Photograph by Jim Harrison
In 2011, the Memorial Church bell got a new clapper—and cracked; recordings replaced its ringing. This replacement, cast by John Taylor Bell Foundry, of the United Kingdom (which made the original in 1926), was hoisted into place on June 16. Genuine clangs resumed.
There’s a growing movement to curb light pollution. It starts on your front porch.
City planners adopt principles to guide future development of the commercial innovation district in Allston.
A crumbling wall in Harvard Square holds centuries of the city’s story, if you know how to read it.
Growing liver implants, mapping the sense of smell, and journalism at risk
Science and art capture the microscopic natural world.
Until the 1950s, professionals cleaned up after students in the dorms.
