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A new study using NASA laser technology from the International Space Station has revealed the significant impact of climate change on tropical forest canopies across Asia, Africa, and South America. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite frequent mentions in research papers, this species has...

Gravity might make a perfect ball roll down a ramp in a textbook, but real-world objects rarely follow such neat rules. A new study from Professor L. Mahadevan's lab takes a deep dive into the messy reality of how irregular spheres and cylinders roll...

Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s centuries-old sketches of self-supporting bridges, Professor L. Mahadevan, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Physics at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), collaborated with...

Congratulations to Professor Mandë Holford who was elected a Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science have distinguished them among...

Postdoctoral Fellow Ugne Klibaite has developed an advanced AI method to track the social interactions of rats, providing new insights into how the brain influences behavior. This innovative machine-learning technique, detailed in Cell , enables...

A groundbreaking genetic study on house finches has unveiled a major DNA inversion that may have helped the small birds develop resistance to disease. Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research, led by postdoctoral fellow...

Research by Nicole Mejia, ’22 (IB concentrate in Scott Edwards Lab), looking at effects of plastic in live wedge-tailed shearwaters is featured by Hawaiʻi Public Radio at https://bit.ly/4ghxBAq. Nicole is funded by the Museum of Comparative Zoology's GUR...

A groundbreaking fossil discovery in remote South Australia sheds light on one of evolution’s greatest mysteries: the origins of Ecdysozoa, a superphylum of molting animals including insects, crustaceans, and nematodes. Ecdysozoans are the largest, most...

Professor Robin Hopkins was spotlighted in the recent issue of Current Biology for her groundbreaking work on plant speciation, shedding light on how evolutionary processes drive the formation of new species. Robin studies the Texas wildflower Phlox...