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.
Financial and mental health are linked
Around the globe, Vikram Patel finds, improvements in financial or mental health support both.
Andrew Knoll, “A Brief History of Earth,” reviewed by Jonathan Shaw
Andrew Knoll on the planet’s past—and fraught future
Bringing the Stars to Light
Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
Baking Sourdough Bread is a Survival Instinct
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
by Jacob Sweet
Allston Research Campus Takes Form
Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.
Clues to the persistence of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
The gas giant’s storms could be driven by processes thousands of kilometers below the surface.
Using DNA for data storage
Compact and persistent, DNA could one day compress all human knowledge into a 15-gallon drum.
by Steve Nadis
Harvard Portrait: Roxanne Guenette
Seeking answers to science’s biggest questions
Elizabeth Bangs Bryant
Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist
An organismic biologist praises reawakening to the natural world
Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum