Faculty & Research
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.
by Olivia Farrar
Talking About War—During a War on Osama bin Laden
President Drew Faust's Jefferson Lecture takes on an unexpected timeliness.
Throughways for Wildlife
A winning proposal to keep cars and critters apart
Video: Clues in the Blood
Video: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics.
The “Water Cooler” Effect
Proximity appears to foster quality.
Fathoming Metabolism
The study of metabolites does an end run around genomics to provide telling clues to your future health.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Public’s “Hard Problems”
An online discussion and poll revise the list of “hard problems” in the social sciences drafted by scholars at a Harvard symposium last year.
Designing from Life
Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has made a fast start.
by Courtney Humphries
Why Whales?
On learning from nature and the Endangered Species Act
by Joe Roman
The Dilemma of Choice
In a new book, All Things Shining, philosopher Sean Dorrance Kelly confronts modern nihilism with a guide for learning how to live a meaningful life.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Inflorescence of a Lily
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan has solved another everyday secret: what makes the Asiatic lily bloom.