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Where to Gift Your Grad

They've got the mortarboard—now support these worthy brick-and-mortars. 

Alexander Gassel retrospective at the Museum of Russian Icons

A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs

by Nell Porter-Brown

Rapid Tests, in Time for Fall Surge

Rapid COVID-19 tests, of the kind that Michael Mina has been advocating since last year, are finally approved for home use.

by Jonathan Shaw

Letters from our readers

"Shoddy," maskupmanship, American exceptionalism

Singer, songwriter, harmonica player Scott Albert Johnson

Scott Albert Johnson finds his path.

by Jacob Sweet

Less construction ahead, quantum science and engineering, and more

Less construction in prospect, quantum science and engineering, and more

Renovation and consolidation at Harvard COOP

Renovation and consolidation at a Harvard Square institution

Dr. Jeffries balloons across the Channel

Two explorers strip to stay aloft.

by Jacob Sweet

Secretaries’ role in history of information

From a huge new book on the history of information, an excerpt on the role of secretaries

al-Hariri, a master storyteller

Brief life of a master storyteller

by Michael Cooperson

The Third Way

Ellen Langer rejects binary thinking, embracing instead a “third way.”

by Erin O’Donnell