Science
Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.
Don’t Call Stephanie Pierce A Paleontologist
From competing in youth gymnastics to studying tetrapods, the Harvard curator has always chased her curiosity.
Optimizing Public-School Spending
Home prices are a bellwether of efficient spending in local schools
China’s Excess Wind Energy
Rather than shutting down turbines, China can harness surplus wind energy to make “green” hydrogen fuel and industrial chemicals.
by Jacob Sweet
The Mystery of Smell
COVID-19 shines a spotlight on a once-obscure field of science.
Speaking Pheromone
How science is done, in the lab of E.O. Wilson
Seven Harvard Affiliates Named HHMI Investigators
The designation comes with $9 million in research support
A Gene Therapy Breakthrough
A uniquely interdisciplinary lab has developed a new technique to deliver targeted gene therapies.
Harvard Scientists’ Leadership in Fighting Infectious Diseases
Dan Barouch awarded $24.5 million for HIV research, Marc Lipsitch named to national center for public health forecasting
Raising the Estimate of Sea Level Rise
The effect of post-glacial rebound was overlooked in the West Antarctic
Why Some Citizens Reject Science
Bridging the gulf to science deniers
The State of the Pandemic
Lessons learned from the continuing confrontation with the coronavirus