A study overturns the long-held belief that ancient species grew at slow, steady pace, and offers insights into human maturation.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Dec. 5, 2022 ~7 min

Why elephants have bigger bones and other mysteries of biophysics

During a virtual Harvard Science Book Talk, Raghuveer Parthasarathy examines the mysteries covered in his new book, “So Simple a Beginning: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World.”

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Dec. 2, 2022 ~6 min


Physicians discuss COP27, need to keep focus on toll suffered by real people

The health impacts of climate change are gaining greater recognition, but the most important thing, one expert said, is to keep telling people’s stories.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 28, 2022 ~6 min

Glimmers of movement, hope at COP27

The most significant climate change action during COP27 this month occurred thousands of miles away, in Bali, Indonesia, when the U.S. and China agreed to restart what had been a successful partnership to cut globe warming emissions before the two nations’ relations soured in recent years.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 23, 2022 ~10 min

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