Research

Biology: Complex Copulation

A tiny, pond-dwelling organism has some of the most complicated sex on the planet

Electrical Engineering: Diagnosis via Smartphone: A Faster and More Portable Blood Test

In Short

Creative Writing: Poetry in Prose

Tracy K. Smith wrestles with race and religion in a memoir of her childhood

Faculty Book: Harry Frankfurt

Eliminate Poverty, or Achieve Equality?

Chemistry: Producing a New Molecular Bond

Neuroscience: Brain Teaser

Understanding how an immune response may increase the risk of autism

Near Eastern Studies: Unearthing Ordinary Life

MacArthur winner puts together the pieces of the lives of Jews in medieval Egypt

Faculty Book: Stephen Kotkin

Tracking Stalin’s Rise to Murderous Tyrant

In Short

African American Studies: Science of Racial Bias

Prejudices can shift, thanks to subtle social cues from others, according to Sinclair

In Short

Psychology: Your Attention, Please

Distractions in our visual environment can impede our brains’ ability to function

In Short

Faculty Book: Samuel Hynes

Capturing the Allure of Flying in the Great War

Faculty Book: Stephen Macedo

Love and Marriage

Computer Science: Bombs Away!

An app may automatically eliminate the passing car that ruined your photograph

Q&A: Derek Lidow ’73

Leadership Savvy Trumps Inventive Ideas, Says Tech Entrepreneur

Psychology: First Impressions

How much can we learn by judging other people from their faces?

History: America the Profligate

Why we save so little, spend so much, and borrow like crazy

Faculty Books

Faculty Book: Tali Mendelberg

Speak Up! Women Lack Confidence in Debates

Q&A: Author to Author: A Future in Ruins

Religion: Spiritual Awakenings

Little-known religious movements gave a fresh identity to African-Americans