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
Of Coffee and Cryptogamic Botany
Harvard’s Farlow Herbarium at 100
by Jonathan Shaw
The Evolutionary Case for Exercise
The off-label prescription from our hunter-gatherer ancestors
by Olivia Farrar
Harvard’s Nobel Prize Incubator
The Harvard University Bio Labs, home to 10 Nobel laureates on floor three and two on floor four
by Richard Losick
How Physics Can Be Used to Manipulate a Coin Toss
How a coin toss can be uniquely rigged – and can demonstrate probability’s role in reducing uncertainty.
by Olivia Farrar
Home Unaffordable Home
America’s housing problem—and what to do about it
by Jonathan Shaw
When Technology and Society Clash
Latanya Sweeney confronts our all-consuming “technocracy.”
by Lydialyle Gibson
How the Mind Assigns Meaning to Words
New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.
by Jonathan Shaw
Why Ivy Athletes Score in Careers
How does undergraduate participation in varsity sports enhance career success?
by Jonathan Shaw
Predicting Viral Variants and Vaccine Cures
Biomedical researchers are using AI to survey the viral landscape.
by Nina Pasquini
American Jewish Life After October 7
Professors Derek Penslar and Noah Feldman reflect on a difficult year
by Max J. Krupnick