Methane emissions from the distribution and use of natural gas across U.S. cities are 2 to 10 times higher than recent estimates from the EPA.

Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time.

Collisions more common than thought and hampered growth of oxygen on planet, Harvard professor’s team finds.

Javier Luque’s first thought while looking at the 100-million-year-old piece of amber wasn’t whether the crustacean trapped inside could help fill a crucial gap in crab evolution. He just kind of wondered how the heck it got stuck in the now-fossilized tree resin? “In a way, it’s like finding a fish in amber,” said Luque, […]

It's been 20 years since Daniel Schacter first published his groundbreaking book on memory errors. In a recent talk he discussed some of those new findings, including how technology is helping and hurting.

A newly engineered gene-delivery system has the potential to make gene therapy for muscle diseases both safer and more effective for patients.

Harvard’s new vice provost for climate and sustainability talks about coming efforts to boost Harvard’s response to the multiple challenges presented by climate change.

The remains of a 5000-year-old brewery found in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos are providing insights into the relationship between large-scale beer production and the development of kingship in Egypt.

Sedentary tendencies may be robbing aging humans of a key benefit of exercise: the myriad repair mechanisms that heal the body from the minor dings and tears of hunter-gatherer and farming lifestyles.

In a new paper, Harvard chemists describe a data-storage method that uses mixtures of seven fluorescent dyes to save files.