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
Arctic Meltdown Turns Up the Heat
Carbon released by thawing tundra is enough to double atmospheric CO2.
by Oset Babür
The Origins of Egg Shape
Adaptations for flight may have driven the shape of birds’ eggs.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Studying a Gut Reaction
Harvard researchers review how gut bacteria can transform ingested compounds.
by Alisha Ukani
Harvard President Drew Faust to Step Down in 2018
An expected transition, as the University’s twenty-eighth president plans to conclude her service.
by John S. Rosenberg
These Bots Were Made for Walking
Two Harvard research groups design exosuits to improve mobility.
by Alisha Ukani
Probing Psychoses
Harvard geneticists seek the biological basis for schizophrenia.
by Courtney Humphries
An Educated Core
Yale-NUS, Nicholas Lemann, and Minerva remodel liberal arts for the twenty-first century.
by John S. Rosenberg
Trump to Research: Drop Dead
The administration’s potentially costly misunderstanding about science
by John S. Rosenberg
Blanche Ames
Brief life of an intrepid botanical illustrator: 1878-1969
by Laura J. Snyder
Studying Zika
Harvard researchers race to stem the disease’s deadly spread.
by Matthew Disler