What Do At-Home Microbiome Tests Tell Us About Microbes Living in Our Guts?
Benjamin Wolfe, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, tries three test kits to see how they work and what they reveal about the microbiome.
Communication, Chimp Style—Is It Like Ours?
A new study by Tufts primate researcher Zarin Machanda and colleagues at the University of Zurich suggests wild chimpanzee hunting vocalizations are used to coordinate their hunts, much like humans use communication as part of cooperative efforts.
New Webb Space Telescope Sees into the Universe’s Deepest Past
The James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most sensitive of its kind, will allow us to detect the first galaxies, says Professor of Physics and Astronomy Danilo Marchesini.
Chemistry Professor and Team Win Prestigious Award
For groundbreaking work on single-atom catalysts, Charles Sykes and colleagues receive the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Horizon Prize.
Summer Book Recommendations 2022
Members of the Tufts community share their favorite works of fiction and nonfiction—classics, hidden gems, and recent releases.
How Slavery Ended Slowly, and Emancipation Laws Often Kept the Enslaved in Bondage—and Rewarded the Enslavers
Professor of History Kris Manjapra examines the history of the injustice of abolition in the U.S. and abroad and the need for reparations in his new book.
Exploring the Shape of Our Universe–and the Multiverse
Professor of Mathematics Loring Tu considers popular culture’s current obsession with multiverse theory and explains how algebraic topology and differential geometry can shed light on the subject.
Countering Marginalization and Invisibility Among Asian American Youth
Jayanthi Mistry, Professor and Chair, and Fuko Kiyama, MA in Child Study and Human Development ’19 have published two new studies examining the experiences of adolescents to learn more about how young people deal with stereotypes.
How to Decide What to Keep and What to Let Go
A Tell Me More podcast shares stories about choosing what’s worth holding on to, from Dad’s books to old home movies to endangered animals.
How Asian Americans Have Influenced Popular Culture
Sriracha sauce and Fresh Off the Boat can tell us a surprising amount about our media and our country, says Tufts Film and Media Studies director and professor Tasha Oren.