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Harvard's Randy Buckner and Fenna Krienen say areas of the brain were untethered

A new theory posits that as the brain grew, some regions were freed from necessary tasks

by Courtney Humphries

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

A Far Cry performs at the Gardner Museum

Boston’s chamber orchestra A Far Cry merges genres at the Gardner Museum.

New technologies could one day potentially reengineer species in the wild

New technologies could one day potentially reengineer species in the wild.

Harvard is evaluating “blended" courses that draw on online MOOC material

Harvard evaluates “blended” courses that draw on MOOC material.

"Finding Neverland" at the ART recasts the story of Peter Pan and J.M. Barrie

The new musical Finding Neverland at the American Repertory Theater once again revives the myth of Peter Pan and his creator, J.M. Barrie.

“Legally Blonde” composer-lyricists Nell Benjamin and Laurence O’Keefe profiled

Musicals by Benjamin and O’Keefe excite Broadway.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Graduate School of Education releases study on teens and digital stress

Study could lead to better support of adolescents growing up in the digital world.

Music and medicine converge at Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School turns to the humanities.

by Karolina Brook

The Tosteson Medical Education Center student performers

The Tosteson Medical Education Center student performers

A Harvard human-rights expert on Central American child immigrants

A human-rights expert on Central American child immigrants

by Jacqueline Bhabha