Researchers from Mass General Brigham have found that nearly a third of American adults without heart disease, and almost 80% of those who have suffered a heart attack or stroke, have LDL cholesterol levels exceeding the targets set by the new 2026 American cholesterol guidelines. The study, published in JAMA, highlights that around 75% of…
Stars and galaxies account for much of the universe’s visible matter, yet scientists have long puzzled over a discrepancy: there appears to be more matter than what is observed. Physicists estimate that shortly after the Big Bang, about 83% of the universe’s matter was dark matter, with the rest being ordinary matter. However, the quantity…
The Food and Drug Administration approved bemotrizinol (BEMT) as the first new sunscreen ingredient in 20 years. Dermatologists and oncologists welcomed the decision, highlighting its superior and longer-lasting protection compared to existing U.S. sunscreens. This approval comes amid rising melanoma rates. Hillary Tsibris, a Harvard Medical School assistant professor of dermatology, discussed the significance of…
This summer marks 100 years since the SAT was first introduced. The test, a well-known challenge for high schoolers, has evolved several times since its 1926 debut, with Harvard playing a pivotal role in its development as a measure of academic readiness for college applicants. The SAT, the flagship product of the College Board —…
Colson Whitehead, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, returns with “Cool Machine,” the concluding book in his Harlem trilogy. Whitehead, who won the Pulitzers for “The Underground Railroad” (2017) and “The Nickel Boys” (2020), focuses on Ray Carney, a Harlem furniture dealer entangled with criminal activities in the 1980s. In an interview, Whitehead shared insights about…
During my initial semester as a faculty member, I discovered a crucial lesson: the majority of my stress stemmed not from teaching, but from lacking systems. I constantly faced minor decisions, such as handling student emails, granting extensions, managing absences, organizing course materials, and preserving research time amid a fragmented week. Individually, these choices seemed…
He came to learn accounting, not to critique my course design. However, during a Zoom call in the fall of 2025, an adult learner in my online class paused to discuss my Canvas homepage, noting how the buttons functioned and the connectivity of the elements. He had taken screenshots and shared them with a former…
Imagine a scenario where a teacher inputs her lesson plan into an AI tool on a Sunday night, receives a refined set of discussion questions, and enters the classroom ready. When a student questions the relevance of a question, she relies on her extensive experience to address the issue. This is something AI cannot provide….
Will shifting weather patterns due to climate change cause more frequent energy outages? To answer this, it’s necessary to examine both regional climate predictions and local energy infrastructures, including new renewable sources, storage, transmission networks, and demand estimates. A scarcity of such analyses is why energy developers and grid operators often overlook climate change when…
Engineers frequently utilize vision-language models to craft new designs for items like airplane or automobile parts. To determine how these parts will behave in real-life scenarios, they rely on computer-aided design (CAD) software to create 3D models for virtual testing. Researchers from MIT and other institutions have developed a system that can train a vision-language…
