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
Class-Scheduling Conundrums
How to be One Harvard when the College expands to Allston
by John S. Rosenberg
Harvard’s Allston Science and Engineering Complex Approved
The 556,850-square-foot building is described as a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship.
by Laura Levis
University People
A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more
A Cancer Begins
Seeing when cancer begins helps Leonard Zon track down factors triggering the disease.
by Jonathan Shaw
Are All Calories Equal?
Avoid refined sugars and processed carbohydrates, says endocrinologist David Ludwig.
by Laura Levis
Editing an End to Malaria?
A technique for pushing genetic alterations through entire species of plants and animals may herald a future in which humans manage ecosystems through molecular biology.
by Jonathan Shaw
Champ Lyons
Brief life of an innovative surgeon: 1907-1965
by Martin L. Dalton , Laurence A. Lyons
The Mammalian Life Span
E.O. Wilson on why the human species ought to be a little humble
James Mickens
A Harvard computer scientist on how to build a universe
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Science of History
Historians at Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past investigate ice cores.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova