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
Brevia
Medical School dean, humanities and sciences honorands, and an app for thriving at Harvard
Global Health at Home
Harvesting innovations from around the world to improve American medical care
by Howard Hiatt , Charles Kenney , Mark Rosenberg
Good Fat in a White Hat
A beneficial fat rare in Western diets appears to fight cardiovascular disease.
by Jonathan Shaw
George Daley Appointed Harvard Medical Dean
Stem-cell scientist to lead school.
by John S. Rosenberg
Printing in Free Space
A new kind of 3-D printer forms wires in midair.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Michael Brenner
Applied mathematician Michael Brenner on not knowing anything
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
The Plastic Earth
Connecting climate change to the planet’s shifting crust
by Jonathan Shaw
Making a Bee Line
Thomas D. Seeley on the craft and science of bee hunting
Reading Tea Leaves
Digitized herbaria collections data allow researchers to predict future plant ranges.
by Jonathan Shaw
Born to Rest
Evolution shaped humans to rest—and to run only when absolutely necessary.
by Jonathan Shaw