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Nation & World ‘We cannot let our past become our children’s future’ Former Harvard President Larry Bacow joined world leaders, delegates, and survivors at a Jan. 27 ceremony marking the 80th...
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View ArticleLandmark studies track source of Indo-European languages spoken by 40% of world
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Nation & World Danger ahead In advance of his lecture at Harvard Thursday, former national security official Ben Rhodes spoke to the Gazette about global trade, hotspots including Syria and Gaza,...
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The parade fêting Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Cynthia Erivo rolls through Harvard Square on Wednesday.Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Campus & Community A ‘Wicked’ good time Nikki...
View ArticleEven Bill Gates thinks AI is a little scary
Science & Tech Even Bill Gates thinks AI is a little scary Tech pioneer visits campus with his new memoir to discuss beauty of math, dropping out of College, founding Microsoft, value of curiosity...
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Magda Bader.Photos by Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Nation & World ‘Sorry to see that 80 years later, this is still an important subject’ Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer...
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Health The lie that taints perfectionism ‘How to Be Enough’ author on the difference between admiration and acceptance, the power of ‘2 percent kinder,’ and why values should come before rules Liz...
View ArticleClass surges as factor in who gets sent to prison
Nation & World Class surges as factor in who gets sent to prison Incarceration rates fall for Black Americans, soar for white Americans without college education, finds study Nikki Rojas Harvard...
View ArticleWhat electric fish can teach scientists about NeuroAI
Science & Tech What electric fish can teach scientists about NeuroAI The elephantnose fish, a weakly electric fish named for the trunk-like protrusion on its head, was studied by researchers....
View ArticleIt’s inoperable cancer. Should AI make call about what happens next?
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View ArticleClass of 2000 elects Dara Olmsted Silverstein as chief marshal of alumni
Dara Olmsted Silverstein. Campus & Community Class of 2000 elects Dara Olmsted Silverstein as chief marshal of alumni Food sustainability advocate to serve in longstanding alumni tradition...
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Health Cancer claims are everywhere. Which to trust? Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer February 11, 2025 1 min read Our research-based quiz can help There is no...
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