World Powell’s legacy, in admirers’ words and his own Kennedy School faculty members recall general and statesman as ‘best of America’; in 2015 Harvard interview, child of immigrants reflected on public life, including missteps
World Where are we now, 16 months after George Floyd? Ibram X. Kendi and Heather McGhee detail hurdles in push for racial equality
Health Every step counts Researchers pinpoint how different types of physical activity affect cardiorespiratory fitness
Health Children could be dangerous carriers of virus Study finds kids to be potential spreaders of COVID-19 and emerging variants
Helping your child make the best use of time online Experts offer advice on how to become a ‘connected parent’ DateDecember 14, 2020December 14, 2020
Making memories Study sheds light on how neurons form long-term memories DateDecember 9, 2020December 9, 2020
‘Climate Conversations’ series aims to build community, spur action Researchers, leaders, practitioners, and organizers seek paths to collaboration, solutions DateDecember 7, 2020December 8, 2020
Imagine a world in which AI is in your home, at work, everywhere AI+Art project prompts us to envision how the technology will change our lives DateDecember 4, 2020December 4, 2020
New technology to investigate autism spectrum disorder Scientists apply ‘Perturb-Seq’ method to a living organism for the first time DateDecember 2, 2020
Zooming to the ocean floor Students follow researchers 3,000 meters under the sea DateDecember 1, 2020December 1, 2020
From fins to limbs and water to land Harvard scientists reconstruct the evolution of terrestrial movement in early tetrapods DateNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020
An ionic forcefield for nanoparticles Tunable coating allows hitch-hiking nanoparticles to slip past the immune system to their target DateNovember 25, 2020November 23, 2020
Evidence of the interconnectedness of global climate Analysis finds melting ice sheet affects a second thousands of miles away DateNovember 25, 2020November 30, 2020
Live tracker notes COVID cases, deaths by congressional districts Harvard centers and Microsoft collaborate on guide for officials and public DateNovember 24, 2020November 24, 2020
Largest set of mammalian genomes reveals species at risk of extinction The Zoonomia Project has released vast dataset to advance both biomedical research and biodiversity conservation DateNovember 11, 2020November 10, 2020
The Popovich of floral nectar spurs Scientists discover gene that directs spur development, name it after NBA Spurs coach DateNovember 10, 2020
Digging into the history of the cosmos But lab members say award-winning cosmologist is equally invested in futures DateNovember 5, 2020November 6, 2020
Touch and taste? It’s all in the suckers Harvard researchers uncover how the sensors in octopus suction cups work DateOctober 29, 2020October 29, 2020
LabXchange meets and beats challenges of remote learning Free global platform for science education bridges ethnic and gender gaps DateOctober 27, 2020October 28, 2020
Why do we get so picky about friendship late in life? Ask the chimps New study shows nonhuman animals get selective socializing during aging DateOctober 22, 2020October 23, 2020
Enzymatic DNA synthesis sees the light Methods from the computer chip industry aid writing and storage of digital data in DNA DateOctober 19, 2020October 20, 2020
Frère Jacques, are you sleeping? Research shows lullabies in any language relax babies DateOctober 19, 2020October 19, 2020
Trailblazing initiative marries ethics, tech Computer science, philosophy faculty ask students to consider how systems affect society DateOctober 16, 2020December 4, 2020
Pandemic academics New course challenges students to use science to evaluate COVID-19 policies DateOctober 13, 2020
Deep learning takes on synthetic biology Computational algorithms enable identification and optimization of RNA-based tools for myriad applications DateOctober 7, 2020October 6, 2020
A timeline on the evolution of reptiles New study by a team of Harvard-led researchers rebuts 75-year-old belief in their evolution DateOctober 6, 2020October 7, 2020
Six-year deluge linked to Spanish flu, World War I deaths Study offers clues to how weather affected world’s deadliest disease outbreak DateOctober 5, 2020October 8, 2020
Interplanetary storm chasing A new 3D model could explain the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn DateOctober 5, 2020October 13, 2020
How cells sort themselves Key control mechanism allows cells to self-organize and build tissues, organs, and anatomical structures DateOctober 2, 2020October 2, 2020
When it hits 100 degrees in Siberia … Environmentalist predicts more extreme heat events — and disasters linked to them DateSeptember 30, 2020April 28, 2021
Infection detection 'Viral history' tool VirScan offers new insights into antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 DateSeptember 29, 2020
A model of how museums can share their collections more widely 3D images of 19th-century glass marine invertebrates go online DateSeptember 28, 2020September 28, 2020
A map of the human heart Detailed guide to the essential organ may help personalize treatments DateSeptember 27, 2020October 6, 2020
An emergency response team for data? Harvard Data Science Review airs COVID-19 findings DateSeptember 18, 2020September 18, 2020
