Science

Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.

Getting to Mars (for Real)

Humans have been dreaming of living on the Red Planet for decades. Harvard researchers are on the case.

by Olivia Farrar

What Happens When Infections Stop Responding to Antibiotics?

Harvard Medical School experts discuss the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.

by Olivia Farrar

Green AI: Hype or Hope?

An expert panel explores AI’s climate impact, from emissions to water use.

by Olivia Farrar

Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández

A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago

by Olivia Farrar

Five Questions with Peter R. Girguis

A Harvard professor of evolutionary biology on what lurks in the deep sea  

by Olivia Farrar

How AI Is Reshaping Supply Chains

Harvard Kennedy School lecturer on using AI to strengthen supply chains

by Olivia Farrar

Free Speech, the Bomb—and Donald Trump

A Harvard cardiologist on the unlikely alliances that shaped a global movement to prevent nuclear war

How Do Single-Celled Organisms Learn and Remember

A Harvard neuroscientist’s quest to model memory in single-celled organisms

by Lydialyle Gibson

Do Mitochondria Hold the Power to Heal?

From Alzheimer’s to cancer, this tiny organelle might expand treatment options. 

by Max J. Krupnick

The Risks of Low-Dose Radiation Exposure

Continuing fallout from the Manhattan Project

by Vivian W. Rong

Five Questions with Brian D. Farrell

A professor and curator of entomology on beetles, biodiversity, and evolutionary change

by Olivia Farrar