Science & Technology
AI is Making Medical Decisions — But For Whom?
Doctors warn that without an ethical framework, patients could be left behind.
by Olivia Farrar
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025-2026 Fellows
Scholars pursue projects ranging from reducing ethnic violence to searching for an undiscovered super-Earth.
by Olivia Farrar
Taking the Fight for Equality into the AI Era
Radcliffe Institute conference tackles bias, fairness, inclusivity in AI development.
by Tamara Evdokimova
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
We Were Students Once...
Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer
by Primus VI
Alice Hamilton
Brief life of a public-health pioneer and reformer: 1869-1970
by Daniel Stone
Ben Franklin’s Project
Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge
by Joyce E. Chaplin
News in Brief
Physician-authors address Commencement and Alumni Day, new School of Education Dean, and more
In the Crosshairs
Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more
by John S. Rosenberg
The Dangers of Mirror Life
Life forms built from left-handed DNA and RNA could threaten Earth’s plants, animals, and insects.
by Ann Thomas
Housing in the Climate Crosshairs
A Harvard briefing on climate change and the U.S. housing crisis
by Jonathan Shaw