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Blind people will listen to next week's total eclipse
Speed Read While they can't see the event, they can hear it with a device that translates the sky's brightness into music
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How the power of universities' biggest donors shifts tides
Talking Point Recent events have shown that donors can influence the highest levels of a university's governance
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Ivy League presidents scramble to fix congressional antisemitism flap
Talking Point After hedging when asked whether 'calling for the genocide of Jews' constitutes bullying, three university leaders shift into damage control
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'Why is the Pax Americana in decline?'
Instant opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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The campus battle over the Israel-Hamas war
Talking Point Student groups back Palestine, prompting a backlash and criticism of America's academic culture
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The Harvard and Papua New Guinea interstellar meteor row
feature ‘Bafflement and indignation’ from authorities after team of scientists claim recovered fragments may belong to alien spacecraft
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Supreme court closes door on affirmative action in university admissions
feature Race-based admissions were an unpopular measure for tackling inequality in America
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The science behind a cure for ageing
feature Experiments have reversed the effects of old age in mice – but can the same apply to humans?
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Harvard University in firing line as Supreme Court weighs up affirmative action
feature Supreme Court seems set to overturn policy that has been part of US life since the 1970s
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Does the Sun have a long-lost twin?
Speed Read And other stories from the stranger side of life
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Will warmer weather halt the march of coronavirus?
In Depth Researchers say summer conditions will not be enough to defeat the outbreak
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Harvard says vegetarian diet could prevent one in three early deaths
In Depth The benefits of a vegetarian diet have been vastly underestimated, experts concluded
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Harvard men's football team suspended over sexist comments
Speed Read Ivy League university cancels rest of season after student newspaper uncovers lewd ratings league for female team
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XPL: Scientists develop 'second skin' to hide wrinkles
Speed Read New material 'mimics the properties of youthful skin' with medical and cosmetic benefits
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