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.
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow promotes Michigan initiatives
President Bacow listens (and builds partnerships) in Michigan.
Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
Watch human-powered machines prevail—or not—in Lowell.
Ranking Extinctions by Ecological Impact
New research on extinctions shows that their ecological impact can’t be measured in numbers of species lost.
William Morris Davis
Brief life of William Morris Davis, pioneering geomorphologist
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.