[The New York Times ]...Robert N. Stavins, the director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, said that a more cooperative approach by China would be a major lift to prospects for a new treaty, especially if it helped persuade other emerging economies like Brazil, India and South Africa to join.

“If the 20th century was the American century, a lot of people expect the 21st century to be the Chinese century,” Mr. Stavins said. “And if it’s your century, you don’t obstruct, you lead.”

BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology today announced the availability of a comprehensive genetic diagnostic test for inherited eye diseases. The Genetic Eye Disease (GEDi) test uses two DNA sequencing technologies to simultaneously analyze multiple genomic regions for potential disease-causing mutations in 234 genes associated with inherited retinal disease (IRD), early-onset glaucoma and optic atrophy.  Mass. Eye and Ear is the first and only location in the northeast to offer this service.

The GEDi test combines two...

We are pleased to announce that, in addition to our 2014 national workshop, ComSciCon will hold a second Communicating Science workshop specifically for Harvard and MIT graduate students in January of 2014.  We have an exciting program of events...