Humans have evolved an exceptionally high metabolic rate, unlike any other known animal. Unlike primates that conserve energy by being less active, humans can stay on the move thanks to sweating, ...

Scientists have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect.

Dasha Pruss is an assistant professor of philosophy and computer science at George Mason University and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Readers warn that the Trump administration’s defunding of medical research will cost lives. Also: President Trump’s remarks about Ukraine.

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...

International biotechnology company GlaxoSmithKline is moving its vaccine and infectious disease research teams to Cambridge, ...

The new $133 million Resnick Center, an 80,000-square-foot hub currently housing four research centers, designed by Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign opened in October 2024. I ...

In a small manganese oxide cluster, teams from HZB and HU Berlin have discovered a particularly exciting compound: two high-spin manganese centers in two very different oxidation states. This complex ...

The overhaul of US science kicked off within hours of Trump’s inauguration on 20 January, when he signed dozens of executive ...

Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCGB) hosted a panel discussion where economists discussed the potential ramifications of tariffs proposed by the Trump ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, students are still recovering when it comes to learning reading and math. A new ...

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