Science

Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.

To Promote Healthy Habits in Patients, Start with the Doctors

Why Harvard Medical School is training physicians to think more like coaches

by Jonathan Shaw

Sexual imprinting and speciation in deer mice

Mate choice is often controlled by genetics, but sometimes culture plays a role.

by Sophia Nguyen

Brief life of Mary Ellen Avery, groundbreaking neonatologist

Brief life of a groundbreaking neonatologist: 1927-2011

by Amalie M. Kass , Eleanor G. Shore

A new Green Revolution grows from agricultural technologies

Can microbial technologies lead to better, more abundant food?

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard researcher Erica Walker combats urban noise

Erica Walker aims to put “tools and data into the hands of people who can use it.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Explore the Cambridge Science Festival

Engage in “hands-on, creative activities directly with scientists.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Researchers Find Earliest Known Human Fossil Outside Africa

Humans began leaving Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Zika Vaccine Development Reveals Differences in Efficacy One Year On

Harvard’s Dan Barouch finds long-term Zika vaccine efficacy varies by delivery method.

by Jonathan Shaw

Is knee osteoarthritis a mismatch disease?

Neither increased obesity nor longevity explains the doubling of knee osteoarthritis since World War II.   

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard botanists hunt rare plants in China

The hunt for rare plants in China  

by Jonathan Shaw

The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead

 A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.

by Gino Del Guercio