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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.
Brief life of George Bucknam Dorr, a founder of Acadia National Park
Brief life of a persistent conservationist: 1853-1944
Harvard’s Jerry Mitrovica explains how Earth dynamics connect to climate
Connecting climate change to the planet’s shifting crust
Profile of political philosopher Nancy Rosenblum
Nancy Rosenblum studies neighbors and the power of proximity.
Novelist Colson Whitehead, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.
The Arnold Arboretum’s 10-year plan for plant collecting
Collecting expeditions race the anthropocene extinction to sample wild botanical diversity.
Brief life of mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch
Brief life of a mathematician and businessman: 1773-1839
How Franklin Leonard became screenwriters' most effective “hype man”
Turning the Black List into a business, to modernize Hollywood’s dream machine
Super PACs and their effect on U.S. presidential politics
How super PACs actually shape U.S. presidential politics
Gene drives promise unprecedented human control of the environment
A technique for pushing genetic alterations through entire species of plants and animals may herald a future in which humans manage ecosystems through molecular biology.
Brief life of innovative surgeon Champ Lyons by Martin Dalton and Laurence Lyons
Brief life of an innovative surgeon: 1907-1965