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HealthWildfire smoke can harm heart and lungs even after the fire has ended
First study to fully assess its impact on all major types of cardiovascular, respiratory diseases
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HealthYoung researcher’s ALS attack plan is now a no-go
Career award among casualties of ‘terrifying’ cuts affecting lab of David Sinclair
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Science & Tech‘We’re still standing … We can still do important work’
Climate researchers wrestling with losses of federal funding, data, and key tools
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Science & TechScience that gives humans more say over their destinies
David Liu’s gene-editing technologies demonstrate game-changing potential in two recent cases
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Arts & CultureWhat good is writing anyway?
Scholars across range of disciplines weigh in on value of the activity amid rise of generative AI systems
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Science & TechWhy are you cursing?
Steven Pinker breaks down the history of taboo words, different categories of swearing, and the meaning conveyed by a bleep
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Science & TechStrange galactic facts
Test the limits of your cosmic IQ by taking our quiz based on Harvard astronomy research
Quiz
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Campus & CommunityTo boldly go
Class of ’25 heads for new frontiers
Part of the Commencement 2025 series 
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