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I Cook, Therefore I Am?
The "Meeting the Minds" column explores Moore professor of biological anthropology Richard Wrangham's argument that cooking food is what allowed for...
Harvard Endowment Rises 5.7 Percent to $36.9 Billion
Harvard Management Company (HMC) reported that the University's endowment had increased by $2.0 billion, or 5.7 percent, during the fiscal year ended June 30...
Tall Tales
Arianne Cohen ’03—a onetime Harvard Magazine Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow— is publishing a second book—The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life on High, which promises "a fascinating and informative look into the world of tall people"...
Facebook Profile Before First Steps?
This week's New York Times Thursday Styles section had an article about websites that let infants and toddlers set up profiles...
Allegations of lowering of academic standards and improper recruiting
See the statement issued by the Ivy League on September 3, as well as background links...
A Window on Beijing
The Olympics focused global attention generally on air pollution in China, and particularly on air quality in Beijing.
Man, Mongoose, and Machine
Standing outside a Sri Lankan army base in the spring of 2007, Thrishantha Nanayakkara mapped an entire minefield without once setting foot in it.
by Paul Gleason
Ecophilic Initiatives
Examples of how the University and its constituent parts have been going green during the past several years...
Cambridge 02138
Tuberculosis, space and time, military matters...
Prescription for Error?
In recent years, safety recalls of widely prescribed drugs like the pain-killer Vioxx have sent an unsettling message to consumers.
How They Built Houses in Japan
Watch a film clip showing the reconstruction of the Boston Children's Museum's Japanese house...
The Teen Brain
It’s a paradoxical time of development. These are people with very sharp brains, but they’re not quite sure what to do with them...