A different kind of queen’s gambit
Harvard mathematician largely resolves 150-year-old chess problem involving most powerful piece on board
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Were Jan. 6 attackers extremists? Protesters? Patriots?
Survey finds most view group negatively but much depends on how you feel about Black Lives Matter, gun ownership
Research on genomic history of remote Pacific islands yields surprising findings
New research on remote Pacific islands yields surprising findings on ancestry, culture
Helium shortage 4.0 makes its way to Harvard
Crisis threatens research, equipment, progress of grad students
Brain controls symptoms of sickness
Mouse study illuminates connections to immune system
Moving entangled atoms in quantum processor
Harvard-led team gets around error problems by moving, connecting atoms in mid-computation
Representation making difference
Three physics Rhodes Scholars reflect on ways female mentorship helped them, importance of paying it forward
Interesting facts about Earth from Harvard paleontologist
Paleontologist offers up list of lesser-known facts for Earth Day
Ancient crab with big eyes was an active predator
95-million-year-old crustacean was sharp-eyed, speedy swimmer
Babies can infer people are in close relationships
Harvard-MIT study suggests infants view kissing or sharing food or utensils as social cues indicating close relationships
Take a tour of Harvard’s chalkboards and whiteboards
Blackboards and whiteboards offer windows into the questions, problems, theories, and arguments students are taking on this semester
Big discovery of tiny rare tardigrade fossil
Water bear fossil found in 16-million-year-old amber is the third tardigrade species ever discovered
Researchers share their most essential lab equipment
Scientists describe cherished tools of the trade
Harvard scientists determine early Earth may have been a water world
Harvard scientists calculate early ocean may have been 1 to 2 times bigger
Researchers find conversations don’t end when people want them to
Turns out it’s because we’re uncoordinated that way, new research says
Harvard researcher tracks clonal raider ant to Bangladesh
Harvard researcher’s work shines light on evolution, ways to deal with insect
Music of the spheres
Data sonification turns images from space telescopes into tunes
Harvard researchers sequence Sapria genome
Harvard-led scientists produce most comprehensive genome yet of Sapria himalayana
First saber-toothed animals had 5-inch canines
First saber-toothed animals had complex structures before dinosaurs like T. rex
Octopus’ suction cups hold its taste and touch sensors
Harvard researchers uncover how the sensors in octopus suction cups work
Aging chimps show social selectivity
New study shows nonhuman animals get selective socializing during aging
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