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.

by Laurel M. Shugart

How to Reform Healthcare

104 Harvard thought leaders outline medicine’s unmet needs.

by Olivia Farrar

Can New Drugs Help Millions of Americans with Obesity?

GLP-1s like Ozempic in the future of healthcare

by Olivia Farrar

Ending Surveillance Capitalism

Four women leading change in the world of privacy and personal data

by Jonathan Shaw

Nuclear Treaties and the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict

Mitigating nuclear risks in modern warfare

by Olivia Farrar

A Block of Nazi Uranium at Harvard

Proof of a secret Nazi nuclear project

by Max J. Krupnick

Learning the Trees of North America

A monumental new guide to North American species

by Jonathan Shaw

Social Interaction and Human Health

Why social interactions are as vital as food and water

by Erin O’Donnell

Brain Mapping Suggests How Memories are Stored

A decade-long project to map a cubic millimeter of human brain reveals previously unimagined architectures.

by Jonathan Shaw

Listening to Sperm Whales

After listening to leviathans, an undergraduate comes to conservation.  

by Jonathan Shaw

Clean Tech Innovation Against U.S.-China Relations

How will China’s rapid growth in the clean technology industry reshape U.S.-China relations?

by Olivia Farrar