Harvard unveils Snøhetta-designed HouseZero for sustainable, plus-energy living
The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) at the Harvard Graduate School of Design has just completed...
Vegetarian diets could help avert one-third of early deaths, new research finds
Vegetarians, rejoice! While scientists have long touted the health benefits of plant-based diets, they may be...
Newly discovered exoplanet may be the best place to search for extraterrestrial life
Today researchers at Harvard-Smithsonian made an exciting announcement: a newly discovered planet may be the best...
Everything we thought we knew about the moon’s origins is probably wrong
Everything we thought we knew about the moon's origins is probably wrong, according to a new study written by two...
Elon Musk hints at neural lace project to fuse AI with the human brain
Since SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested he might back development of a neural lace to insert artificial...
The “octobot” is the world’s first autonomous soft-bodied robot
A silicone robot completely free of electronic parts may sound futuristic, but that’s exactly what researchers...
Harvard chemist engineers a superbug that converts inhaled CO2 into fuel
Over the past few years, the number of headlines relating to the increasing levels of carbon dioxide emissions...
Learn how to make a modern Bow Spring Chair from a Harvard grad
Fascinated by the design process? Conor Coghlan, a recent architectural graduate from the Harvard Graduate School...
Alarming research shows sea levels are rising 25 percent faster than we thought
A new study from Harvard indicates that sea levels are rising 25 percent faster than previously thought. The...
Polished and Shiny: How the Giza Pyramids Looked When They Were First Built (VIDEO)
The crumbling stones of the Giza pyramids may be a sight familiar to most people, but the original look of these...
Coffee Addict? It’s All in Your DNA
Are you one of those people who can pound a cup of coffee and fall sound asleep thirty minutes later? Or does the...
Autonomous “Termite” Robots Work Together to Build with Bricks
Computer scientists at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have created a small army of self-controlled...
Ernie Adams Hand-Builds Tiny Dwarf Cars From Scrap
When Ernie Adams was eleven years old he took on his first project - upgrading a bicycle with a motor and a dual...
Greenbean Recycling Gives E-Cash Rewards Through Its Reverse Vending Machines
It is easy to see the impact recycling can make on the environment and your bank account after unloading several...
Pritzker Architecture Prize Committee Rejects Petition to Give Denise Scott Brown Retroactive Award
Architect Denise Scott Brown has been denied a retroactive Pritzker Prize, according to the Pritzker Prize jury’s...
MIT and Harvard’s 3D-Printed Inchworm Robot Can Assemble Itself
The first sure sign of a robot uprising will be when robots gain self-awareness and begin acting autonomously -...
Scientists develop flying “robo-bees” to pollinate flowers as bee populations decline
Honey bee populations around the world are in decline due to causes ranging from "super mites" to Colony Collapse...
Increased Volcanic Eruptions Linked With Climate Change, Say Researchers
It is well known that when volcanos erupt and spew ash into the environment, those increased particles can block...
Exploring the Sustainable City With Harvard’s Ecological Urbanism iPad App
A new free iPad app is taking an iconic vision of sustainable cities and making it accessible to millions of tablet...
Harvard Team Develops an Ultrathin, Flat Lens That Is Only 60 Nanometers Thick
A team of applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has managed to create...
See-Through Microchip Organs Help Scientists Test New Drugs
To perfect new medicines and surgical techniques, scientists need to conduct experiments on real humans. The only...
Harvard Scientists to Build Endurance-Prolonging Smart Suit for U.S. Military
Scientists at Harvard are working toward a “novel wearable system” that could prolong the physical endurance...
Caltech and Harvard Scientists Create Artificial Jellyfish From Rat Cells
Scientists from Caltech and Harvard University have created Medusoid, a free swimming artificial jellyfish created...
Altaeros Energies’ Floating Wind Turbines Tap Into Strong High Altitude Winds
In an effort to harness strong high-altitude winds, the company Altaeros Energies has developed a floating wind...
More Than 90 College Campuses Ban the Sale of Bottled Water
Bottled water is drying up on college campuses, thanks to a growing movement led by student activists to ban its...
Floralis Generica is a Giant Metal Flower That Blooms Daily in Buenos Aires
Located at Plaza de las Naciones Unidas (United Nations Park), the flower's surrounding park area is well looked...
Harvard Economist Claims Urban Farms Do More Harm Than Good
We’ve covered a wide variety of urban agriculture projects in the past – the rooftop farm Brooklyn Grange,...
Injecting Tons of Tiny Bubbles into the Sea May Help Cool Planet
A Harvard physicist recently proposed an interesting way to cool the earth -- brighten the sea. Russell Seitz wants...