Making algorithm used in AI more human-like
How does the human brain navigate complex circumstances — say, driving through Harvard Square traffic at 5 p.m.? One theory gaining support with psychologists and neuroscientists is that the brain...
View ArticleWhat drives four future climate leaders
This story is part of a series of graduate profiles ahead of Commencement ceremonies. They come from various parts of the country, with diverse concentrations and backgrounds. What unites these...
View ArticleExcerpt from ‘Minding the Climate’ by Ann-Christine Duhaime
Excerpted from “Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis” by Ann-Christine Duhaime, the Nicholas T. Zervas Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard...
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Natalie Hodges ’19 shares painful memories in ‘Uncommon Measure’
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to attribute biographical details to recollections published by Natalie Hodges in her memoir. Natalie Hodges was a senior in high school, and this was to be...
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Cutting-edge science at the Harvard’s Rowland Institute
Legendary scientist-entrepreneur Edwin H. Land created more than 40 years ago a refuge where scientists could sidestep bureaucracy and follow their research wherever it led them — often toward...
View ArticleBrain controls symptoms of sickness
Here’s what happens when you get an infection: The nervous system talks to the immune system to figure out that the body is under attack and then orchestrates a series of behavioral and physiological...
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A tour of the brain’s life span, complete with upside-down vision
This is a coming-of-age story — involving your brain. That’s how W.A. Harris opened his virtual Harvard Science Book Talk on Monday. The talk, presented by the University’s Division of Science, Cabot...
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Bringing 17th-century Enlightenment tradition to Memorial Hall
During her first year on campus, Fiona Pollack ’25 enjoyed meeting new people and talking about life at Harvard over a meal at Annenberg. But she wanted to delve deeper with like-minded students into...
View ArticleA ‘mind-blowing’ day
On a recent early morning field trip, Kyle Takei appeared surprisingly awake for a typical high school teenager. Wide-eyed and bouncing in place, the 18-year-old, who had traveled from Vermont to the...
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Natalie Hodges ’19 shares painful memories in ‘Uncommon Measure’
Natalie Hodges was a senior in high school, and this was to be her last performance of the year. “I tasted the sour smack of vomit as I walked onstage,” she would later write about the day. Despite her...
View ArticleMarissa Sumathipala turned to brain science after giving up skating
This story is part of a series of graduate profiles ahead of Commencement ceremonies in May. Marissa Sumathipala was practicing with her recreational figure-skating team when it happened. The sophomore...
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It’s not easy being your brain
“I think, therefore I am” has been a kind of human slogan ever since the 17th-century French philosopher René Descartes wrote his famous phrase. But scientists like Stephen Fleming might add another...
View ArticleLogic or emotion: Which is more valuable?
The argument about whether head or heart is more valuable has raged forever. Would you rather possess the clear rationality of the Greek god Apollo or the wild emotion of Dionysus? The cold logic of...
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Harvard seen as well-equipped to meet ambitious institute’s goals
The mission of the new Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence, which was announced by Harvard and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative this week, is undeniably ambitious,...
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Research suggests a surprising wrinkle in how dogs evolved to become our best...
When Erin Hecht was earning her Ph.D. in neuroscience more than a decade ago, she watched a nature special on the Russian farm-fox experiment, one of the best-known studies on animal domestication. The...
View ArticleSHAM lets students share the magic
Sam Dvorak ’23 longed to be a wizard after reading “Harry Potter” as a child but he knew he faced a few practical impediments. “So I became the closest thing that I could,” said the neuroscience...
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Tech breakthrough combines motion capture and neural learning
Scientists studying the movement of animals have longed for a motion-capture method similar to the one Hollywood animators use to create spectacular big-screen villains (think Thanos in “The...
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Three seniors and alum awarded Marshall, International Rhodes
A difficult year is ending joyfully for three Harvard College students and an alumnus who have been awarded Marshall and International Rhodes scholarships. Jorge Ledesma, Humza Jilani, Evelyn Wong, and...
View ArticleCatherine Dulac rewarded for study of parenting behavior
Catherine Dulac, Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences and Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has been awarded a 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for her pioneering...
View Article3 takes on dealing with uncertainty
In this time of profound uncertainty, society can be sure of one thing: more uncertainty. The seemingly opaque path forward for us, individually and collectively, was the Gazette’s topic with three...
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