As a leading researcher on suicide, Matthew K. Nock knows the subject’s grim statistics by heart. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for Americans aged 10 to 34, trailing only accidents. It ...

The Human Developmental Neurobiology Hub is one of six research hubs in the ARIA initiative. Boston Children’s Hospital was ...

Harvard stem cell scientists reported a new record for sustaining human brain “organoids.” The cell cultures were kept for more than five years. Lab-grown organoids replicated the developmental stages ...

If you get a sense that someone sees something in you — talent, capacity, or passion — that you haven’t recognized, listen to ...

For more than three decades, the Harvard College First-Year Arts Program has served as incoming students’ first encounter ...

How did we cede control of our democracy to the machines, and can we get it back? Lepore asks in her latest book.

Actress Angela Bassett, singer Mavis Staples, and soccer star Didier Drogba will receive their medals next month in a ceremony at Sanders Theatre. Photos by D’Andre Michael, Elizabeth De La Piedra, ...

Mantle plumes are formations of hot rock in the Earth’s mantle, located up to 1,800 miles deep, that are believed to be the origins of volcanic “hotspots.” These structures have been mapped using the ...

Researchers in Erin Hecht’s Evolutionary Neuroscience Laboratory employed MRI technology to investigate how human influence has shaped the canine brain. They compared the brains of “modern” breeds to ...