Science & Technology
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025-2026 Fellows
Scholars pursue projects ranging from reducing ethnic violence to searching for an undiscovered super-Earth.
by Olivia Farrar
Of Mice and Mating
Mate choice is often controlled by genetics, but sometimes culture plays a role.
by Sophia Nguyen
Mary Ellen Avery
Brief life of a groundbreaking neonatologist: 1927-2011
by Amalie M. Kass , Eleanor G. Shore
A New Green Revolution?
Abundant food and better than ever?
by Jonathan Shaw
Researchers Find Earliest Known Human Fossil Outside Africa
Humans began leaving Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Toward a Zika Vaccine
Harvard’s Dan Barouch finds long-term Zika vaccine efficacy varies by delivery method.
by Jonathan Shaw
The New Rub on Knee Pain
Neither increased obesity nor longevity explains the doubling of knee osteoarthritis since World War II.
by Jonathan Shaw
Botanizing in the “Mother of Gardens”
The hunt for rare plants in China
by Jonathan Shaw
From the Archives: The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead
A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.
by Gino Del Guercio
Gut Health May Begin in the Mouth
Oral bacteria can lodge in the gut and trigger inflammatory bowel conditions.
by Lydialyle Gibson
A Rosetta Stone for Earthquakes
Machine learning may raise the potential for predicting where—and when—an earthquake might strike.
by Lydialyle Gibson