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Harvard classicists size up Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

I think it’s very important for us as classicists to take a work like Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ as a work of adaptation that is ...
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Top mathematicians grade AI’s ability to solve toughest problems

The First Proof consortium has repeatedly challenged AI systems to crack 10 tough research math problems. In the latest round ...
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Exploring why different groups of people, zebras, and even ants make nice

Cooperation can make us stronger, building alliances and increasing the availability of resources. A recent symposium hosted ...
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How scientific instruments reinforced distorted ideas about race

A new exhibit at Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments probes how calipers and spirometers never simply ...
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8 awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medals in joyful ceremony

Singer Mavis Staples, actress Angela Bassett, and soccer star Didier Drogba were among the honorees presented with W.E.B. Du ...
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Hoekstra, Petrofsky outline new FAS administrative model at first faculty meeting of academic year

Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi Hoekstra used the first Meeting of the Faculty of the 2026–27 academic year to reflect on the Workforce Planning effort and to discuss the ...
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Caribbean art takes campus spotlight

A first-of-its-kind exhibition at the Hutchins Center’s Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art brings together works of contemporary artists from Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, ...
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Analyzing ‘time capsules’ from the early solar system, delivered by meteorites

Harvard geoscientists reported that organic matter harvested from certain meteorites bears chemical traces of “primitive ...