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Is Ultraprocessed Food Really That Bad?
A Harvard professor challenges conventional wisdom.
A Personal Genome Machine?
In a laboratory behind the Science Center, researchers are working on a high-stakes project at the nexus of physics and biology. If all goes...
"The Gates of Paradise"
The main baptistery doors of the Duomo in Florence, created by Lorenzo Ghiberti between 1425 and 1452, are among the masterpieces that ushered...
Laugh for Your Lungs' Sake
Stress headaches, stress fractures, and stress-induced heart attacks already register with the general public. Now new research suggests that...
The Lucky Effect
Pretend that you’re five years old. A grownup in a white coat tells you about Jane, who found $5 on the sidewalk; Johnny, who was splashed...
Eight Americas
A map of Americans’ health status and longevity resembles a microcosm of global health extremes. Although Asian-American women in Bergen...
Figs were the first cultivated plant
New archaeobotanical evidence pushes the origins of agriculture back to 11,400 years ago, when humans living in a village eight miles north of...
Unleashing Light
The light microscope launched modern biology in the seventeenth century, letting scientists view the components of life that exist far beyond...
Mapping Music
Humans seem to have an instinct for music. Certain songs have a quality that makes us want to tap our toes and sing along. We can’t quite...
Questing Eye
Each night that it has run since its April launch, the 72-inch optical telescope at the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, has...
Grading Teachers
Education researchers and policymakers, like the rest of us, have long known that a good teacher can make all the difference to a childs...