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For This Poet, AI is a Writing Partner

Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Part of the Perseus molecular cloud, as seen through the Smithsonian’s MMT telescope in Arizona. Self-gravitating structures—dense areas where stars are forming—appear as dark spots. The L1448 region is located in the upper-right quadrant of the image.

Perseus in 3-D

New three-dimensional PDF technology allows Harvard astronomers—and you—to explore worlds hundreds of light-years away.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Jonathan Newmark's inaugural CD

Life in Counterpoint

Jonathan Newmark balances his day job and his music.

by Krysten A. Keches

Particulate matter that is 2.5 microns or less in diameter (PM2.5), the kind emitted from smokestacks and tailpipes, is known to be especially harmful. Reductions in such pollution lead to increased life expectancy. In Boston between 1980 and 2000, for example, as PM2.5 concentrations dropped from 18 to 11 micrograms per cubic meter, local average life expectancy climbed four years. Of that increase, four-tenths of a year—or 10 percent of the total gain—was attributable to improved air quality.

Clean Air, Longer Life

Controls on fine particle pollution extended average lifespan in the United States by five months between 1980 and 2000.

by Jonathan Shaw

Edibles entrepreneur Jessi Walter on the job

Life and Cupcakes

Jessi Walter has fun on the job.

by Krysten A. Keches

A scanning electron microscope image reveals the porous nature of a bioengineered disk where immune cells can reside and be programmed for vaccination.

Fighting Disease in Situ

A new technique aims to boost the body’s ability to seek out and destroy cancer cells.

The SIGnboard

Celebrate with Shared Interest Groups during Commencement

"Dissing Evolution"

Energy is the key to understanding human evolution—and to saving ourselves and our planet, says Daniel Lieberman.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

That’s No Excuse! Countering Reunion Objections

...and some mechanisms to motivate attendance

Last June, members of the College class of 1936 waved brooms to honor J.K. Rowling.

"You Haven't Changed a Bit"

Why people worry about reunions

by Ellen Gordon Reeves

Roger Fu in the Science Center’s Loomis-Michael Observatory, where he shows fellow students the skies

Glimpses of Senior Life

The Harvard College experiences of three imminent alumni: Roger Fu, Marta Figlerowicz, and Tamara Jafar

by Christian Flow , Krysten A. Keches , Brittney Moraski