Jun 06 Take a break from politics with these 5 important stories By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry, Jenny Marder, Michael Rios Paris accord aside, here are five important stories that may have gotten buried under last week’s big news. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 5:49 How the sugar industry paid experts to downplay health risks By PBS News Hour Researchers have discovered documents showing that the sugar industry paid researchers to downplay the health risks of sugar and play up the risks of saturated fat in the 1960s. Gwen Ifill speaks with Marion Nestle of New York University about… Continue watching
May 19 One former bank executive’s quest to make the workforce more ‘neurodiverse’ By Paul Solman Former bank executive Lynne Wines came to Harvard looking to scale and fine-tune a program to get businesses to hire more more "neurodiverse" employees -- that is, people with Asperger's, autism, dyslexia, post-traumatic stress disorder, Tourette's -- people whose brains… Continue reading
Feb 17 Clinton’s critical mistake in handling her email release By Nsikan Akpan Tread carefully before opting out. A new Harvard study explores why choosing not to disclose might be perceived as worse than lying. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch 4:05 Vast digitizing project will put Harvard’s colonial archives online By PBS News Hour Harvard University has launched a project to digitize almost half a million items from its 17th and 18th century archives – the largest digitizing effort the university has ever undertaken. The letters, journals, documents and drawings tell the story not… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch: Harvard scientists develop tiny robots that can swarm By Charles Pulliam-Moore Borrowing a page out of nature’s handbook, a team of researchers at Harvard University have developed a fleet of miniscule robots that can arrange themselves into complex configurations without the use of a core artificial intelligence. Equal parts automaton and… Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch Papyrus referencing Jesus’ wife dates back to ancient times By News Desk Experts at Columbia, MIT and Harvard have concluded through scientific testing that a small papyrus fragment that quotes Jesus making references to “my wife,” is in fact from ancient times. What do these new findings reveal? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Why investing in the health of Americans should start early A group of doctors from the Commission to Build a Healthier America has issued a list of recommendations to improve health in America, noting relationships between socioeconomic status and wellness. Judy Woodruff talks to David Williams of Harvard University about… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Shields, Brooks on Congressional Escapes and March Madness Shields and Brooks on Congressional Escapes and Winning March Madness Brackets… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch Science Nation – RoboBees: Design Poses Intriguing Engineeri It started with a TV show, "Silence of the Bees," about honeybee populations in steep decline. At Harvard University, electrical engineers Rob Wood and Gu-Yeon Wei, and computer scientist Radhika Nagpal saw a challenge. And, so began the creation of… Continue watching