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Where U.S. has lost ground since 9/11
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Where U.S. has lost ground since 9/11

Nation & World Where U.S. has lost ground since 9/11 Moderator Meghan O’Sullivan (from left), Joseph Pfeifer, Nancy Gibbs, and Michael Mullen. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent September 10, 2026 5 min read FDNY chief, admiral who survived Pentagon attack, Time journalist say decline in national unity since then is perhaps most damaging problem After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the nation rallied under the cry “Never forget.” But 25 years later, several lessons that emerged from that day of death and destruction have been forgotten, according to a panel of experts at a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics on Tuesday night....

📅 2026-09-10 19:26:37    •    Harvard Gazette
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Who needs opioids?
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Who needs opioids?

Health Who needs opioids? Kathleen Refior HSDM Communications September 10, 2026 5 min read As concerns about misuse persist, paper suggests role for AI in making pain treatment more precise For a patient having their wisdom teeth removed, the days after surgery can bring an important question: How much pain medication will I actually need? Over-the-counter medications such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen provide adequate pain relief for most, but some patients experience breakthrough pain that does not respond to these medications and may benefit from an opioid. For clinicians, the challenge is knowing before surgery which patients will need additional pain relief. Harvard School of Dental M...

📅 2026-09-10 19:19:25    •    Harvard Gazette
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Infectious diseases will seed new ground as the planet warms — here's where they'll spread
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Infectious diseases will seed new ground as the planet warms — here's where they'll spread

Burning UpAs the planet warms, our environment will be transformed, but so will our bodies. In this series, 'Burning up,' we investigate the health impacts of climate change, focusing on heat, air quality, food and infection risk. We also evaluate the promising solutions that could help us adapt to our warmer future.To the untrained eye, Xiaoyu Shan's lab bench looked like a home gardening experiment gone bad: dishes filled with dirt — some that looked like mud pies and others that were bone-dry — and not a plant to be seen. But those dishes held a warning. The dirt that Shan, a postdoctoral research associate in biology and biological engineering at Caltech, was studying contained soil micr...

📅 2026-09-10 17:00:15    •    Live Science
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Does having a bad dream make you a bad person?
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Does having a bad dream make you a bad person?

Illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Health Does having a bad dream make you a bad person? Psychologist breaks down what those negative night narratives might be trying to tell you Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer September 10, 2026 4 min read Part of the Wondering series A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts. Deirdre Leigh Barrett is a dream researcher and a Harvard Medical School lecturer on psychology in the department of psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance. She is also the author of “The Committee of Sleep: How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use Their Dreams for Creative Problem Solving — And How You Can Too.” Dream interpretation is tricky. Let’...

📅 2026-09-10 16:57:09    •    Harvard Gazette
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Exquisite 66-million-year-old bird feather preserved in dinosaur dropping
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Exquisite 66-million-year-old bird feather preserved in dinosaur dropping

A feather preserved in a dinosaur dropping, found in 2016 in north-eastern Montana’s Hell Creek FormationO'Connor et al. A bird that was eaten and partially excreted by a dinosaur 66 million years ago has left behind the best-preserved feathers ever recovered by scientists from dinosaur-age rock. This pushes the evolution of feathers, like the ones on modern birds, back by 10 million years and may tell us more about why most birds didn’t survive the post-asteroid mass extinction. “This is the best feather we’ve ever seen in a Mesozoic [252 million to 66 million years ago] deposit,” says Jingmai O’Connor at the Field Museum in Chicago. “[It’s] like a feather you could pick up off the ground.”...

📅 2026-09-10 15:00:00    •    New Scientist
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Scientists capture two DNA strands zipping together for the first time
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Scientists capture two DNA strands zipping together for the first time

Scientists have directly observed how two negatively charged DNA molecules can pair up despite normally repelling each other. Positively charged metal ions appear to bridge the gap, helping matching DNA helices align groove for groove like a molecular zipper. The discovery confirms a theory proposed two decades ago and could help researchers understand DNA interactions involved in cancer and other cellular processes.

📅 2026-09-10 14:33:06    •    ScienceDaily
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1 million people's genes reveal the heritability of the Big Five personality traits — and it's complicated
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1 million people's genes reveal the heritability of the Big Five personality traits — and it's complicated

A family photo album can reflect how physical traits, such as blue eyes or lanky limbs, have been passed down — but a new analysis suggests that the way personality emerges across generations is far more complicated.The meta-analysis, published Sept. 2 in the journal Nature, is the largest of its kind ever attempted. The work identified over 1,200 genes linked to five personality traits: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and neuroticism.However, the scientists behind the study said its most important conclusion is that no single gene determines whether an individual will have a particular personality trait. Instead, thousands of genes exert tiny effects t...

📅 2026-09-10 14:30:00    •    Live Science
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Mercury may have shrunk much more than we thought, new study hints
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Mercury may have shrunk much more than we thought, new study hints

Mercury, which is about one-third the size of Earth, may have shrunk more in its evolution than scientists originally thought.A new study suggests that the tiny planet may have contracted 10% to 30% more than previous models suggested — meaning the planet’s total diameter shrunk almost 12 miles (19 km) since Mercury was formed. (Mercury’s diameter today is roughly 3,032 miles (4,880 km). Previous missions overlooked the extent of the shrinkage because impact-crater debris on Mercury's surface hid the evidence, according to a study published Thursday (Sept. 10) in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. That size difference is important when researchers consider the planet's history, said G...

📅 2026-09-10 13:00:00    •    Live Science
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DNA solves the mystery of a body found in the Arctic in 1859
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DNA solves the mystery of a body found in the Arctic in 1859

Scientists have used DNA from living descendants to identify four more members of the doomed Franklin expedition, including Harry Peglar, whose identity had remained uncertain for 166 years. The findings offer new clues about the sailors who survived for years in the Arctic before joining the expedition’s ultimately fatal escape attempt.

📅 2026-09-10 12:46:43    •    ScienceDaily
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Scientists create brilliant white material without a drop of white pigment
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Scientists create brilliant white material without a drop of white pigment

Researchers have created a foam-based material that produces intense whiteness and water repellency without titanium dioxide pigments or PFAS chemicals. Inspired by natural structures in snow, clouds, flowers, and lotus leaves, the material uses tiny pores to scatter light while its rough surface repels water. The technology could offer a more sustainable way to make white, water-resistant everyday materials.

📅 2026-09-10 12:22:11    •    ScienceDaily
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Powerful new AI model will map the moon's surface in more detail than ever, NASA and IBM scientists say
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Powerful new AI model will map the moon's surface in more detail than ever, NASA and IBM scientists say

IBM and NASA have partnered to create a new artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of processing decades of lunar data so scientists can more accurately map the moon's surface one day. Decades of robotic lunar missions have left scientists with a massive, disjointed trove of data. Traditionally, this data has been parsed by limited transformer models such as SwinV2-B, created in 2022 as a general-purpose model to understand images and improve accuracy on photo recognition and related vision tasks. Spacecraft orbiting the moon captured this data using a mismatched array of sensors, without an accessible way to analyze or utilize it.Specifically, images from high-resolution optical cameras...

📅 2026-09-10 12:00:00    •    Live Science
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