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How Women Are Changing the NBA

From coaching staffs to front offices, female leaders are bringing new strategies to men’s basketball.

by David L. Tannenwald

Snapshots of Harvard’s past quarter-century


Snapshots of Harvard’s past quarter-century
, with illustrations by Mark Steele

by John S. Rosenberg

The case for electrification to help solve energy and climate concerns

Reducing our dependence on imported oil—while addressing the threat of climate change

Photographer David Arnold and others document coral reefs in decline

The world's most fragile marine ecosystems are in decline.

by Jonathan Shaw

Brief life of Renaissance scholar Mary Costelloe Berenson

Brief life of a Renaissance scholar: 1864-1945

by Diane E. Booton

Restaurant eating is rising: the pros and the cons

Dining out is surging—yet there are reservations.

by Craig Lambert

Metabolomics, the study of metabolites, provides telling clues to future health

The study of metabolites does an end run around genomics to provide telling clues to your future health.

by Jonathan Shaw

Excerpt: Joe Roman's "Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act"

On learning from nature and the Endangered Species Act

by Joe Roman

Brief life of comics impresario Leverett Gleason

Brief life of a comics impresario: 1898-1971

by Brett Dakin