Tag: poison ivy

  • Nation & World

    What’s in a (scientific) name

    The Harvard Museum of Natural History is taking on names — both common and scientific — together with companion institutions in a series of new installations that introduce the public to the color and complexity of appellations.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    From leaf to itch

    Harvard researchers have riddled the role of a molecule key to eruption of the torturous blisters as well as an antibody that interrupts the inflammatory response, opening the way to potential relief for careless hikers.

    3 minutes