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The Age of Science: What Scientists Learned in the Twentieth Century, by Gerard Piel '37 (Basic Books, $40). The founder of Scientific American...
Alternative medicine ("integrative medicine") goes mainstream
In the 1950s the American Cancer Society had a Committee on Quackery. Later that turned into a committee on "unproven methods of cancer...
Finding Work That Works for You
Sticking with one job, one company, or even a single career is much less common than it used to be. This can be a blessing--or a burden. Some...
Britain-bound
Eight Harvard seniors will cross the Atlantic to study at Oxford next year as Marshall and Rhodes Scholars. Sarah Moss has been an avid...
A Crisis in Caregiving
Who will take care of our elders? Low pay, poor training, meager prospects for advancement, and major population shifts are creating a national...
Fall Sports in Brief
The men's soccer team (10-5-1, 5-2 Ivy) finished third in the Ivies, having reeled off a five-game winning streak in midseason. The booters...
Microbes Eat the Past
In 1969, astronauts Edwin Eugene ("Buzz") Aldrin and Neil Armstrong bounced along the moon's dusty surface wearing the toughest work...
The Gamut of Grades from A to B
Slightly more than half the grades given to Harvard undergraduates during the past three academic years have been A or A-. More than any other...
Off the Shelf Jan-Feb 2002
As the Future Catches You: How Genomics and Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health, and Wealth, by Juan Enriquez '81, M.B.A. '86, IAF...
The Community Scholar
Ahhng...ahhng...that strange sound somewhere between a ring and a buzzer announces a fire drill at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. Lines of...
Off the Beaten Track
John Fox, Ph.D. '94, has already had his biography researched and written. His role as a team anthropologist and director of research for an...