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Stephen Greenblatt and Dean Robin Kelsey chat about Greenblatt's new book "The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve" in the lobby of Harvard Global Support Services.

Eden as a storyteller’s paradise

Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar Stephen Greenblatt on his new book, ‘The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve’

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DateOctober 24, 2017July 26, 2019

Arkhat Abzhanov (left), associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, and Michael Brenner, Glover Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics, co-lead authors of a new study that looks at how developmental mechanisms both allow for great variability and create powerful constraints on the shape of the beaks of song birds.

Reading shapes

Research on bird beaks delivers powerful insights on variation

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DateJune 6, 2014

Since 1988, Richard Lenski has watched E. coli bacteria multiply through 59,000 generations, a span that has allowed him to observe evolution in real time. He also found that one of the 12 bacterial lines he has maintained has developed into what he believes is a new species.

Evolution in real time

59,000 generations of bacteria, plus freezer, yield startling results

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DateFebruary 13, 2014March 19, 2019

“If you live in a society that is dysfunctional and unhealthy, where people are doing better than you, you need solace from somewhere. You get it from religion,” said Jerry Coyne. “The thing that blocks acceptance of evolution in America is religion.” Coyne's talk, sponsored by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, was part of its “Evolution Matters” lecture series.

The whys of religion vs. evolution

Biologist examines why Americans often choose faith over scientific findings

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DateMay 8, 2012May 20, 2019

Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership

<h4>Jossey-Bass, August 2010</h4><h5>By Paul R. Lawrence </h5>

Arts|

DateMarch 22, 2011

“If you don’t appreciate that you’re in the midst of incredible beauty, you’re missing something,” said Willliam "Ned" Friedman, the Arnold Arboretum's new director.

Passion and the flowering plant

New Arboretum director brings fresh zest to things botanical

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DateFebruary 14, 2011

Arnold Arboretum Director William “Ned” Friedman said scientific discovery requires more than just an idea: "Darwin had the ability to convince others of the correctness of the idea."

What made Darwin first

Evolution’s revolution was the naturalist’s, though initial idea wasn’t

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DateJanuary 11, 2011March 26, 2019

Sobering poems, more sobering oration mark PBK

Goldbarth reads, Engell speaks

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DateJune 4, 2009

Evolution explored from all angles

Class of ’58 members bring exhibit to life; faculty fieldwork fulfills museum’s mission

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DateMay 28, 2009

Performance rings old bones with sounds of ‘selection’

HMNH marks Darwin anniversary with original music performance

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DateApril 30, 2009

Culture skews human evolution

Lieberman expounds on ‘dysevolution’

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DateMarch 12, 2009

Watching evolution in real time

Scholar looks at rare proof of natural selection at work

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DateMarch 5, 2009

Darwin’s empathy, imagination highlighted

Scholar discusses Darwin as writer, experimenter

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DateFebruary 26, 2009

Two reasons to fete Darwin

Houghton and Cabot mark anniversaries with exhibits

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DateFebruary 5, 2009

A single gene leads yeast cells to cooperate against threats

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DateNovember 20, 2008

Biologists remember landmark theory

In 1967, MacArthur and Wilson published ‘The Theory of Island Biogeography’

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DateOctober 11, 2007

First orchid fossil puts showy blooms at some 80 million years old

Pollen-bearing bee, preserved in amber, resolves longstanding dispute over orchid origins

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DateAugust 29, 2007