Science
Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.
A Harvard Astrophysicist Explains the Bizarre Behavior of a Supergiant Star
The dimming and rapid rotation of Betelgeuse may be caused by a hidden companion.
by Saima Sidik
Negatively Curved Crystals
A Harvard mathematician’s “interwoven tapestries” help make the infinite visible.
Human impact on New England ecology was minimal before Europeans arrived
Before Europeans arrived in New England, local ecology was driven by climate shifts, not by human interventions.
Astronomers name interstellar “ripple” the “Radcliffe Wave”
The massive “Radcliffe Wave” traces a new map of the sky.
Systems biology helps develop a promising diagnostic
A potential “paradigm shift” in developing new diagnostic tests in mental health
The new engineers: snapshots of synthetic biologists at work
For synthetic biologists, there appears to be no limit to what they can build.
Harvard and Life Sciences Partners to Build a Center for Biological Therapies
A new center aims to bring cutting-edge medicines “from laboratory to approved therapy.”
Can the Catholic Church Help Explain Western Psychology?
A social-science analysis of how Catholicism transformed Western culture
Butterflies Show Species Are Not Isolated
Research in butterflies reveals how genes flow among species—and lead to tangled genetic trees
Science historian Sarah Richardson profiled by Bennett McIntosh
Historian and philosopher Sarah Richardson interrogates the science of sex and gender.
William Kaelin Wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Kaelin is the forty-ninth Harvard faculty member to win the Nobel.