Light Blitzes Plaque

Fast forward a decade and imagine what a drugstore shelf might hold. A pill containing an entire day’s nutrients? A gadget that confers...

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Published in the January-February 2006 print issue in the Right Now section.

How brushing and flossing can protect your heart

In the wake of federal government actions, several Harvard schools and institutes are cutting costs.

Amid distrust of science, Paula Johnson tells medical and dental graduates to be “citizen-physicians.”

The underlying arguments project clashing worldviews of race and appropriate remedies.

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

Genes seem to play a role in determining sexual orientation, but it’s small, uncertain, and complicated.

The Goel Center in Allston will open for performances in the fall of 2026.

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

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.