Science & Tech Archives — Harvard Gazette (2024)

Sections Featured Topics Featured series Wondering Explore the Gazette Read the latest ‘Be that voice for compassion, learning, understanding, and unity’ Six receive honorary degrees A joyful noise ‘The scientist is not in the business of following instructions.’ Glimpse of next-generation internet Science is making anti-aging progress. But do we want to live forever? Epic science inside a cubic millimeter of brain What is ‘original scholarship’ in the age of AI? Complex questions, innovative approaches All Science & Tech Early warning sign of extinction? So much for summers of love Are you a human? Select all that apply. Amazon butterfly evolved from hybrids Is AI friend or foe? Wrong question. Getting ahead of dyslexia Why AI fairness conversations must include disabled people How did you get that frog to float? Lifting a few with my chatbot Hate mosquitoes? Who doesn’t? But maybe we shouldn’t. Climate alignment is no easy task A playbook for policy change Under pressure Glimpse into how mind may affect healing Herbaria’s use and importance grows with climate change Harvard physicists create a new phase of matter Did fermented foods fuel brain growth? ‘Radcliffe Wave’ is waving Aramont Fellows bring cutting-edge scientific innovation to the forefront Deep in the Amazon, SEAS team tracks a mobile element The miracle of ‘dog’ A fast pivot into the unknown An evolutionary clue, curled up and long unstudied, in a Harvard museum Bird’s-eye view of energy conservation Why do some kids learn to talk earlier than others? You did it of your own free will? No such thing. High-temperature superconductors with a twist Robotic exosuit gives Parkinson’s patient smoother stride Demystifying a mammal’s brain, cell by cell Researchers create first logical quantum processor