Senior research scientist Peter Del Tredici of Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum—see “The Living Dinosaur” by Jill Jonnes, from the November-December issue—has been studying the ancient tree species Ginkgo biloba since the 1980s. In this video, he explains some unusual features of the ginkgo and shows some living specimens of the tree, both full-size and bonsai, at the Arboretum.
A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.
There’s a growing movement to curb light pollution. It starts on your front porch.
Harvard scientists identify hundreds of genes under selective pressure.
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Science and art capture the microscopic natural world.
With a grade inflation vote and in the courts, the University argued that it’s taking steps to change.
