Science & Technology
A Harvard Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why Exercise Matters on GLP-1s
As weight loss medications become more common, Daniel Lieberman discusses the importance of preserving muscle.
Academia’s Absence from Homelessness
“The lack of dedicated research funding in this area is a major, major problem.”
Homelessness Is a Crisis of Public Health
In our fragmented system, loss of housing leads to mental and physical deterioration. Some new initiatives aim to connect the remedies.
AI as Cancer Oracle?
How is artificial intelligence (AI) being used for cancer detection and prevention?
Private Equity in Medicine and the Quality of Care
Hundreds of U.S. hospitals are owned by private equity firms—does monetizing medicine affect the quality of care?
Portfolio Diet May Reduce Long-Term Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke, Harvard Researchers Find
A little-known diet improves cardiovascular health through several distinct mechanisms.
Reparations as Public Health
A Harvard forum on the racial health gap
How Air Pollution Affects Our Brains
An expert Harvard panel discusses the links between air pollution and dementia, learning, mental health, and mood.
How to Prevent Cancer through Nutrition
Expert advice for daily life
Diagnosis by Fiction
The “Healing Quartet” probes medicine—and life.
Computational Control of a Living Brain?
How an AI agent learned to guide an animal to food—and what it might mean for Parkinson’s patients.