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Police violence and the ‘bystander effect’ explained
Since George Floyd died after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes on May 25, demonstrators across the country have gathered to protest police actions against African Americans....
‘A messy experiment’: The early days of Radcliffe
It was called “a messy experiment” by its founder. It became a hub of creativity that helped propel forward the women it engaged, and the women’s movement, in crucial ways. The timing...
100 years later, scholars revisit the Secret Court at Harvard
Sophomore Amit Paley was researching a story for the Harvard Crimson in 2002 when an unrelated note in the University Archives database caught his eye. The entry was titled “Secret Court Files, 1920,”...
Panel puts ‘defining moment’ of Floyd killing into context
As public protests against the police killings of George Floyd and other African American men and women continue in all 50 states and hundreds of other countries, scholars are looking to place...
Study abroad during Arab Spring stirs his passion to defend democracy
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. Hainer Sibrian’s desire for a career as a U.S. diplomat was ignited while studying in Egypt during the...
Research, personal story frame professor’s new book
The intellectual questions Durba Mitra asks are formed as much from her archival research as from her conversations with women on their experiences of social judgment and subordination and their efforts to challenge...
Blythe George’s ambitions are to help her community, her tribe
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. For Blythe George, the road to becoming a scholar who studies the effects of poverty, unemployment, and crime among...
Harvard experts discuss how to effect lasting change
The continuing nationwide demonstrations launched after the killing of George Floyd have sparked a debate among minority groups and leaders, activists, academics, and public officials over how best to convert the energy of...
For a day, Harvard science shuts down to #Strike4BlackLives
Harvard science shut down for a day of reflection and a kind of reckoning. Faculty, staff, and researchers across the entire FAS Division of Science and the John E. Paulson School of...
The outlook for Harvard’s online learning
Most American students in higher education were forced to finish their spring semesters online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of them will start the next academic year in some sort of remote...
Therapy dogs help some kids with autism more than others
Therapy dogs may help some children with autism improve their social skills, but this approach doesn't work in all cases, a new study finds.
Trump administration rolls back LGBTQ health protections
The Trump administration on Friday rolled back non-discrimination protections for people based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Students struggle to make campus housing decisions as colleges make reopening plans
College students are making fall housing decisions, including whether to sign and break leases, based on limited details of what campus life will look like.
More than 260 Black-owned businesses in and around L.A.
"What can I do to help, right now?" It's a question many have asked after the death of George Floyd focused the nation's attention on police killings, entrenched racism and discrimination.One answer? Support...
Trump's solution for the coronavirus? Don't talk about it.
Nearly six weeks after Trump stopped daily televised briefings on the coronavirus, he is acting like the deadly pandemic is over. It's not.
Woman wins Caribbean Lottery jackpot for a second time
A woman matched all four numbers in a Caribbean Lottery drawing to win an $8,666 prize -- for the second time.
Older, more anxious people likely to stockpile toilet paper during pandemic
People who stockpiled toilet paper as the COVID-19 pandemic reached U.S. shores in March likely felt more threatened by the virus and, in general, emphasize preparedness in other facets of...
Traveling with a baby? Here are the supplies you’ll need
Items to make traveling with your little ones easier. (Octav Cado via Unsplash/)Traveling with young kids and babies can be a tough and thankless task. Parents often have to deal with long...
The outlook for Harvard’s online learning
Most American students in higher education were forced to finish their spring semesters online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of them will start the next academic year in some sort of remote...
Playards to keep your baby or toddler happy and safe
A place to play. (Amazon /)New parents are always reluctant to let go of their little ones. But let us assure you there will come a time when both you and baby...
Survey: Social separation among biggest challenges of learning at home
Children being separated from classmates and teachers is one of the biggest challenges of distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic, parents said.
Look: Teyana Taylor, Iman Shumpert expecting second child
Teyana Taylor shows her baby bump in her music video for "Wake Up Love," featuring Iman Shumpert and their daughter.
Listen: D1CE shares 'Draw You: Remember Me' highlight medley
K-pop group D1CE released clips of "Draw You" and four other songs from its forthcoming EP, "Draw You: Remember Me."
Ontarians get OK to build social bubbles of 10 people — and yes, you can hug
As new daily cases of COVID-19 continue to decline in Ontario, the Ford government is allowing people anywhere in the province to build "social circles" of up to 10 people...
How giving cash to poor families may also save trees in Indonesia
Last year marked the third year in a row of when Indonesia’s bleak rate of deforestation has slowed in pace. One reason for the turnaround may be the country’s antipoverty program. That initiative...
Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Friday
China's capital is suspending plans to restart classes for the first three years of elementary school next week amid reports of new cases of community transmission in the city. Here's...
The science behind sex, gender, and athletic competition is still pretty shaky
Medical physicist Joanna Harper is going the distance in researching when and how trans athletes should qualify for women's sports. (Jon Enoch/)Popular Science’s Play issue is now available to everyone. Read it now,...
Study participants unable to detect pathogens based on sound of cough or sneeze
The grosser someone sounds when they cough or sneeze, the more likely you are to suspect they have a contagious infection -- even if it's not true.