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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

Climate Change’s Economic Heat

Climate change has diverse and far-reaching economic effects.

by Katherine Xue

A Better Path to High Performance

Under pressure, getting excited yields better results than remaining calm.

by Erin O'Donnell

The Price of Healthy Eating

With changed policies and food supply systems, healthy foods would cost less.

by Jonathan Shaw

Fusing Faculties of Mind

Brain-to-brain interface lets a human control a rat's tail.

by Peter Saalfield

Sex Science and Gender Culture

Sarah Richardson presents a history of the sex chromosomes in science and culture.

by Katherine Xue

The Fix in Fossil Fuels

Joseph Aldy examines the true costs of fossil fuel subsidies.

by Laura Levis

A Poet’s March of Ages

Two Harvard classics professors create the first Virgil Encyclopedia in English.

by Erin O'Donnell

Wearable Robots

Harvard engineers build soft exosuits to aid human movement.

by Katherine Xue

Cancer Treatment Gets Personal

Genetic information about specific cancer can lead to better patient treatments

by Courtney Humphries

Markets and the Movie Industry

A new book documents censorship by Hollywood at the bidding of Hitler's Nazi government.

by Erin O'Donnell