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Science & Tech Mars may have been habitable much more recently than thought Photo: Wikimedia Commons Anne J. Manning Harvard Staff Writer October 29, 2024 4 min read Study bolsters theory that...
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Nation & World Key to negotiated peace in Ukraine? Having the West keep Russia honest. Former defense minister says U.S., allies need to continue financial, arms aid, remove curbs on missiles to...
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Arts & Culture So who knew Goliath threw the fight for cash? Comedy writer Simon Rich talks about turning life into funny fiction, offers tips for young writers Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff...
View ArticleThreads of generosity: A family’s quilted legacy
This quilt, created by Sherry Rencenberger Boram, second cousin of Robert James, depicts members of the James family in and around their home in Ord, Nebraska. The words in the sky list qualities...
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View ArticleAmid Hurricane Milton’s devastation, a sliver of good news
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Health Warning for younger women: Be vigilant on breast cancer risk Pathologist explains the latest report from the American Cancer Society Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer October 30, 2024...
View ArticleTime for ‘emergence of a new and better democracy’
Sherrilyn Ifill delivers the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture. Photos by Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Campus & Community Time for ‘emergence of a new and better democracy’...
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View ArticleBot’s literary analysis wasn’t ‘brilliantly original’ — is that beside the...
Photos by Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Arts & Culture Bot’s literary analysis wasn’t ‘brilliantly original’ — is that beside the point? Writers Claire Messud, Laura Kipnis debate AI’s...
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Nation & World ‘A sense of illumination, if not calm, about the fate of American democracy’ Lawrence Bobo (from left), Mina Cikara, Eric Matthew Nelson, Jill Lepore, and Theda Skocpol speaking...
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