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During a presentation sponsored by Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, biologist J. Scott Turner debunked some 50-year-old assertions that termite mounds’ complex tunnel structure works to circulate air in an orderly manner from a nest chamber low in the mound, up a central chimney away from the nest, and, as the air cools, down small outer tunnels to the bottom of the nest.

Termites as architects

Insects’ mounds provide useful lessons in ventilation

Science|

DateOctober 21, 2010

Renowned soprano Renée Fleming (right) challenged Sofia Selowsky ’12, a mezzo-soprano with a deep register, to explore her voice’s higher range. Fleming was teaching a master class through the Office for the Arts' Learning From Performers program.

Down-to-earth diva

Soprano Renée Fleming enthralls master class

Arts|

DateFebruary 10, 2010April 12, 2019