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A Space-Age Project for Harvard’s Plant Collection
Light-based analysis of botanical collections link plants to Earth’s changing climate.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Blood Test for PTSD?
A potential “paradigm shift” in developing new diagnostic tests in mental health
by Erin O’Donnell
Could College Be Free?
David Deming says existing federal higher-education subsidies, if redeployed, could make public colleges free.
by Cherone Duggan
The Coming Eldercare Tsunami
Can technology coupled with cultural understanding improve the health and wellness of the elderly?
by Jonathan Shaw
Where Teachers Thrive, Students Do
Education policy should focus on schools as a whole, not individual teachers, argues Susan Moore Johnson.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
What Ails Modern Liberalism?
Eric Nelson says John Rawls led modern philosophy astray.
by John A. Griffin
Mount Laurel and Climate Change
In combatting climate change, will courts hold that the general welfare trumps local sovereignty?
by Cherone Duggan
The Resurrection of the Marlboro Man
Two public-health veterans warn of new smoking risks, especially for the young.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Rawlsian Revolution
The lasting influence and limitations of John Rawls’s political philosophy
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Are Super Responders Special?
Do patients who defeat cancer hold biological secrets?
by Bennett McIntosh
Long-Term Investing, Short-Term Thinking
Long-term investors fall to short-term thinking.
by Jacob Sweet