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Why one summer intern wasn't annoyed to be asked to fetch coffee
Notes on a summer of newsprint, headlines—and coffee
Random House wins literary standoff with Andrew Wylie's agency
Random House publishers has won a battle with literary agent Andrew Wylie over e-book rights.
Slide show: a reporter's notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya
A reporter's notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya
Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung apply mindfulness techniques to eating
Applying ancient Buddhist mindfulness techniques to eating in the modern world
Video: Soulfège reinterprets the West African classic "Sweet Mother"
Shot in Ghana, a reinterpretation of the West African classic by a band including Derrick Ashong ’97 and Jonathan Gramling ’98
Michael Greenberg studies molecular-level memory formation and eRNA
Neurobiologist Michael Greenberg investigates how memories form at a molecular level, and discovers a new class of RNA.
Robert Pringle says termite-mound distribution reveals ecosystem productivity
Robert Pringle says the grid-like distribution of Kenyan termite mounds helps answer an old question about ecosystems.
by Samuel Bjork
David Scadden studies cellular environments, seeking the origins of cancer
David Scadden studies the environmental cues that can cause normal cells to become diseased.
The music of Derrick Ashong and Soulfège fuses reggae, hip-hop, and funk
The band Soulfège has international sound and a positive message. With a music video.
Prolific writer Francine Prose
Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.