Science

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

A bioengineered virtual human heart overlaid with jellyfish-like structures, symbolizing cardiac designs inspired by jellyfish motion

From Jellyfish to Digital Hearts

How Harvard researchers are helping to build a virtual model of the human heart

by Olivia Farrar

Skulls of a Neanderthal from Amud (not pictured) and an early human from Skhul show morphological differences between the two groups.

Human origins driven by technological and cultural revolutions

Ofer Bar-Yosef argues that cultural and technological revolutions have been more important than biological ones during the past 100, 000 years.

by Jonathan Shaw

How can some species survive without sex?

Matthew Meselson and David Mark Welch explore the role of sex in evolutionary biology.

by Jonathan Shaw

Joseph Glenmullen, M.D., author of <i>Prozac Backlash</i>

Rigorous studies show that the placebo effect accounts for most of the benefits

Harvard researchers discuss the side effects of Prozac and other SSRIs

by Craig Lambert

Animal Liberation

Peter Singer on nonhuman consciousness and the animal-protection movement

by John Lauerman