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Harvard scientists identify hundreds of genes under selective pressure.

How Does the Brain Interpret Language in Real-Time?

New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.

Truer than Reality

Kevin Kallaugher on the art of editorial cartooning

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Readers Respond to Our Adaptations Survey

We asked people to share their favorite art adaptations. Here’s what they said.

Massachusetts Hall at Harvard Red brick building with a large clock on top, surrounded by green trees.

With a grade inflation vote and in the courts, the University argued that it’s taking steps to change.

A chaotic scene in a messy room with people engaging in various activities, some cleaning.

Until the 1950s, professionals cleaned up after students in the dorms.