Cooperation can make us stronger, building alliances and increasing the availability of resources. A recent symposium hosted by the Human Evolutionary Biology Initiative brought together researchers to examine this principle, sharing studies and findings on intergroup cooperation from a variety of fields.
Menstrual tracking apps have become all the rage, leading the growing field of “femtech” that claims to help women understand — and regulate — their bodies. But these apps may promise more than they deliver — and even be harmful to women.
Henry David Thoreau famously went to Walden Pond to live deliberately. But for far longer, he pursued a lesser-known obsession: observing scientifically.
For most of his life, Daniel Lieberman has dedicated his mind to studying the evolution of the human body. In his latest project, he also devoted his body — specifically his digestive tract — to science.
Sixteen years ago, an invasive pest called the woolly adelgid arrived at Harvard Forest and slowly began to devastate its the eastern hemlocks — as they had done in forcce elsewhere. Since then, Harvard Forest scientists have begun to study how to manage the demise of its so-called foundation species.
Flynn, 38, was recognized for uncovering a new class of RNA molecules on cell surfaces. He was among 18 finalists, announced Wednesday, selected from a pool of 372 nominees.
Two Harvard scientists describe a way to engineer the evolutionary landscape that viruses experience, pushing them away from dangerous variants and into evolutionary dead ends.
As the sun sinks below the horizon, two scientists perch quietly beside a darkening field and wait for flashes of light. They have traveled far outside the city in search of research sites, because they study a group of creatures that have been driven to the margins of human settlements: fireflies.
The leading stem cell scientist calls the $46 million award “dream-come-true opportunity.”
New research from Erin Hecht’s Evolutionary Neuroscience Laboratory analyzes how human influence has shaped the canine brain to make dogs better communicators.
In a new milestone for stem cell research, Harvard neuroscientists have set a record for keeping alive lab-grown human brain “organoids” and proven that they mimic key developmental stages seen in living people.