
Findings
Insights, discoveries, and analysis from Harvard scholars and scientists.
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โSmolderingโ cardiovascular crisis
Downward trend in deaths appears stalled due to lack of urgency among doctors, patients, along with healthcare barriers
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Work & Economy
Remember when corporate America steered clear of politics on social media?ย ย
Study finds Twitter surge starting in 2017, most of it Democratic-leaning by surprising range of firms, with negative effects on stock price
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Health
What your brain score says about your body
Simple tool can be used to identify risk factors for cancer and heart disease too, says new study
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Nation & World
Youth gun deaths rise in states that relaxed laws
Study compares child mortality rates before and after 2010 Supreme Court ruling
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Health
Sonโs diabetes diagnosis sent scientist on quest for cure
Decades later, Doug Melton and team are testing treatment that could make insulin shots obsolete
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Health
Wildfire smoke can harm heart and lungs even after the fire has ended
First study to fully assess its impact on all major types of cardiovascular, respiratory diseases
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Science & Tech
Social media fueled divisions. Teaming up may help heal.
Study finds pairing members of opposing parties on the same side to compete in specially designed quiz eases partisanship
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Why do gliomas tend to recur in the brain?
First look at the interplay between neurons and tumors sheds light on formation, spread
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Probe the gut, protect the brain?
In fight against Parkinsonโs and other disorders, two-way connection may someday lead to a breakthrough
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A common sense, win-win idea โ and both right, left agreeย ย
Poll measures support for revenue-sharing plan on renewable energy that helps states, localities, and environment
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Why be kind? You might live longer.
Take our research-based quiz on biological benefits of being good
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Score another point for the plants
Study finds 1:2 ratio of plant to animal protein lowers risk of heart disease
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Dance the audience can feel โ through their phones
Engineer harnesses haptics to translate movement, make her art more accessible
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How HIV research has reshaped modern medicineย
Decades of scientific work turned the tide on a fatal disease and yielded insights into immunity, vaccines, and more
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Ever wonder why your dog does this?
Study decodes neural mechanism that causes hairy mammals to shake their fur when wet
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Rapid relief for the severely depressed? Thereโs a catch.
Ketamine carries risks, say researchers. Yet for some patients, itโs โthe only thing that works.โ
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How humans evolved to be โenergetically uniqueโ
Metabolic rates outpaced โcouch potatoโ primates thanks to sweat, says new study
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Too much sitting hurts the heart
Even with exercise, sedentary behavior can increase risk of heart failure by up to 60%, according to study
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โHarnessing evolutionโ
New tool allows researchers to study gene mutation directly within living human cells
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How mammals got their stride
Revealing twists, turns of evolution from sprawling to upright posture
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Study pinpoints optimal timing for RSV vaccine during pregnancy
Five weeks before giving birth best transfers maternal antibodies to the fetus, say researchers
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Cutting through the fog of long COVID
Researchers say new AI tool sharpens diagnostic process, may help identify more people needing care
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U.S. fertility rates are tumbling, but some families still go big. Why?
Itโs partly matter of faith. Economist examines choice to have large families in new book.
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Warning for younger women: Be vigilant on breast cancer risk
Pathologist explains the latest report from the American Cancer Society
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Grappling with how clearings may support rainforest animal life
New research offers detailed overview of layout, makeup of canopy gaps in Congo
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Mars may have been habitable much more recently than thought
Study bolsters theory that protective magnetic field supporting life-enabling atmosphere remained in place longer than estimates
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Study shows vitamin D doesnโt cut cardiac risk
Outdoor physical activity may be a better target for preventive intervention, says researcher
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Weight-loss surgery down 25 percent as anti-obesity drug use soars
Study authors call for more research examining how trend affects long-term patient outcomes
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How to fight depression? Faster.
Hope flags when medications fail, isolating and endangering patients. Backed by a major grant, 2 Harvard scientists are focused on reducing the distance between diagnosis and recovery.
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What happened when a meteorite the size of four Mount Everests hit Earth?ย
Giant impact had silver lining for life, according to new study
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Big discovery about microscopic โwater bearsโ
Bit of happenstance, second look at ancient fossils leads to new insights into evolution of tardigrade, one of most indestructible life forms on planetย
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The making of the gut
Studies connect genetics, physics in embryonic developmentย
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Unearthed papyrus contains lost scenes from Euripidesโ plays
Alums help identify, decipher โone of the most significant new finds in Greek literature in this centuryโ
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Millions of workers are also juggling caregiving. Employers need to rethink.
Business School report finds rigid hiring policies, work rules, scheduling hurt employees but also productivity, retention, bottom line
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Generative AI embraced faster than internet, PCs
Study finds nearly 40 percent of Americans have used technology for tasks at work and at home
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Blue, green, gold: Why eyes of wild cats vary in color
Study traces iris diversity to gray-eyed ancestorย
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Falls put older adults at increased risk of Alzheimerโs
Researchers found dementia more frequently diagnosed within one year of a fall, compared to other types of injuries