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Why Vera Rubin Deserved a Nobel

The New York Times | 1.3.2017

A Threat to U.S. Democracy: Political Dysfunction

The New York Times | 1.3.2017

Rewriting the Code of Life

The New Yorker | 1.2.2017

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Evolution unleashed and Gene drives promise unprecedented human control of the environment

The Most Notable Medical Findings of 2016

The New Yorker | 1.2.2017

Randall Kennedy: There Is No Common Ground to Be Had with the Trump Administration

The American Prospect | 1.2.2017

Once-Promising Diabetes ‘Breakthrough’ Comes Unglued With a Major Retraction

STAT | 12.27.2016

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Diabetes treatment discovery by Harvard scientists Douglas Melton and Peng Yi

The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China. It’s Automation.

The New York Times | 12.22.2016

Becoming Disabled

The New Yorker | 12.21.2016

Trump's Muse on U.S. Trade with China

The New Yorker | 12.21.2016

A Mall in Harvard Square? Not if Some Neighbors Get Their Way

The Boston Globe | 12.21.2016