Tech bro Bryan Johnson’s latest assault on mortality? Getting out of his gourd on mushrooms
Johnson has previously attracted attention for his practice of taking detailed measurements of his nocturnal erections
Harvard University
‘Deeply ashamed’ Larry Summers steps back from public life over Epstein links
Emails revealed close links between former US Treasury secretary and convicted sex offender
When Everyone Knows that Everyone Knows by Steven Pinker: Padded out and repetitive
Latest book from Harvard psychology professor feels like 100 pages of original material stretched into a volume three times that length
I tried to stare at this painting for three hours. And something odd happened
Should art be useful and retrain our brains or is it more important than that?
Helen Blake: Let the Rules Be Soft review – An absorbing, unmissable exhibition
Visual art: At the Molesworth Gallery in Dublin, Helen Blake’s immediately recognisable paintings are profoundly compelling
Austin Taylor: ‘I found it so fascinating and poignant how we portray women in the media, especially powerful women who make mistakes’
The writer outlines the inspiration for her successful debut novel, Notes on Infinity, and explains why she’s going back to university to study law
Fatherhood: A History of Love and Power - parenting ideals challenged by real-life experience
From Plato to Dylan, Augustine Sedgewick outlines how fatherhood has constantly been redefined by political, economic and religious changes
The Lunar Society is a cautionary tale for Trump’s America
When political populism collides with scientific innovation, there is usually only one winner
Donald Trump’s administration says Harvard violated US civil rights law
Ruling marks escalation of row between White House and Ivy League university
US judge blocks Trump plan to close Harvard’s doors to international students
President has blocked federal funding for the Ivy League school
Harvard in talks with universities to host students hit by Trump visa clampdown
Colleges explore temporary placements as White House tightens scrutiny of international applicants
Trump suspends entry of international students studying at Harvard
Proclamation cites foreign ties, crime and anti-Semitic incidents
What Trump is doing to US universities is not as bad as the McCarthyite witch trials – it’s worse
No international student will want to study in the US. Who would want to bet their future education on the chance that the American courts will restrain Trump?
Trump v Harvard: University faces existential battle against opponent that would have once been unimaginable
This week, the Ivy League university finds itself confronting the most serious enmity in its four-century existence
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