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Why Heat Waves Make You Miserable
Scientists are studying how much heat and humidity the human body can take.
Nixing the News
If those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it—as philosopher George Santayana, A.B. 1886, once wrote—and if news...
The "Sellout"
In the hazardous waters of American race politics, a particular danger shadows the successful black American who achieves status and acclaim in...
Googling Google
Google, which earned $1.1 billion in operating income in the second quarter of 2007 alone, is now the single most important company on the...
Slowing Sperm
Many women fantasize about it: a male birth-control pill. After all, most existing contraceptives place sole responsibility for preventing...
From Anecdote to Equation
The idea seems simple enough: Get detailed information about the participants in a given social program—public-housing residents, say, or...
Foundations of Faith?
Public debates about evolution frequently pit science against religion. But work by professor of mathematics and of biology Martin Nowak adds a...
Manhood Reconsidered
As a professor at Harvard Business School, Robin J. Ely has had her share of experience with how men (who constitute 80 percent of the...
Fantastic!
The recent announcement that Lene Vestergaard Hau had successfully changed light to matter, and then back into light, evokes the magic of...
Faculty Faith
In their early years, many American universities had openly religious agendas. Harvard’s own mission, according to a 1643 pamphlet, was...
Might mice with speed and endurance give clues treating degenerative disease
Harvard scientists have created a mighty mouse, a rodent endowed with a rare type of muscle that combines unusual power and speed, like that of...