Did fermented foods fuel brain growth?
Study puts fermentation, not fire, as pivot point behind our ancestors’ increasing cranial capacity
Feb. 20, 2024 • ~6 min
‘Radcliffe Wave’ is waving
Astronomers detail oscillation of our giant neighbor
Feb. 20, 2024 • ~6 min
Aramont Fellows bring cutting-edge scientific innovation to the forefront
Four groundbreaking projects investigate brain development, capture raw data with AI, innovate quantum computers, and develop new models to map supernovas
Feb. 6, 2024 • ~7 min
Deep in the Amazon, SEAS team tracks a mobile element
Field work on the Rio Negro could help communities exposed to methylmercury protect their food web
Feb. 5, 2024 • ~8 min
The miracle of ‘dog’
New findings illuminate complex neuroscience behind even the simplest words, with implications for treatment of speech, language disorders
Feb. 4, 2024 • ~5 min
A fast pivot into the unknown
AI’s rapid rise prompts Harvard/MIT Symposium exploring excitement, potential challenges to STEM education, research
Jan. 26, 2024 • ~5 min
An evolutionary clue, curled up and long unstudied, in a Harvard museum
Trilobites’ soft undersides show mechanics of early ‘enrollment’ defense
Jan. 23, 2024 • ~6 min
Bird’s-eye view of energy conservation
Physics of V-shaped flight formations offer insights into how to improve efficiency of groups of drones, underwater vehicles
Jan. 23, 2024 • ~4 min
Why do some kids learn to talk earlier than others?
Global study by new faculty Elika Bergelson finds three key predictors of language development. They may surprise you.
Jan. 19, 2024 • ~9 min
You did it of your own free will? No such thing.
Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky says every decision, action you make is result of chain of genes, biology, experience that preceded it
Jan. 17, 2024 • ~10 min
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