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Canada looking to help develop sensors for 'Golden Dome' missile defence, U.S. general tells conference
Canada's participation in U.S. President Donald Trump's planned "Golden Dome" missile defence system for North America is limited to research involving the detection of incoming threats, the U.S. commander for...
NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 13th Consecutive Year
NASA’s Worm logo is displayed in front of the agency’s headquarters in Washington.Credit: NASA For the 13th straight year, NASA has earned the title of Best Place to Work in the Federal...
Legacy of Slavery expands work with oldest genealogical nonprofit in U.S.
Campus & Community Legacy of Slavery expands work with oldest genealogical nonprofit in U.S. Memorial Hall. Photo by Grace DuVal Andrea Perera Harvard Correspondent February 13, 2025 long read Partnership laying groundwork for...
New era for the Bok Center
Karen Thornber.Photo by Grace DuVal Campus & Community New era for the Bok Center Eileen O’Grady Harvard Staff Writer February 14, 2025 8 min read Director shares vision for innovative teaching and learning...
Is AI already shaking up labor market?
A study co-authored by economist David Deming examines how technology has changed the U.S. labor market over 100 years.Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Work & Economy Is AI already shaking up labor market? 4...
Who sustains the rule of law?
Nation & World Who sustains the rule of law? The question is a personal one for voters, scholar argues — or should be Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer February 19, 2025 4...
What jazz teaches about necessity of civil discourse
Nation & World What jazz teaches about necessity of civil discourse Musician, composer Wynton Marsalis visits campus to help launch Culture and Civil Society Initiative Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer February 19, 2025...
4 things we learned this week
Photo illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Campus & Community 4 things we learned this week Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer February 20, 2025 1 min read How closely have you been following the...
What are the prospects for Ukraine?
A Ukrainian soldier launches a drone from a shelter in partially occupied Toretsk, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region.Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP Nation...
Better than the book?
Illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Arts & Culture Better than the book? Faculty recommend their favorite reads adapted for the silver screen … and maybe even improved in the process Sy Boles Harvard...
Did the TikTok ban go too far?
Moderator Jonathan Zittrain (from left) and Anupam Chander listen as Alan Rozenshtein (far right) shares concerns about TikTok and its potential threat to national security.Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Nation & World Did the...
Americans used to move around a lot, chasing opportunity. No more.
Yoni Appelbaum. Photo by Jessica Torch Nation & World Americans used to move around a lot, chasing opportunity. No more. Yoni Appelbaum argues legal, political hurdles over past 50 years have had troubling...
How planned major U.S. foreign aid cuts expected to shake out abroad — and at home
Officials inspect a donation of food aid during a January 2024 ceremony in Harare, Zimbabwe. Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP file photo Nation & World How planned major U.S. foreign aid cuts expected to shake out...
U.S. judge blocks NIH’s plan to slash overhead cost payments
A federal judge in Massachusetts today blocked an attempt by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cut some $4 billion annually that goes to universities to cover the cost of supporting...
Supreme Court upholds lower court’s order to ‘unfreeze’ $2 billion in foreign aid
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an earlier court order from a federal judge instructing the government to release nearly $2 billion in foreign aid by the end of 26 February. The...
Panels giving scientific advice to Census Bureau disbanded by Trump administration
Recently confirmed U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has disbanded five outside panels that provide scientific and community advice to the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies just as preparations are...
New NIH grant terminations target transgender studies—even in mice
Researchers across the United States and beyond who study transgender health are learning that their National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants are being abruptly canceled. Two such killed grants were revealed on Monday...
Thursday Trump Tracker: Senators love CHIPS, Education Dept. threatened, fed buildings not for sale?
Here are our full stories on the Trump administration . Have new story tips, internal Trump administration or science agency emails, or other key documents? Contact us . Our latest stories New...
Thousands gather across U.S. and world in Stand Up for Science events
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial here today to protest what they consider the antiscience actions of President Donald...
Friday Trump Tracker: science rallies, last-minute job extensions, food safety panels killed
Here are our full stories on the Trump administration . Have new story tips, internal Trump administration or science agency emails, or other key documents? Contact us . Our latest stories Thousands gather...
Mourners plead for change at funeral for Florida mother shot, killed
Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Ajike "AJ" Shantrell Owens, a Florida mother of four who was shot and killed through a neighbor's door. Her family pleaded for the community to...
Pat Sajak to end 41-season 'Wheel of Fortune' run after next season
Iconic game show host Pat Sajak announced Monday that he will end his run on Wheel of Fortune at the end of next season.
Southern Baptists to vote on permanent ban of women pastors
Southern Baptists will vote this week on whether to permanently ban women pastors, after the SBC executive committee decided Monday to give its more than 12,000 members a voice on...
NIH working group calls for fewer—but better paid—postdocs
Postdocs in U.S. biomedical research labs should be paid better, even if it means supporting fewer of them. That’s the preliminary position of a working group formed by the U.S. National Institutes of...
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell resigning less than 2 years into job
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced Monday that she will resign after about 18 months on the job. Sewell announced her resignation in a letter to colleagues.
Virginia man pleads guilty in attacking police with stick in Jan. 6 riot
A man who authorities said was caught on body camera hitting Metropolitan Police officers during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol pleaded guilty to felony assault charges on Monday.
HFPA disbands, Golden Globes to continue
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Monday the membership would disband as Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries continues the Golden Globe Awards.
Buying 25 tickets for one lottery drawing earns Va. man $125,000
A Virginia man's big gamble paid off when he bought 25 identical tickets for the same lottery drawing and won a total $125,000.