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
William Morris Davis
Brief life of William Morris Davis, pioneering geomorphologist
Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
Watch human-powered machines prevail—or not—in Lowell.
Visualizing the World at the Harvard Map Collection
Maps can be applied to straightforward ends; they can also be fanciful, surprising, or plain weird.
Is Arsenic a Key Ingredient in the Battle Against Cancer?
Despite its toxic reputation, arsenic may play a key role in the battle against cancer.
by Oset Babür
Harvard’s HouseZero, the building that thinks
The Center for Green Buildings and Cities aims to reduce energy used to heat and cool buildings to nearly zero.
Harvard’s Elsie Sunderland maps invisible ocean pollutants
Elsie Sunderland traces the flows of human pollutants in the oceans. They come back to bite us.
Air quality’s critical impact on U.S. mortality rates
Harvard researchers revisit and reaffirm a controversial environmental study.
by Oset Babür
A celebration of Matthew Meselson
A symposium honors a scientist who championed biological and chemical weapons control.
Risk-Taking Lizards
How lizards’ behavior influences natural selection
Tomiko Brown-Nagin to Lead Radcliffe Institute
The legal historian will become dean on July 1.