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Getting to Mars (for Real)
Humans have been dreaming of living on the Red Planet for decades. Harvard researchers are on the case.
Romare Bearden profiled by Robert G. O'Meally
Brief life of a textured artist: 1911-1988
Science historian Sarah Richardson profiled by Bennett McIntosh
Historian and philosopher Sarah Richardson interrogates the science of sex and gender.
William Monroe Trotter
Brief life of a black radical: 1872-1934
Harvard Art Museums exhibit displays the ubiquity of cross-border movement
The ubiquity of movement across man-made borders
A.O. Scott on the Value of Movie Reviews
The longtime New York Times film critic navigates the changing world of moviemaking—and moviegoing.
The Talent for Aging Well
George E. Vaillant's generational research on Harvard men unveils the differences that distinguish the "happy-well" from the "sad-sick" in later life.
A life lesson from Willie Banks
A life lesson from Willie Banks
David Damrosch promotes world literature
David Damrosch’s literary global reach
Adella Hunt Logan
Brief life of a rebellious black suffragist: 1863-1915
Historian Elizabeth Hinton: a profile
Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.