Science & Technology
Ronny Chieng is Harvard’s Class Day Speaker
The comedian, actor, and The Daily Show correspondent will address the 2026 College graduating class on May 27.
Five Questions with Professor Jia Liu
Harvard bioengineer on AI in brain-machine interfaces, and using technology to treat disease
The Evolutionary Case for Exercise
The off-label prescription from our hunter-gatherer ancestors
Harvard Alumnus Wins Chemistry Nobel
David Baker ’84 invents new proteins not found in nature.
How Does the Brain Interpret Language in Real-Time?
New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.
Using Generative AI to Predict Viral Mutations and Develop Vaccines
Biomedical researchers are using AI to survey the viral landscape.
Gary Ruvkun Shares Nobel Prize in Medicine
Harvard Medical School genetics professor honored
How to Reform Healthcare
104 Harvard thought leaders outline medicine’s unmet needs.
Can New Drugs Help Millions of Americans with Obesity?
GLP-1s like Ozempic in the future of healthcare
Social Interaction and Human Health
Why social interactions are as vital as food and water
How Your Social Circle Affects Your Microbiome and Health
The microbiome may be socially exchanged, modulating both health and metabolism.
by Ann Thomas