Faculty & Community
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
This Astronomer is Sounding a Warning on 'Space Junk'
As debris accumulates in low Earth orbit, the danger of destructive collisions continues to rise.
English and the humanities in decline?
A new lament about the status of English critiques the Harvard department's new curriculum.
James Watson and Edward O. Wilson: An Intellectual Entente
James D. Watson and Edward O. Wilson, two major exponents of modern biology, reflect on the convergence of the evolutionary and molecular approaches in their field.
Wind Powering China
China could produce seven times its current electricity needs using wind alone.
Scrutinizing facial-recognition ability
“Super-recognizers” have an astonishing ability to identify faces.
The Poor Payoff of Pleasure Postponed
Why a little self-indulgence makes sense.
Gamma-ray bursts reveal the oldest star yet discovered
A star more than 13 billion years old
A risk-management plan to help prevent financial crises
Financial regulation, moral hazard, and the end of “too big to fail”
The erosion of privacy in the Internet era
The erosion of privacy in the Internet era
Tyler Moore explains how the bad guys take over personal computers
Phishing pits an organized criminal ecosystem against a jumbled array of private "takedown" firms, domain-name registrars, and ISPs.
Jill Lepore on Ayelet Waldman, Michael Lewis, and the cultural history of parent
History professor Jill Lepore's take on recent parenting memoirs