Science & Technology
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
Understanding AI Vulnerabilities
As artificial intelligence capabilities evolve, so too will the tactics used to exploit them.
by Olivia Farrar
How Measles Destroys Immune Memories
Michael Mina explains “immune amnesia” and the lasting impact of infection.
by Jonathan Shaw