When I came to Harvard in 1970, the model for many young people was the wedding in Love Story," recalls Peter J. Gomes, who has performed…
037674-046195-731809 All artwork courtesy of the Harvard University Art Museums, ©2004 President and Fellows of Harvard College In June…
Portraits by Stu Rosner The next time you look in a mirror, reflect on this: the face staring back at you is literally not the same one you…
Last year, Morgan Spurlock decided to eat all his meals at McDonald’s for a month. For 30 straight days, everything he took in—breakfast…
Exercise has powerful benefits for the body and mind
When George McDonald Church arrived at Harvard in 1977, nine out of 10 biologists did research without touching a computer. They wrote journal…
There can be few higher privileges for the scientific community than to contribute to the security, freedom, and well-being of our nation and of…
Football, a century ago, was an unruly, dangerous, and wildly exciting spectacle. It resembled rugby: minimal protective gear, no forward…
The pyramids and the Great Sphinx rise inexplicably from the desert at Giza, relics of a vanished culture. They dwarf the approaching sprawl of…
We create ourselves out of the stories we tell about our lives, stories that impose purpose and meaning on experiences that often seem random…
Formal retirement hasn’t slowed E. O. Wilson down at all. Since assuming emeritus status as Pellegrino University Research Professor in 1997…
There is no florist in the lobby of Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston. In fact, anyone who attempts to deliver a get-well begonia or a…
During a recent Alaska study cruise cosponsored by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, James J. McCarthy stopped at several islands with…
"…in every prosperous municipality in the land, in the next ten years the call is likely to come for thoroughly equipped…
The dozens of ATM machines lining the entrances to the Mohegan Sun casino don’t operate in quite the usual way. If you withdraw $400 in cash…
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