Science & Tech

New study defines and traces the evolution of tusks from the first animals to sport them.

Environmental Science and Public Policy takes multidisciplinary approach to complex existential threat.

Research comparing 19th- and 21st-century Americans finds a half-hour decline in physical activity. Blame it on planes, trains, and automobiles.

Methane emissions from the distribution and use of natural gas across U.S. cities are 2 to 10 times higher than recent estimates from the EPA.

Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time.

Collisions more common than thought and hampered growth of oxygen on planet, Harvard professor’s team finds.

Javier Luque’s first thought while looking at the 100-million-year-old piece of amber wasn’t whether the crustacean trapped inside could help fill a crucial gap in crab evolution. He just kind…

It’s been 20 years since Daniel Schacter first published his groundbreaking book on memory errors. In a recent talk he discussed some of those new findings, including how technology is helping and hurting.

A newly engineered gene-delivery system has the potential to make gene therapy for muscle diseases both safer and more effective for patients.

The new vice provost for climate and sustainability talks about upcoming efforts to boost Harvard’s response to challenges presented by climate change.

The remains of a 5000-year-old brewery found in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos are providing insights into the relationship between large-scale beer production and the development of kingship in Egypt.

Our sedentary tendencies may be robbing us of a key benefit of physical activity.

In a new paper, Harvard chemists describe a data-storage method that uses mixtures of seven fluorescent dyes to save files.

Using a controlled massage system, researchers found that treatment led to greater repair and strength recovery in mice.

Harvard-led research signals life-saving potential for artificial intelligence in fight against colon cancer.

Harvard team discovers neural circuits underlying aggressive behavior of adult mice toward young ones.

Research by new Harvard Ph.D. finds warping of planet’s crust, with far-reaching effects.

The hormone testosterone provides a backdrop for male aggression and violence, both in nature and in society, argues a Harvard human evolutionary biologist.

Recently NASA updated its forecast of the chances that the asteroid Bennu will hit Earth in the next 300 years. Harvard statisticians put it into perspective.

The fossil was found to belong to a previously unknown species of a lizard-like reptile, representing the earliest evolving member of a lineage that today includes all lizards, snakes, and their closest relatives.

Peter Huybers, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences, explains the recently released UN report on climate change and the harrowing details contained within it.

Dan Barouch, Harvard Medical School professor and head of Beth Israel Deaconess’ Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, was awarded Harvard’s George Ledlie Prize for work that culminated in one of three vaccines against COVID-19 approved for use in the U.S.

A study by Harvard researchers demonstrates that jumping spiders can distinguish living from nonliving objects based on their movement.

After a yearlong delay, the landmark Harvard IBM Mark I Automatic Calculator shifts residences to its new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston.

What is a fire tornado? Harvard’s Loretta Mickley sheds some light.

A Harvard study could lead to potential therapeutics for one of the most prominent ailments of the elderly and one of the most prominent musculoskeletal defects in newborns.

Dushan N. Wadduwage has detailed a new technique that would create high-quality, deep-tissue imaging of living subjects in a timely fashion.

A Harvard-led team has created a 256-qubit programmable quantum simulator that represents the cutting edge in the world-wide quantum race.

In 1934, physicist Eugene Wigner made a theoretical prediction that suggested how a metal that normally conducts electricity could turn into a nonconducting insulator when the density of electrons is reduced. Now a team of Harvard physicists has finally experimentally documented this transition.

A team of researchers from the Wyss Institute has found a way to embed synthetic biology reactions into fabrics, creating wearable biosensors that can be customized to detect pathogens and toxins and alert the wearer.