March 1, 2008

Running on Wind?

Michael B. McElroy’s research group has launched an extensive program to define the potential of wind power as a source of electricity...

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Published in the March-April 2008 print issue in the section.

On Open to Debate, the Harvard economist defended free market competition—with meaningful government involvement.

The play Spare Parts is a contemporary fable about the quest to live forever.

From competing in youth gymnastics to studying tetrapods, the Harvard curator has always chased her curiosity.

A new book traces napalm's invention to Harvard—and its evolution from heroic discovery to pariah

In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up.

The stakes are high for this husband and wife: one of them will die if they don’t find a cure.

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

Derek Bok donated his car for a good cause.

The play Spare Parts is a contemporary fable about the quest to live forever.