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Is Ultraprocessed Food Really That Bad?

A Harvard professor challenges conventional wisdom. 

by Craig Lambert

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Harvard’s VirScan exposes viral vulnerabilities

A serological test may reveal the COVID-19 virus’s weaknesses—and expose its strategic decoys.

by Bennett McIntosh

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Butterfly wing secrets revealed in infrared

A study reveals new dimensions to their function and beauty.

by Bennett McIntosh

Matthias Nahrendorf seated in front of a PET/CT scanner

Stem cell activity linked to lifestyle

Exercise attenuates stem cell production of pro-inflammatory white blood cells.

by Jonathan Shaw

Children play outside while a homeschooled child watches through a window

What rights do children have in homeschooling?

Elizabeth Bartholet highlights risks when parents have 24/7 authoritarian control over their children.

by Erin O’Donnell

Frontiers

Activity tracking to identify the at-risk elderly, and China’s offshore windfarm potential 

by Jonathan Shaw

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Short-term increases in air pollution linked to several new diseases

Researchers studying 95 million Medicare records find new fine-particle impacts in the blood, gut, skin, kidneys, and other organs.

by Jonathan Shaw

Flanking a ballot box are a monarch on the left and a senator holding a book of law on the right.

Leadership without good judgment undermines government legitimacy

The right to rule depends not only on the way power is gained, but how it is wielded.

by John A. Griffin

Frontiers

A common plasticizer causes infertility, and fructose affects fat metabolism.

A businessman reclines on the deck of a ship with no one at the helm

Index funds defer to corporate management

Index funds cast a large proportion of proxy votes in U.S. companies, but take a hands-off approach with management.

by Erin O’Donnell

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David Deming on tuition-free public college underwritten by existing funds

David Deming says existing federal higher-education subsidies, if redeployed, could make public colleges free.

by Cherone Duggan