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Why Taxi Drivers Don’t Die of Alzheimer’s
Explaining taxi and ambulance drivers’ protection against Alzheimer’s disease.
by Erin O'Donnell
Tackling Football Trauma
The Harvard Football Players Health Study aims to treat athletes’ medical problems, from head injuries to torn ACLs.
by Sophia Nguyen
The “Bionic Leaf ”
Harvard scientists find a way to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Mr. Mom Switch
Locating the “command neurons that drive parental behavior”
by Erin O'Donnell
Is Vitamin D a Wonder Pill?
Two Harvard studies investigate the nutrient's cancer-fighting properties.
by Sophia Nguyen
Animating Music
Two scholars—in jazz, and in German music—team up on a tool that makes musical structure visible.
by Sophia Nguyen
How Globalization Begets Inequality
Modeling how globalization leaves the least-skilled workers behind
by Stephanie Garlock
Self-Regulating Coffee Drinkers?
A new Harvard School of Public Health study suggests people naturally regulate their coffee consumption.
by Laura Levis
Company Size Matters
Small companies innovate better, but in the energy field, large firms may lead.
by Erin O'Donnell
Thinking Conceptually
Studying the role of “executive function” in learning, in minds young and old
by Sophia Nguyen
Choosing Confidants
Barbers, bartenders, and beauticians are as privy to our secrets as are family and friends.
by Craig Lambert