China and scientists dismiss study suggesting coronavirus spread in August 2019
Beijing dismissed as "ridiculous" a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the novel coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and scientists said it offered no convincing evidence of when the outbreak began. The research, ...
Some social distancing may be needed until 2022, Harvard study finds
The simulation assumed that COVID-19 will become seasonal, like closely related coronaviruses that cause the common cold, with higher transmission rates in colder months.
From love songs to dance tunes to lullabies, music made in disparate cultures worldwide displays certain universal patterns, according to a study by researchers who suggest a commonality in the way human minds create music. The study, published on Thursday, focused on musical recordings and ...
Rakuten reliever Frank Herrmann follows path from Harvard to Sendai
Frank Herrmann is still putting his Harvard University education to good use. Just not in the way, and certainly not in the place, he expected. Herrmann left the prestigious Ivy League college with a degree in economics, but it's the lessons he learned on the ...
Longtime Harvard Japanese teacher Yori Oda dies at 82
Yori Oda, a decorated teacher who taught Japanese at Harvard University for 35 years, died earlier this month after a recent illness. She was 82. In 2013, Oda was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays, by Emperor Akihito in recognition ...
Polyglot U.S.-born comic sheds cloak, dagger for shtick
For Reina Saiki, 28, the world is her oyster. The Ivy leaguer who studied counterterrorism and Arabic at Brown and Harvard universities had been given chances to work for the CIA and FBI. With interning experience at the Clinton Foundation and Interpol, she could have ...
TV news commentator steps down following exposure of fake academic background
Fuji Television Network Inc. scraps plans to use Sean McArdle Kawakami after he admitted “errors” in his credentials.
Doubts emerge over a research proposal that embattled stem cell scientist Haruko Obokata submitted to the Riken institute to win her current position.
