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.
Scientists confirm Vladimir Nabokov's theory about butterfly migration
Harvard biologist Naomi Pierce confirms the Russian author's theory about the winged creatures' migration and evolution.
President Faust kicks off the "Harvard in Motion" walking and running program
Kicking off a program that aims to make Harvard and the surrounding community less sedentary
Video: tour the human skull and learn how shoes affect a runner's gait
Take a tour of the human skull, and learn how shoes affect a runner's gait, with Daniel Lieberman.
Video: computerized tests evaluate people's risk of attempting suicide
Learn about computerized tests that evaluate whether someone is at risk of attempting suicide. Plus, related links and an article from the magazine archives.
Video: see the plants and animals Harvard climatologists encountered in Brazil
In this video, travel to Brazil with Harvard climatologists to see their work and the plants and critters they encountered.
Video tour of a game that helps children with anger issues handle their emotions
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston develop a video game to help children with anger problems handle their emotions. See how it works.
Matthew Nock studies suicide and self-injury
Understanding suicide and self-injury
Harvard scholars study the Amazon rainforest under global climate change
Students grapple with the fate of the rainforest in a changing climate.
Daniel Lieberman on the Evolution of the Human Head
How the shape of our skulls evolved, and what that reveals about us
A video game for anger management and emotional control
At Children's Hospital Boston, a video game offers emotionally explosive youths methods of self-control.