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Icarus

There are those who have eaten at Icarus more than a hundred times during the last 20 years and say they have never had a reason not to go back...

by Nell Porter-Brown

Liquid Computing

Imagine a computer, suspended in a flask of liquid, which assembles itself when the liquid is poured onto a desktop. Sound like science fiction?...

by Jonathan Shaw

Fall Sports in Progress

Harvard Sports on the Web Visit the Crimson's official website, www.athletics.harvard.edu, for Harvard teams' schedules and results, stories...

Yesterday's News

1926 After closing the Memorial Hall commons because of students' "unsociable fashion of 'eating round' at cafeterias and lunch...

Beyond the Transcript

Last year, Harvard's senior admissions officers urged applicants to the College-- and their parents--to relax a little, lest the rising...

Talking about Terrorism

In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., on September 11, Harvard took the steps one would...

Mosquitoes and ticks carry diseases, sometimes with devastating economic effects

Andew Spielman studies diseases carried by blood-sucking insects, and their adaptations to life with their human hosts.

by Jonathan Shaw

Hilarity On-line

The logo--a man in a suit and fedora striding confidently toward a banana peel--is, indeed, retro. But the comedy website Modern Humorist...

by Craig Lambert

Harvard at Home

The University's on-line educational venture, Harvard at Home, now offers a dozen capsule versions of seminars, talks, and courses. Designed to...

Shards in the City

Urban archaeologists peel back the concrete skins of modern cities in search of the material remains of the past. The task challenges...

Drying Out "The Game"

Reacting swiftly to the alcohol-related problems at last November's edition of The Game (see "Unsavory Record," January-February, page...

Radcliffe Recruits

A pair of senior faculty appointments unveiled shortly before the beginning of the academic year underscores the intellectual ambitions and new...