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July 16, 2015
Stress wreaks havoc on our health — even at the cellular level.  Cells under certain kinds of duress can lose water and put pressure on our DNA, making it difficult...
July 16, 2015
Novelist, poet, playwright, and short story writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is regarded as Brazil’s greatest writer, although his work is little read...
July 13, 2015
Jung Han, newly named as the William A. Norton Professor in Technological Innovation, focuses his research on wide-bandgap semiconductor materials, optoelectronic and...
July 13, 2015
Linda H. Peterson, the Niel Gray Jr. Professor of English, died on June 25, after a long battle with cancer. She was 67 years old.
July 9, 2015
“Hacking the Electorate” is a study of the consequences of campaigns using microtargeting databases to mobilize voters in elections.
July 9, 2015
Astronomers have spotted a super-sized black hole in the early universe that grew much faster than its host galaxy.
July 8, 2015
Harold Bloom has for decades been sharing with readers and students his passion for understanding literature and explaining why it matters. In “The Daemon Knows,” he turns to...