Research
Keep Your Chin Up, Study Says
When you've found yourself suffering at the hands of melancholia, odds are, someone has offered you the sage advice "chin up!" And, odds are, the falsely cheery phrase elicited an exponential increase in your irritation. However, the next time life seems to be taking a toll on your mood, you might find it helpful to adhere to that suggestion, as it's now supported by scientific research.
Lab Rat: Angela Frankel '14
Angela Frankel '14, a Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology concentrator, participated last summer in a research program in India. There, she studied RNA-based regeneration in planarians.
Public Hospital Reporting Reduces Angioplasties
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the first of its kind to look at public reporting for these procedures on a national scale.
Journal Expresses Concern About Professor's Criticized Study
A Harvard professor’s study led the Journal of the American Medical Association to issue an “expression of concern” for the first time ever.
New Dinosaur Species Lurked in Harvard Back Room for Decades
Before he trekked around the globe unearthing fossils as a University of Chicago paleontologist and "National Geographic" explorer-in-residence, Paul C. Sereno excavated piles of long-forgotten rocks in the back rooms of Harvard's Natural History Museum. It was there that he discovered the Pegomastax africanus, a new species of dinosaur in the heterodontosaurus genus. After decades of research, he unveiled the new dinosaur last week in the online journal "ZooKeys."
Coffee and Eyesight, Kissing and Swine Flu, and More
If you're straining to read this, put down the Starbucks—Harvard researchers recently found a link between glaucoma incidence in adults and consumption of more than three cups of coffee a day. Between squinting and sipping, Harvard researchers have made multiple discoveries in the past few weeks, from using genetics to figure out when the Neanderthals were most likely to have mated with modern humans to discovering that Mexicans are more likely than Britons to abstain from kissing to prevent the spread of swine flu.
Study Shows Leaders Experience Lower Stress
Leaders with higher levels of responsibility experience lower stress levels than their peers with less on their shoulders, according to the results of a recent study published by Harvard researchers.
HSPH Study Links Sugary Beverages and Genetic Risk of Obesity
Harvard School of Public Health researchers found that a greater consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is linked with a greater genetic susceptibility to increased risk of obesity and high body mass index.
Harvard Professor Finds 'New Gospel'
A piece of papyrus, no bigger than the palm of a hand, provides the earliest and most definitive evidence yet that some early Christians believed Jesus was married, Harvard Divinity School Professor Karen L. King announced earlier today.
Romney is the Ninety-Nine Percent?
In an election season as Crimson-tinged as this one (even the "New York Times" felt the need to report on the presidential candidates' shared alma mater), it should come as no surprise that Harvard researchers are behind a 2009 political psychology study that's been trending across the blogosphere for the past several days. Their findings? That Mitt Romney is the new McSteamy. Herewith, your questions answered.
Scientist Disputes Report That He Plans To Spray Chemicals To Change the Climate
“The irony is we are doing the opposite of that,” Anderson said, claiming that the article “completely massacred the facts.”
Crimes at Harvard and Wartime House Life
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
