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Harvard has 12 degree-granting Schools and the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. We also offer countless of non-degree opportunities for professional and lifelong learners, including executive education, continuing education, and online courses.

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Anopheles darlingi, a key carrier of malaria, is rapidly evolving resistance to insecticides. Romuald Carinci and Pascal Gaborit/Duchemin lab/Institut Pasteur de la Guyane

Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them – researchers pinpoint how

Once-lethal insecticides now require concerningly high concentrations to effectively kill mosquitoes. Some mosquitoes are already immune to all classes of insecticides used to control malaria.
A satellite photograph shows construction work and buildings at a site known as Pickaxe Mountain, which is believed to store Iranian nuclear material and equipment. Satellite image (c) 2026 Vantor via Getty Images

Iran’s nuclear materials and equipment remain a danger in an active war zone

The war in Iran has cut off diplomatic efforts to limit the country’s development of nuclear weapons. Securing that material and equipment in other ways would be difficult and dangerous.
Generative AI is enabling people to swamp all manner of institutions with documents, forms and messages. sekulicn/E+ via Getty Images

AI‑generated text is overwhelming institutions – setting off a no‑win ‘arms race’ with AI detectors

People are using generative AI to flood courts with filings, legislatures with constituent letters and publications with submissions. AI detectors are no silver bullet.
Neurological evidence is widely used in murder trials, but it’s often unclear how to interpret it. gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Certain brain injuries may be linked to violent crime – identifying them could help reveal how people make moral choices

Armed with new tools that reveal patterns of connection between brain areas, researchers are gaining clearer insights into how the brain regulates behavior.

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