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6 daily habits to slow aging, from a Harvard brain expert

The Washington Post | 1.21.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Rudolph Tanzi: What Can People Do To Maintain Brain Health As They Age? and Your Brain on Exercise

This Harvard professor spent 8 years traveling the world researching the secret history of capitalism and how ‘marginal’ and ‘weak’ it used to be

Fortune | 1.18.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Sven Beckert Wins Bancroft Prize in History and The New Histories

Washington Needs A Stadium As Grand as Harvard's

The Wall Street Journal | 1.20.2026

Trump Imposes Limited Tariffs on Foreign Semiconductors

The New York Times | 1.14.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Five Questions with Willy Shih

A Crypto Revolt Against a Crypto Bill

The New York Times | 1.15.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Crypto—To Regulate or Not?

A Tale of Two Meetings: Trump Chooses Oil Over Democracy

The New York Times | 1.16.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip

The New York Times | 1.15.2026

Is $3 million enough to expand mental health services in school? Advocates say no.

The Boston Globe | 1.13.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Teen Grind Culture and A New Prescription for Youth Mental Health

Tell alarmists this secret about voter ID

The Washington Post | 1.9.2026

America’s Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem—Too Many Data Centers

The Wall Street Journal | 1.12.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How AI Energy Demand Costs Consumers