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To avoid hacks like Spectre and Meltdown, microprocessor designers need to make security a primary concern, says Tufts professor

The School of Medicine clinical professor emeritus was a pioneer in hand surgery in New England

No link found in older adults between consuming dairy fat and a higher risk of death

Students learn to do the math to counter gerrymandering in this summer’s Voting Rights Data Institute

Why do Republican voters disapprove of compromise more than Democrats?

The rest of the planet is transfixed by the soccer—er, football—tournament. Here’s your explainer