From the Archives: The Talent for Aging Well
The Talent for Aging WellClues to healthy maturation, from a study that traces members of Harvard's "Greatest Generation" through adulthoodCraig Lambert the-talent-for-aging-wellTaxes remain...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Image and the Arc of Feeling
Image and the Arc of FeelingPoet Jorie Graham gives form to the thrumming of “final questions.”Craig Lambert jorie-grahamBoylston professor of rhetoric and oratory Jorie Graham is a preeminent...
View ArticleQuotable Harvard
Yale expert Fred Shapiro's pick of choice Harvard quotationsAn expert's pick of choice Harvard wordsFred ShapiroMarch-April 2011 quotable harvardThough he edited both theYale Book of Quotations and the...
View ArticleThe Psyche on Automatic
Profile of social psychologist Amy Cuddy of Harvard Business SchoolAmy Cuddy probes snap judgments, warm feelings, and how to become an "alpha dog."Craig LambertNovember-December 2010 The Psyche on...
View ArticleThe Social Epidemic
Harvard scholars and students fight HIV in sub-Saharan AfricaBattling HIV in sub-Saharan AfricaElizabeth GudraisSeptember-October 2010 the-social-epidemicZasembo Mkhize, age eight, has come to the...
View ArticleAfter Our Bubble
The United States bubble economy and lessons from JapanProspects for American economic recovery—and cautionary lessons from JapanJonathan ShawJuly-August 2010 after-our-bubbleSaving more. Consuming...
View ArticleGutenberg 2.0
Gutenberg 2.0: What future for libraries?Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.Jonathan ShawMay-June 2010 gutenberg-2-0"Throw it in the charles," one scientist recently suggested as a fitting...
View ArticleAn Evolving Foe
Fighting malaria with evolutionary biology and genomicsApplying genomic tools to the fight against malariaCourtney HumphriesMarch-April 2010 evolving-foeThere was a time when it seemed that medicine...
View ArticleTools and Tests
Stem-cell science evolvesThe evolution of stem-cell researchJonathan ShawJanuary-February 2010 state-of-stem-cell-fieldYour mother has had difficulty walking, and this morning she is slurring her...
View ArticleImmersed in Africa
Harvard students volunteer in AfricaIn "a class situated in the world," students and service at a new frontierElizabeth GudraisNovember-December 2009 harvard-students-in-africaFinancial...
View ArticleThe Unlikely Writer
Atul Gawande: surgeon, health-policy scholar, and writerAtul Gawande, “slightly bewildered” surgeon and health-policy scholar—and a literary voice of medicine Elizabeth GudraisSeptember-October 2009...
View ArticleHello from Havana
ForumCubaNuanced but unmistakable stirrings of change in CubaJorge I. DominguezJuly-August 2009 hello-havanaPresident Raúl Castro’s principal contribution thus far to the lives of ordinary Cubans has...
View ArticleUntangling the Brain
Untangling the BrainFrom neuron to mindCourtney HumphriesMay-June 2009 untangling-the-brainModern neuroscience rests on the assumption that our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors emerge...
View ArticleThe Developing Child
The Developing ChildWith a new interdisciplinary center, Harvard turns its focus to the earliest years of life—in an approach that combines science, policy, and practice.Elizabeth GudraisMarch-April...
View ArticleThe War and the Writ
habeas corpusHabeas corpus and security in an age of terrorismJonathan ShawJanuary-February 2009 the-war-the-writHuzaifa Parhat, a fruit peddler, has been imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay Detention Center...
View ArticleAnimals Speak Color
Animals Speak ColorA new exhibition reveals how they acquire the language and use it.Christopher ReedNovember-December 2008 animals-speak-color.htmlTo delight and instruct,The Language of Color at the...
View ArticleWorks and Woods
Architecture and ecology in JapanPaul GleasonSeptember-October 2008 works-and-woods.htmlWhen you enter the Japanese house in the Boston Children’s Museum, says Yukio Lippit ’92, “you feel a little bit...
View ArticleUnequal America
Unequal AmericaCauses and consequences of the wide—and growing—gap between rich and poorElizabeth GudraisJuly-August 2008 unequal-america.htmlWhen Majid Ezzati thinks about...
View ArticleShedding Light on Life
Advances in optical microscopy reveal biological processes as they unfold.Courtney HumphriesMay-June 2008 shedding-light-on-life.htmlThe scenes are familiar from biology textbooks. A long string of DNA...
View ArticleThe Physics of the Familiar
The Physics of the FamiliarHow paint dries, the way flags flutter, how Nature discovered origami, and other marvels of the physical worldJonathan ShawMarch-April 2008 the-physics-of-the-familiar“Just...
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