Science & Technology

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

When Code Meets Canvas

In brushstrokes and bytes, a symposium at Harvard explores data, perception, and art.

by Olivia Farrar

Jane Rosenzweig

Harvard Writing Center’s Jane Rosenzweig on AI and writing

by Lydialyle Gibson

News in Brief

Nobel honorands, institutional voice, civil discourse, Rhodes Scholars, and more

In Africa, Food vs. Climate?

Improved agricultural practices could cut methane emissions to zero.

by Nina Pasquini

Five Questions with Professor Jia Liu

Harvard bioengineer on AI in brain-machine interfaces, and using technology to treat disease

by Olivia Farrar

Seeing Methane from Space

How Harvard scientists hope to slow near-term climate change

by Nina Pasquini

The Rights of Nature

A Harvard course explores legal personhood for natural beings.

by Max J. Krupnick

Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart

“Sustainable eating,” and healthy recipes you can prepare for the holidays.

by Olivia Farrar

How Planet Earth’s Trees Use Carbon

From the Amazon rainforest to shrubs planted around city streets, trees influence the earth’s temperature.

by Olivia Farrar

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