L. Mahadevan teamed with M. Venkadesan, of Yale University, to create a mathematical model showing the optimal way to throw. Their research published in the Royal Society Open Science shows the science behind one of the most complex actions humans perform, throwing....

Cassandra Extavour will join President Drew Faust to speak at the Harvard March for Science on April 22nd. You can find more information on the facebook event page.

Pardis Sabeti is part of a scientific team from the Broad Institute, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT, and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, that has adapted a CRISPR protein that targets RNA (rather than DNA), for use as a rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive diagnostic tool with the potential to transform research and global public health. Their study is published today in...

Congratulations to E.O. Wilson, winner of the 2017 Reed Environmental Writing Award for his book, Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life!