Tag: National Geographic

  • Nation & World

    Clues of heart disease found in 16th-century mummies

    CT scans reveal evidence of atherosclerosis in 16th-century mummies from Greenland. The mummies were of particular interest due to their diet, which relied on fish — commonly touted as a heart-healthy diet.

    4 minutes
    CT scan of mummy
  • Nation & World

    James Newton Butler

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 1, 2013, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late James Newton Butler, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Chemistry, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Butler was acclaimed for his research on ionic equilibrium and pelagic tar in the North…

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Three days, three wild finds

    Tim Laman, an associate of Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology and an award-winning wildlife photographer, was part of a two-man team that helicoptered into a remote Australian rainforest earlier this year, coming out with three new species: two lizards and a frog.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    30 million footsteps

    Journalist Paul Salopek next year plans to begin a seven-year, 22,000-mile trip to follow the path of the first massive human migration around the world. He plans to begin in the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia and finish in Patagonia.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Art and catastrophe

    At a photo exhibit on Chernobyl, 25 years after the disaster, viewers get glimpses of both hope and horror.

    6 minutes