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The 1884 Cannibalism-at-Sea Case That Still Has Harvard Talking

The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens changed the course of legal history. Here’s why it’s been fodder for countless classroom debates.

Telling Humanity’s Story through DNA

Geneticist David Reich rewrites the ancient human past.

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

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In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.