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Harvard Graduate Workers Begin Strike
In the second walkout in six months, union leaders call for better pay and benefits and a stronger grievance process.
Social justice activists and entrepreneurs follow their own paths
Young activists live their beliefs—"every day"
Bernard Bailyn's "The Barbarous Years" reviewed by Daniel K. Richter
The “mixed multitudes” of early Colonial America—and the Native Americans
Ben Loory writes short, quirky stories
Ben Loory's minimalist stories ambush the reader.
by David Updike
George Howe Colt's new book "Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History"
In Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History, George Howe Colt offers autobiography and biography both.
Lightweight, distortion-free flat lens uses antennae, not glass, to focus light
Harvard scientists have developed a tiny, lightweight, distortion-free lens that focuses light without glass.
Unrelated tropical cuckoos find safety sharing a communal nest
The breeding behavior of tropical cuckoos, in which unrelated adults share a communal nest, proves an exception to the theory of kin selection.
High housing costs restrict labor mobility, threatening economic growth
Land-use restrictions lead to growing income disparities between states, Kennedy School researchers find.
Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School studies placebos
An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine.
Michael McElroy and Xi Lu on Natural Gas and Fracking
Natural gas, the economy, and America’s energy prospects
by Xi Lu
Zimbabwe Rhodes winners boost Harvard’s 2013 total to nine.
Zimbabwe winners boost Harvard’s 2013 scholars total to nine.