Erin O'Donnell
Social Media Use and Adult Depression
A survey reveals suprising links between social media use and depression in adults.
Right Now | November-December 2021
Optimizing Public-School Spending
Home prices are a bellwether of efficient spending in local schools
Right Now | September-October 2021
Commuting’s Impact on Creativity
Long commutes harm productivity and innovation.
Making America Competitive Again
Can election reforms end the crippling gridlock in American politics?
The Third Way
Ellen Langer rejects binary thinking, embracing instead a “third way.”
Right Now | January-February 2021
Inducing immunity to cancer
An implantable cancer vaccine shows promise in training the immune system to attack tumors.
Right Now | September-October 2020
Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic, led by Emily Broad Leib
A holistic approach to food safety and food law
Protecting the press as a foundation of democracy
If the press is essential to democracy, what can be done to save news organizations?
What rights do children have in homeschooling?
Elizabeth Bartholet highlights risks when parents have 24/7 authoritarian control over their children.
Index funds defer to corporate management
Index funds cast a large proportion of proxy votes in U.S. companies, but take a hands-off approach with management.
Right Now | January-February 2020
Systems biology helps develop a promising diagnostic
A potential “paradigm shift” in developing new diagnostic tests in mental health
Harvard study quantifies disease contributions of genetics and environment
The largest-ever study of twins quantifies the respective influence of genes and environment on specific diseases.