Sophie Gao
Latest Articles
Unfinished Experiments in Radical Science
The Vietnam-era movement Science for the People, a radical organization who believed science had been misused by the forces of capitalism, is attempting a rebirth.
Fifteen Minutes of Summer
FM writers share fifteen- minute snapshots of the summers they spent around the globe.
Fifteen Questions: Bo-Mi T. Choi on Critical Theory, Dreams, and Harvard
The Social Studies lecturer sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss her perspective on the University she’s preparing to leave.
We’re All Chinamaxxing
Sometimes the mask feels like it fits, and other times it doesn’t.
Fifteen Questions: Jacob Barandes on Quantum Theory, Teaching, and Oppenheimer
The physics senior preceptor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss New York City, interdisciplinarity, and the origins of math.
Most Whimsical: Eddie Gonet
Eddie attributes his whimsy to this ability: to make friends with every single person who crosses his path.
Undergrad Researchers Find Harvard Owned, Sold Indigenous Land in Maine
Scholars have spent years studying Harvard’s colonial-era land holdings in New England. Now, undergraduate research on the University’s ownership of Indigenous land in Maine is helping push the research forward.
The War on Science
For a school project, I once asked my dad why he came to the United States. “For the science,” he told me. And then, as an afterthought: “And for a better life, obviously.”
Undergraduates Begin Tenth Harvard Yard Excavation
Undergraduates in a Harvard anthropology course have begun excavating Harvard Yard, the area between Harvard Hall and Holden Chapel, for the twentieth year of the Harvard Yard Archaeology Project.
Academic Publishing Keeps Getting More Expensive. Some Harvard Scholars Want to Make It Free.
The high cost of publishing open access has plagued researchers for years, but a dedicated group of Harvard scientists and librarians are fighting to alleviate the costs of publishing.