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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.

by Olivia Farrar

Daniel Aaron is profiled by Christoph Irmscher

Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.

by Christoph Irmscher

Brief life of scientific sleuth Joseph T. Walker, by Thomas W. Walker

Brief life of a scientific sleuth: 1908-1952

by Thomas W. Walker

Tim Murphy is Harvard’s greatest football coach

Harvard’s greatest football coach—and one of the best anywhere

by Dick Friedman

Addressing human needs at the base of the economic pyramid

Addressing human needs at the base of the economic pyramid through private enterprise

by John S. Rosenberg

The perfect pitch of filmmaker Andrew Bujalski

The perfect pitch of filmmaker Andrew Bujalski

by Sophia Nguyen

Corita Kent's screenprints are part of Pop art's history and culture

A Harvard exhibit situates her work in the Pop art movement.

by Jonathan Shaw

Brief life of Harvard astronomer William Cranch Bond, by Alan Hirshfeld

Brief life of Harvard's first astronomer: 1789-1859

by Alan Hirshfeld

Brief life of oceanographer Mary Sears, by Peter Denton

Brief life of an oceanographer and patriot: 1905-1997

by Peter Denton

Rosabeth Moss Kanter on solving America’s infrastructure problems

Rosabeth Moss Kanter on solving America’s infrastructure problems

by Rosabeth Moss Kanter