What will concerts look like when California reopens?

Even in the most optimistic future under COVID-19, live music will be one of the last things to return to normal. When it does — and it will eventually — shows will...

U.S. stocks rise again on Wall Street in early trading Friday

A day after rising more than 200 points, the United States' bellwether stock index climbed another 300 points in early trading Friday.

4.1 million U.S. homeowners past due on their mortgage, data shows

More than 4 million American homeowners are past due on their mortgage, a figure that's been fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, industry data showed Friday.

Computer vision helps scientists study lithium ion batteries

New machine learning methods bring insights into how lithium ion batteries degrade, and show it's more complicated than many thought.

A standard for real-time calculation of pollutant emissions allocated to the use of ICTs

The first ever standard for real-time calculation of pollutant emissions allocated to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) was recently introduced, thanks to the work of the IEEE...

Japan offers weekend's only top-level event as horse racing struggles to resume

Coronavirus brings worldwide horse racing almost to a halt, with only one Grade 1 event on the weekend schedule, but rays of hope exist.

Look: Police investigating loose camel report find escaped emu instead

Police in the Netherlands said officers responding to reports of a loose camel ended up capturing an emu running wild through the city of Rotterdam.

California begins reopening economy as select businesses unlock doors

Parts of California, including Los Angeles County, are allowing some businesses to offer curbside service Friday.

Katy Perry to release new song 'Daisies' on May 15

Katy Perry announced "Daisies," a first single from her forthcoming fifth studio album and a rumored collaboration with Taylor Swift.

Korea's K-League soccer returns with rules against spitting, talking

K-League soccer resumed with a game behind closed doors Friday in South Korea, with players prohibited from spitting and talking.

Tens of thousands of California college students to get relief from emergency grants

California college students will get emergency CARES grants

Pennsylvania, Texas, California among states lifting coronavirus restrictions Friday

California, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are among states that are loosening coronavirus restrictions Friday to gradually revive their economies.

Canada lost nearly 2 million jobs in April amid COVID-19 crisis: Statistics Canada

Lessons from the center of the state’s pandemic

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation sat down with Katharine Robb, a postdoctoral research fellow at the center’s Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative where she has been conducting research on housing...

Apocalyptic movies show what we worry about most

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, movies about post-apocalyptic worlds — often brought about by deadly, fast-spreading viruses — drew millions of eyeballs. Now, with millions of people at home because of the COVID-19...

Harvard’s dining services donates food for distribution

Before the current pandemic crisis, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) prepared almost 23,000 meals on a typical day. When Harvard’s campus began de-densifying earlier this spring, HUDS was left with a significant amount of food on...

Colson Whitehead ’91 awarded second Pulitzer Prize

Novelist Colson Whitehead has an interest in history, and now he has made some. The 1991 Harvard graduate won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in fiction on Monday for his novel “The Nickel...

A tool to provide policymakers with real-time data

An interactive tool that uses real-time data to measure the depth of the economic downturn and give evidence of any recovery was launched today by Opportunity Insights, a Harvard-based institute of social scientists...

Erin McDermott named new athletic director at Harvard

Erin McDermott has been named the John D. Nichols ’53 Family Director of Athletics, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay announced today. McDermott brings 25 years of...

Past pandemics show how coronavirus budgets can drive faster economic recovery

With New Zealand's May 14 budget expected to chart the way out of the economic crisis, Finance Minister Grant Robertson should be looking to the past as well as the...

Working from home makes us more productive and innovative, says survey

Four out of every 10 people are willing to continue to do their work from home when confinement rules related to COVID-19 are lifted —but almost just as many are...

Serbia slams EU's 'fake' description of inventor Tesla as Croatian

Serbia's culture minister on Friday called for an apology over the European Union's "fake" description of Nikola Tesla, the famous pioneer of modern electrical engineering, as a Croatian on the...

Funds increase for space in response to COVID-19

Some €10 million is now available for proposals to use space to improve healthcare and distance learning in response to the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to the Italian national delegation to...

The US military has officially published three UFO videos. Why doesn't anybody seem to care?

On April 27, 2020, the US Department of Defense issued a public statement authorizing the release of three "UFO" videos taken by US Navy pilots.

New online tool to improve circular ecodesign

A new tool has just been launched allowing producers of packaging (plastic and cardboard) to assess its recyclability and circular economy-related indicators.

Peoples' love of bees bodes well for conservation efforts, researcher finds

Bees pollinate about 75% of all fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the U.S., as well as 80% of flowering plants in the world. As the challenges facing bee populations...

The strategy against COVID-19 spreading depends on mathematical modeling—but how?

COVID-19 is presently impacting the entire world and different approaches to stopping the epidemic are tested around the globe. As weeks pass by, we learn more and more about this little virus, which...

Labor Dept.: U.S. economy lost 20.5M jobs in April, unemployment near 15%

The United States economy shed more than 20 million jobs last month, the greatest month-to-month decline in history, the Labor Department said Friday in its monthly employment analysis.