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Crowds visiting Luna Park at Coney Island, New York, in the early 1900s could purchase tickets to view infants resting in “isolettes,” early versions of the incubator.

Connections Issue Winter 2017

Soft Touch

The good medicine of gentle contact with our skin

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The al-Quds hospital in the opposition-held sector of Aleppo was hit by air strikes in April 2016, killing twenty-seven people, including three doctors. Its destruction left only three functioning hospitals in that part of the city.

Connections Issue Winter 2017

Support System

The bond between doctors knows no borders

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The Lovers by Merse

The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011

The Look of Love

Love’s many splendors begin with empathy and attachment

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Trust Me, I'm Your Smartphone

Connections Issue Winter 2017

Trust Me, I'm Your Smartphone

Does digital communication affect our sense of belonging?

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Flat Line

Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

A Fine Line

Is it time to reconsider the dead-donor rule?

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Astronaut outside a spaceship

Space Savers Issue Spring 2012

Blues Cues

Researchers cast a little light on the subject of sleep

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X-ray of a bug

Space Savers Issue Spring 2012

Express Yourself

Our chromosomes bear creative, even outlandish, names. Who knew?

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Japanese Red Cross near the Yalu River 1904

Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

In Short Supply

Can doctors who deliver medical care following disasters shift their thinking from what’s good for the one to what’s good for the many?

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Not Inconceivable

Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

Not Inconceivable

Amid a growing range of reproductive technologies, ethicists confront questions arising from access and application

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Schoolchildren at an event at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C., wait for their chance to question astronauts.

Space Savers Issue Spring 2012

On Course

Space-based research instills a passion for science in the next generation

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The six founders of neurobiology at HMS (center image: clockwise from left, standing): Edwin Furshpan, Stephen Kuffler, David Hubel, Torsten Wiesel, Edward Kravitz, and David Potter

Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

On Our Mind

The multidisciplinary study of the brain got its start at HMS more than fifty years ago

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Image of trees at night

The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011

The Chill of Fear

Dread requires only a tenth of a second to take root

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The Depths of Despair

The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011

The Depths of Despair

Medicine tackles melancholia with new tools and understanding

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Backpack with pro-earth button pins

Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

Think Globally, Act Locally

Embracing the call for social responsibility takes many scientists into the public arena

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Overhead view of missile inside launch silo

The Cost of Conflict Issue Spring 2018

Chain Reactions

Generations of physicians have taken “do no harm” beyond the clinic by advocating for nuclear disarmament

Science and Society

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