Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
Facial Pheenoms
“Super-recognizers” have an astonishing ability to identify faces.
by Craig Lambert
The Poor Payoff of Pleasure Postponed
Why a little self-indulgence makes sense.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
The Oldest Object
A star more than 13 billion years old
by Jonathan Shaw
An Ounce of Prevention
Financial regulation, moral hazard, and the end of “too big to fail”
by David A. Moss
Exposed
The erosion of privacy in the Internet era
by Jonathan Shaw
Phishing for Trust Online
Phishing pits an organized criminal ecosystem against a jumbled array of private "takedown" firms, domain-name registrars, and ISPs.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Phenomenon of Parenting
History professor Jill Lepore's take on recent parenting memoirs
Attacking Gang Violence, One City at a Time
A professor with Kennedy School ties questions zero-tolerance policing policies.
Who Killed the Men of England?
Cutting-edge science helps historians push further and more fully into the past.
by Jonathan Shaw
Lessons from an Unexpected Life
One patient’s struggle with chronic illness highlights the complexities of modern medicine and the healthcare challenge.