Science
Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.
What Bonobos Teach Us About Female Power and Cooperation
A Harvard scientist expands our understanding of our closest living relatives.
by Annie Roth
Harvard botanists hunt rare plants in China
The hunt for rare plants in China
The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead
A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.
Gut Health May Begin in the Mouth
Oral bacteria can lodge in the gut and trigger inflammatory bowel conditions.
How climate change can change crop nutrition
How global warming can change crop nutrition
At Harvard Medical School, Some Training Happens in the Woods
Stuart Harris guides students in the practice of wilderness medicine
Building RoboBees: How Harvard Engineers Are Revolutionizing Micro-Robotics
The push to build flying, thinking, robot swarms
The Bruce Telescope Rediscovered
The telescope that helped define Earth’s place in the universe
Brendan Meade studies earthquakes using artificial neural networks
Machine learning may raise the potential for predicting where—and when—an earthquake might strike.
The polar vortex produced rapid evolution in lizards
How the polar vortex produced rapid evolution in lizards
Better surgical procedures benefit amputees
Improved surgical techniques enhance prosthetic function.