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.”

Before a data center is built, Francesca Dominici and Le Xie aim to predict costs to the grid, the air, and the neighbors next door.

Singer Elisa Smith’s whiskey-soaked voice and subversive feminism is part of the genre’s urban shift.

Brief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930

For both American and international students, growing up is like learning a new language.

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

Author and Harvard Divinity School writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams finds beauty in the world around us.