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 former economics concentrator brings his talent for crunching numbers to netminding.

Brief life of America’s greatest naval architect: 1886-1967

Ofer Bar-Yosef argues that cultural and technological revolutions have been more important than biological ones during the past 100, 000 years.

There’s a growing movement to curb light pollution. It starts on your front porch.

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

Conan O’Brien headlines a star-studded cast