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.
Global Health at Home offers innovative techniques to improve U.S. medical care
Harvesting innovations from around the world to improve American medical care
A beneficial fat that prevents cardiovascular disease in animal models
A beneficial fat rare in Western diets appears to fight cardiovascular disease.
Harvard Medical School names George Daley dean
Stem-cell scientist to lead school.
Harvard's New England plant collections published online
Digitized herbaria collections data allow researchers to predict future plant ranges.
Born to Rest: Why Exercise is Hard
Evolution shaped humans to rest—and to run only when absolutely necessary.
Printing wires in three dimensions
A new kind of 3-D printer forms wires in midair.
Harvard Portrait: Michael Brenner
Applied mathematician Michael Brenner on not knowing anything
Harvard’s Jerry Mitrovica explains how Earth dynamics connect to climate
Connecting climate change to the planet’s shifting crust
Bee hunting with Thomas D. Seeley: an excerpt from "Following the Wild Bees"
Thomas D. Seeley on the craft and science of bee hunting
Harvard researchers find evidence of China's Great Flood
Researchers unearth geological evidence to support one of the country’s earliest folk legends.