Feeling unmotivated? Having trouble finishing your work? Experiencing difficulty getting out of bed or making plans with friends? Not able to enjoy reading Indy articles the way you did in the fall? You’re not alone. It’s that time of year again. Hands-too-frozen-to-send-a-text, leggings-under-jeans, gets-dark-before-class-ends time. Winter has descended upon Boston, and the weather has plunged […]
Four months ago, in our Harvard hockey season preview, the Harvard Independent predicted that the lack of goal-scorers on the 2024 Men’s team would prove difficult in their upcoming season. Turns out we were right. A little over halfway into the season, Harvard is ranked 54th in the NCAA and 3rd out of the 6 […]
Staying active is one of the most important things you can do for your mental and physical health. But as Harvard students, there is hardly enough time to get a workout in between classes, club meetings, and endless amounts of homework. So that you don’t waste your precious time in a workout class you don’t […]
A cure for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases may have been hiding from neuroscientists for decades. As Harvard students prepared for back-to-school, researchers at the University of Lausanne were glued to the microscope as they discovered a new type of brain cell, glutamatergic astrocytes. As a hybrid of two well-studied cells—neurons and glial cells—these specialized astrocytes […]
We’re tired, we’re hungry, and we want food. To respond to these classic urges, female social media creators artistically craft their combination of leftover chicken, carrots, and bread and posting it on TikTok under #girldinner. The Girl Dinner trend, in showcasing nontraditional and arguably incoherent dinners, has unveiled a fine line between promoting disordered eating […]
As the Harvard vs. Brown game fell upon the campus again, Harvard students geared up for a day filled with fun, football, and… tailgates? At most other, sports-oriented universities around the country, fall Saturday mornings typically involve students rolling out of bed at 9:00 a.m. with a White Claw in hand to prepare for the […]