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Health Is sugar addictive? March 18, 2025 3 min read Cravings are real, nutrition researcher says — but here’s why...

Health U.S. innovation ecosystem is envy of world. Here’s how it got started. During World War II, government-supported research led...

Health Did a socially awkward scientist set back airborne disease control? Carl Zimmer. Photos by Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Clea...

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Health A dietary swap that could lengthen your life? Study finds replacing butter with plant-based oils cuts premature death risk...

Health Cancer? No, thank goodness, it’s just high cholesterol. Joseph Woo (on screen, from left), Ami Bhatt, Tommaso Danesi, Jorge...

Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Health How much sleep do you need? And what you can do to get it...

Health Older adults at highest risk for suicide, yet have fewest resources Study highlights imbalance in targets of online suicide...

Ding Liu (right), a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Catherine Dulac (left). Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Food, water...

Kinvard Bio co-founder Ben Tresco inspects a colony of drug-resistant bacteria. Health Harvard startup creating a new class of antibiotics...