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A Free, Prosperous, and Secure Future for Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses students and and professors in Igor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP) -
Glimpse of next-generation internet — Harvard Gazette
It’s one thing to dream up a next-generation quantum internet capable of sending highly complex, hacker-proof information around the world at ultra-fast speeds. It’s quite another to physically show it’s possible.
That’s exactly what Harvard physicists have done, using existing…
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Science is making anti-aging progress. But do we want to live forever? — Harvard Gazette
Mayflies live for only a day. Galapagos tortoises can reach up to age 170. The Greenland shark holds the world record at over 400 years of life.
Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel laureate and author of the newly released “Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality,”…
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Fighting rages near Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as Russia reports deaths in border regions
Fierce fighting was raging on Saturday for control of several Ukrainian villages near the country’s eastern border with Russia.
Further north the Russian military sought to press home its attacks in the Kharkiv region, Oleh Syniehubov, the…
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Researchers publish largest-ever dataset of neural connections — Harvard Gazette
A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much. But considering that that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million synapses, all amounting to 1,400 terabytes of data, Harvard and Google researchers have just accomplished something…
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Russia marks Victory Day parade amid Ukraine war | In Pictures News
Russia’s May 9 parade marks the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II and has become the country’s most important public holiday.
In a speech in Moscow’s Red Square before thousands of soldiers, President Vladimir Putin…
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How is generative AI changing education? — Harvard Gazette
While moderating a talk on artificial intelligence last week, Latanya Sweeney posed a thought experiment. Picture three to five years from now. AI companies are continuing to scrape the internet for data to feed their large language models. But unlike today’s internet, which is largely…
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The story behind 2022’s secret Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations
The Russia-Ukraine war has lasted over two years.
But just weeks after Russia’s 2022 invasion, both sides came close to a settlement that could have ended the war and saved thousands of lives.
Today, On Point: The story behind those secret,…
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Damaged in war, a vibrant church in Ukraine rises as a symbol of the country’s faith and culture
LYPIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago, it also provided…
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Uniting for Ukraine: Information for Tuberculosis Programs | Information for Tuberculosis Programs
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On May 21, 2022, President Biden signed into law emergency supplemental appropriations (Public Law 117-128) that included funds for medical support, screening, and other public health activities related to populations…
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