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Events 2007
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This Month in
Harvard History
Oct. 24, 1656
Massachusetts grants Harvard power ‘to punish all misdemenoures of the youth in their Societie, either by fine or whipping in the hall openly....’

Science
October 11, 2007

Future of the past tense
hourglass of words illustration
Just as organisms undergo natural selection, so do words — especially verbs — which are subject to powerful pressure to ‘regularize.’

Illustration design by Jonathan Saragosti

Biologists gather to mark anniversary of key Wilson theory

Mahzarin Banaji looks at biology of bias

Harvard scientists predict the future of the past tense

How Sputnik changed education

Researchers better understand biological clock

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer puts heart at risk

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