According to a new study, bonobo group dynamics show they are a model for the evolution of human peacemaking.

Study says that physical activity later in life shifts energy away from processes that compromise health and toward mechanisms in the body that extend it.

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

Scientists at Harvard and the Broad Institute have demonstrated that it is possible to treat sickle cell disease in mice using a new gene-editing technique.

Antarctic Ice Sheet melting to lift sea level higher than thought, study says. New calculations show the rise due to warming would be 30% above forecasts.

Harvard researchers develop a new motion-tracking system that delivers an unprecedented look at how animals move and behave naturally.

In an online Harvard Science Book Talk, philanthropist Bill Gates warns of environmental perils ahead and offers a plan to combat them.

New theory explains origin of comet that killed the dinosaurs.

Team uses data from space telescopes to create music.

Harvard scientists reconstruct evolution of limb-based motion in early tetrapods.