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How scientific instruments reinforced distorted ideas about race
New exhibit at Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments probes how calipers and spirometers never simply recorded — but helped invent — differences
Elevating a character at the heart of Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’
When Hoon Lee ’94 received the script for the role of Lee in Zoe Kazan’s Netflix adaptation of “East of Eden,” he was prepared to be skeptical. Decades in the industry had left the Massachusetts-born actor wary of roles that perpetuate Asian stereotypes.
12 Nobels, two rhinos, and continued legacy of scientific discovery
The Biological Laboratories at 16 Divinity Avenue first opened in 1931. In the 95 years of its existence, the storied building has been home to the pioneering evolutionary biologist E.O. Wilson, a dozen eventual Nobel laureates, and even a self-described “zombiologist” or two.
Researchers employ radical data transparency in 2026 midterm forecasts
The project is unique “because all data, methods, and other procedures are public — something that is not true for any other public forecast we know of,” said co-creator Gary King.
Harvard classicists size up Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’‘The Odyssey’ has become a key text for thinking about the homecoming experience of the veteran community, particularly in this country after the Korean wars, after America's war in Vietnam, after the invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan wars, and continuing in the present day.Emily Greenwood, James F. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics, Professor of Comparative Literature
Happy accident yields a self-assembling quantum marvel
The findings unlock a path to harnessing ultra-fast magnetic materials and cleaner computer memory and hardware — enabling performance gains that could solve major energy bottlenecks facing modern data centers.