Category: 7. SciTech

In the grand story of evolution, the crowning human distinction is our big brain. But our large heads have been slow to recognize a less admirable trait of Homo sapiens — self-centeredness.

The human presumption of superiority and entitlement to exploit the natural world is deeply rooted…

A 4,000-year-old pharaonic painting has vanished from Egypt’s famed Saqqara necropolis, the latest artefact to disappear in mysterious…

Lauren Williams ’00 is a theoretical mathematician and recently she felt stuck in her research, a recurring frustration for a scholar who wrestles with difficult conceptual problems.

Then, as Williams worked quietly in her home office, she was jolted by an unexpected revelation: The…

For some of this year’s Nobel Prize recipients, the life-changing news arrived with a pre-dawn knock on the door, while for others, it was a…

Researchers at the Rowland Institute at Harvard have pioneered a new way to achieve the coolest possible temperatures to image materials at sub-atomic scale. In combining the technical know-how of Rowland staff scientists with collaborators at the University of Michigan, the findings make…

Dogs love their toys, but can they love them too much? According to a new study, yes – our canine companions’ playful spirit can sometimes take a dark turn, leaving them addicted to their toys.

Recently published in Nature Scientific Reports, the study found that some dogs act in ways that…

Dogs love their toys, but can they love them too much? According to a new study, yes – our canine companions’ playful spirit can sometimes take a dark turn, leaving them addicted to their toys.

Recently published in Nature Scientific Reports, the study found that some dogs act in ways that…

A novel technique that uses a simple cheek swab to detect gene mutations in healthy tissue could emerge as a “useful tool for cancer…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for their pioneering development of…