Harvard bans former anthropology chair after finding persistent sexual harassment

Google and Harvard Unveil the Largest High-Resolution Map of the Brain Yet. It encompasses one cubic mm. All that, however, is but a millionth of the human brain. Which is to say, a similarly detailed map of the entire thing is yet years away. Still, the work shows how fast the field is moving.

Nearly 66,000 early deaths would be prevented each year if U.S. air pollutant concentrations of three major contributors — fine particulate matter, ozone and nitrogen dioxide — were reduced from the 70th to the 60th percentile, according to a recent study led by a Harvard University researcher.

About half of the adult U.S. population will have obesity and about a quarter will have severe obesity by 2030, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.