Science & Technology

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

Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández

A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago

by Olivia Farrar

Social Interaction and Human Health

Why social interactions are as vital as food and water

by Erin O’Donnell

Brain Mapping Suggests How Memories are Stored

A decade-long project to map a cubic millimeter of human brain reveals previously unimagined architectures.

by Jonathan Shaw

Listening to Sperm Whales

After listening to leviathans, an undergraduate comes to conservation.  

by Jonathan Shaw

Clean Tech Innovation Against U.S.-China Relations

How will China’s rapid growth in the clean technology industry reshape U.S.-China relations?

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard's Second “Climate Action Week,” Policy and Politics

Focusing on prime polluting industries, plus politics and policy

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard physicians on the digital healthcare revolution

Harvard physicians on the future of medicine

by Olivia Farrar

New Research on the Sun's Protective Heliosphere

Millions of years ago, cosmic phenomena exposed Earth to the great wide open.

by Jack R. Trapanick

A Ray of Light amid Middle East Devastation

Harvard’s Lisa Randall on Israeli and Palestinian scientists working together

by Olivia Farrar

Six Decades of Computer Science at Harvard

Reflections on six decades of relations with computers

by Harry R. Lewis

Harvard Researchers on Speaking to Whales

Project CETI’s pioneering effort to unlock the language of sperm whales

by Jonathan Shaw