Health & Medicine
Five Questions with JoAnn Manson
A veteran women’s health advocate on federal funding cuts
by Lydialyle Gibson
Developing the Brain-Computer Interface
Benjamin Rapoport aims to aid neurology patients.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Where the Grass Is Greener
Three distinguished scientists on leaving academia to advance biomedical research
by Jonathan Shaw
Caring for the Caregivers
What it's like to look after a loved one with dementia
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Immunity Engineer
Teaching T-cells to kill cancer—and other feats of biomedical science
by Veronique Greenwood
How Much Alcohol Is Safe?
Drinking alcohol increases cancer risk, but may protect against cardiovascular disease.
by Erin O'Donnell
Five Questions with Professor Jia Liu
Harvard bioengineer on AI in brain-machine interfaces, and using technology to treat disease
by Olivia Farrar
Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart
“Sustainable eating,” and healthy recipes you can prepare for the holidays.
by Olivia Farrar
The Evolutionary Case for Exercise
The off-label prescription from our hunter-gatherer ancestors
by Olivia Farrar
Harvard Alumnus Wins Chemistry Nobel
David Baker ’84 invents new proteins not found in nature.
by Lydialyle Gibson
How the Mind Assigns Meaning to Words
New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.
by Jonathan Shaw