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Harvard Football: Villanova 52, Harvard 7

The Crimson’s inaugural playoff appearance is nasty, brutish, and short.

Excerpt from “Exercised,” by Daniel E. Lieberman

A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.

Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?

Historian Alexander Keyssar on why the unpopular institution has prevailed 

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Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025

From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions 

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The Life of a Harvard Spy

Richard Skeffington Welch’s illustrious—and clandestine—career in the CIA

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What Trump Means for John Roberts’s Legacy

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.