A group of #researchers at the University of California, Berkeley has mapped out the #evolution of #Neanderthal #DNA over the last 40,000 years.  #scicomm by Alex Yenkin sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/01/1…

#Cancer is one of the world’s deadliest #diseases. While traditional #treatments focus on killing these diseased cells, research is exploring a new approach: pushing cancer cells to become #healthy #cells. #scicomm by Harrison Ngue sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/01/1…

#Researchers from #Europe examined #dinosaur #feces to help explain how the dinosaur dynasty arose. #scicomm by Olivia Sacco sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/01/1…

Save the date for I ❤️ Science on 2/8! 🪰 Meet Harvard scientists who study extinct animals, zombie flies & black holes! 🦊 Learn about native animals from Mass Wildlife 🐛 Meet the author of World of Rot 🪨 Show your rock to the Boston Mineral Club tinyurl.com/IHeartScience2…

#Researchers from Princeton use a simple #sticker to accurately monitor #fruit #ripeness, offering a scalable solution to reduce food #waste. #scicomm by Gurminder K. Paink sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/01/2…

Scientists show that #entacapone, a #drug used in the #treatment of #Parkinson's disease, disrupts #bacterial communities in the #gut by starving them of #iron. #scicomm by Wilaysha Evans sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/01/2…

#Physicists utilized large-scale #computer #modeling to develop a cage-like structure and paired opener towards the goal of efficiently delivering #therapies. #scicomm by Olivia Lavidor sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/01/2…

#Laser light generates a novel #magnetic state in a material by changing the interaction between #electrons. #scicomm by Seunghyun (Elizabeth) Park sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/01/3…

#Scientists analyzed the molecular contents of a sample retrieved from the #asteroid Bennu to find both clues and surprises about the possible #origin of life on #Earth. #scicomm by Olivia Lavidor sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/02/0…

Visit the Measuring Difference exhibit & attend a free conversation with curator and friends as they examine Euroamerican measuring systems & their role in constructing hierarchies that persist in Latin America and US today. tinyurl.com/ATMeasurements…. @harvarddrclas #ArtsThursdays

Two new #research studies perform comprehensive #genetic screening in the #parasite that causes #malaria, identifying genes required for the parasite and #drug targets. #scicomm by Alex Yenkin sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/02/2…

Around 360 m. years ago fish-like #amphibians emerged from the water & gave rise to frogs. This Saturday #Harvard biologist Sonali Garg will talk about discovering new species & conservation. Ages 10 & up, admission rates apply. tinyurl.com/FrogSciSpotlig… #ScienceSpotlights

How much do we know about the brain? On 3/13 Jorge Cham PHD Comics & Dwayne Godwin Dwayne Godwin 🧠 will present findings from their book 𝙊𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣. Register: tinyurl.com/BrainMysteries…

Imagine if #medication could travel directly to the source of your #illness and unpleasant side effects could be a thing of the past? This is the intriguing promise of #nanoparticles! #scicomm by Lucia Wesemann #graphics by Fiona Qu sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/03/1…

Drop by for Science by the Pint tomorrow (Tues, Apr 29th) at 6:30 pm at The Seahag!