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Is Ultraprocessed Food Really That Bad?

A Harvard professor challenges conventional wisdom. 

by Craig Lambert

In Adam Cohen's lab, neurons to light up as they fire

Harvard researchers create neurons that light up when they fire.

by Erin O’Donnell

Todd Rogers studies how people dodge questions without being detected

How people successfully dodge questions and how to prevent them from getting away with it.

by Peter Saalfield

Geoffrey Jones studies America's forgotten green entrepreneurs

Geoffrey Jones studies America's forgotten green entrepreneurs.

by Alexander Bloom

Vanessa Williamson and Theda Skocpol study Tea Party conservatism

Theda Skocpol analyzes the politics and demographics of the Tea Party.

by Erin O’Donnell

Red meat consumption-diabetes link explored by Harvard researchers

Eating even small amounts of red meat daily increases the risk of diabetes.

by Jonathan Shaw

Joshua Greene studies the scientific basis for moral decision-making

Brains scans reveal that In moral decision-making, people rely on emotion to guide choices in some situations and rationality in others.

by Peter Saalfield

Daniel Wegner finds that access to information online changes memory function

Psychology professor Daniel Wegner has found that access to information online changes what people remember.

by Alexander Bloom

Michael Norton of HBS studies wealth inequality perceptions and preferences

Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton finds Americans prefer a more equal distribution of wealth.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

George Church has developed tools for large-scale editing of the genome

George Church has developed tools for large-scale editing of the genome as fast and easy as word processing.

by Courtney Humphries

Cygnus black hole confirmed by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics confirm the presence of a black hole in the constellation Cygnus.

by Jonathan Shaw