Light Blitzes Plaque

Fast forward a decade and imagine what a drugstore shelf might hold. A pill containing an entire day’s nutrients? A gadget that confers...

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Published in the January-February 2006 print issue in the Right Now section.

How brushing and flossing can protect your heart

In the wake of federal government actions, several Harvard schools and institutes are cutting costs.

Amid distrust of science, Paula Johnson tells medical and dental graduates to be “citizen-physicians.”

A survey reveals suprising links between social media use and depression in adults.

Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge

In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up.

A College student’s attempt to recapture the romanticism of the workplace.

Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion

The stakes are high for this husband and wife: one of them will die if they don’t find a cure.