Mammalian vertebral columns may reflect pace of evolution
Researchers find clues to evolution in the intricate mammalian vertebral column.
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Astronomy Lab at Harvard makes accessibility a priority
Accessibility devices at the lab use sound to allow the visually impaired to envision the stars
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Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman turns his attention to walking
A running-studies pioneer takes a look at walking, with and without shoes, and gives calluses a thumbs-up.
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Harvard history professor traces the rise of psychiatric drugs
The Gazette spoke with History of Science Professor Anne Harrington about her new book, “Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness,” which traces the treatment of mental disorders from its early years to the Prozac Nation of today.
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