Features

Getting to Mars (for Real)

Humans have been dreaming of living on the Red Planet for decades. Harvard researchers are on the case.

by Olivia Farrar

Jack Szostak pursues the biggest questions on Earth

Jack Szostak’s pursuit of the biggest questions on Earth

by Erin O’Donnell

Ellen Newbold La Motte

Brief life of a bold activist: 1873-1961

by Cynthia Wachtell

Dani Rodrik profiled by Marina Bolotnikova

Dani Rodrik’s views on trade, development, and democracy enter the mainstream.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

DNA testing leads Stuart Schreiber to welcome answers

A scientist discovers his own family’s secrets.

by Stuart L. Schreiber

Rafael Campo of HMS: a profile by Lydialyle Gibson

Rafael Campo’s compassionate care

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harry Elkins Widener, profiled by Daniel Blank

Brief life of Harry Elkins Widener, theater-loving bibliophile: 1885-1912

by Daniel Blank

Inflammation causes many common diseases of aging

Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?

by Jonathan Shaw

Justice Holmes, presented by Stephen Budiansky and Lincoln Caplan

A new biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. illuminates the Supreme Court during the centennial of his most momentous dissent.

by Lincoln Caplan

Medicine’s response to America’s largest public-health crisis

Medicine’s response to America’s largest public-health crisis

by Lydialyle Gibson