Science & Technology
Chinese Trade Dragons
How Will China’s Rapid Growth in the Clean Technology Industry Reshape U.S.-China Policy?
by Olivia Farrar
Seeing Life
Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum
by William Friedman
Peabody Museum Discovers Possible Slave Remains in Its Collections
“We must begin to confront the reality of a past in which academic curiosity and opportunity overwhelmed humanity,” Harvard president Lawrence Bacow wrote.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Coronavirus Mutations Threaten to Worsen Pandemic
Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control.
by Jonathan Shaw
“A 500-Year Building”
A new center for engineering and applied sciences—finally
by Jonathan Shaw
Biological Vaccine Factories
An implantable cancer vaccine shows promise in training the immune system to attack tumors.
by Erin O'Donnell
How Acupuncture Relieves Inflammation
“Fine-tuning” an ancient practice to heal, not harm
Understanding Ebola
The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Pandemic’s “Perfect and Terrible Storm”
Seasonality and SARS-CoV-2
by Jonathan Shaw
Caroline Buckee: Can Mobile-phone Data Help Control the Spread of the Coronavirus?
Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.
Harvard Professors Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored.
by Jonathan Shaw