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Living the Science Fiction Fantasy

Novelist Catherine Asaro’s space operas

by Lydialyle Gibson

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The Philosopher of the Real World

Susanna Siegel moves beyond dialectical debates.

by Lydialyle Gibson

On Your Behalf

Honoring Harvard Magazine contributing writers and artists

Harvard Sundered

Amid the Middle Eastern crisis, preserving room for reasoned debate

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Curiosities: Bats, In Fact

Peabody Essex Museum dispels negative myths around these nocturnal creatures 

by Nell Porter-Brown

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The Tangible Past

How Philip C. Mead enlivens American history

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ethics and Human Cells

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by Jonathan Shaw

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Yesterday’s News

Harvard Law School: the skating rink

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Deciphering Lyme Disease

Whole-genome analysis exposes the sophistication and vulnerabilities underlying Lyme disease.

by Jonathan Shaw

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Solving Dehydration

A simple solution that saved millions

by Max J. Krupnick

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Behind the Scenes

The quirky surrealism of production designer Sue Chan

by Stuart Miller

Portrait of Zelia Nuttall, 1880

Zelia Nuttall

Brief life of a remarkable anthropologist (1857-1933)

by Merilee Grindle