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‘She could have done so much good in this world’: victims of the Kabul blast remembered

Relatives and friends of young women killed by a suicide bomber at an education centre in Afghanistan last week write…

The Guardian - UK

Ketamine enables more positive thoughts – that’s why it’s a life saver

The reason why ketamine is so rapid in its relief of severe depression is because it makes us focus more…

The New Daily

University of Hypocrisy

Why liberal college professors can’t admit their own complicity

The Atlantic

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Giving Yale Law School The Heave-Ho

Another way to understand the boycott of YLS grads.

Reason

With major cases looming, Justice Jackson formally sworn in

Jackson’s installation is not expected to change the decidedly conservative bent of the court.

Politico

Joined by first Black woman on Supreme Court, justices to tackle affirmative action, voting rights

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opens a historic term Monday by welcoming its first Black woman to the bench as…

Los Angeles Times

Psychedelics researchers balance trippyness with scientific rigor after history of legal and cultural controversy – podcast

As research into psychedelics and their medical uses makes a comeback, scientists are having to deal with the legacy –…

The Conversation

Thanks to ‘Pasoori’, Pakistan’s Ali Sethi storms into Time Magazine’s list of emerging leaders

Ali Sethi's Pasoori was made for Coke Studio Pakistan Season 14.

Livemint

What Trump Gets Right about Harvard

Rich schools don’t pay taxes. What has America gotten in return?

Politico

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The Fight To Stop Research Into a Cheap, Effective Backup Plan for Climate Change

Why are activists trying to stop research into a promising backup plan to handle climate change?

Reason

Saul Kripke obituary

Influential American philosopher whose 1980 book Naming and Necessity challenged ideas about the identity of mind and brain

The Guardian - UK

Can Larry Summers please shut up now?

Former Harvard president has been playing inflation Cassandra on TV for months. Can we hear other views?

Salon

Social media greenwashing by fossil fuel interests 'rampant': study

New York (AFP) - A commercial plane photoshopped with the tail of a shark, hashtags that misleadingly evoke sustainability, tokenistic…

AFP

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Is the Covid-19 pandemic ‘over’? Biden’s bold declaration raises questions

US President Joe Biden and WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus both recently expressed optimism that the Covid-19 crisis may be…

France 24

John Roberts’s Long Game

Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?

The Atlantic

Commentary: Are the US News college rankings a joke?

I didn’t go to an Ivy League college. In fact, I never even thought of applying, and you probably didn’t…

Los Angeles Times

Anxiety, depression could make you an easy target for Long Covid, finds study. Read here

A recent study in Harvard has associated phases of anxiety, depression, and loneliness with the risk of suffering from Long…

Livemint

Summers: Fed Needs Big Rate Hike to Control Inflation

Harvard's Larry Summers, like many others, believes the Fed should raise interest rates by 75 basis points this month.

The Street

Eduardo Porter: Deliver students from debt by investing in state schools

President Joe Biden is going to spend several hundred billion dollars to cancel the debts of millions of college students.…

Tribune News Service

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Brian Stelter heads to Harvard while he figures out next gig

Stelter will convene discussions about threats to democracy — and possible responses by the media.

Axios

People in psychological distress at greater risk of ‘long COVID’

Harvard researchers say people with psychological distress before catching COVID-19 are significantly more likely to develop 'long COVID'.

The New Daily

The tiny murder scenes of forensic scientist Frances Glessner Lee

Lee was a diorama-maker, criminal investigation educator and the first female police captain in the US.

Al Jazeera

Barack Obama tells Harvard team basketball taught him ‘it wasn’t just about me’

Former US president Barack Obama has told the Harvard men’s basketball team that the sport taught him “it wasn’t just…

Irish Independent

The many faces of Natalie Portman

The Oscar-winner and Dior Beauty ambassador talks to Richard Godwin about her hopes for the next generation, moonlighting on a…

Evening Standard

Tax cut U-turn: who is Britain’s first black Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng? Meet Amber Rudd’s old-Etonian ex

Liz Truss’ new Harvard-educated right-hand man has a reputation for confidence (and swearing). Katie Strick charts the rise of the…

Evening Standard