The Harvard College Observatory (now the Center for Astrophysics) in Cambridge, Massachusetts has long been a bastion of astronomical research, its history stretching back to the center's founding in ...

The SDS 940, core of Harvard's time-sharing computer network, has an unlisted phone number. Dialing that number rewards the caller with a unique, minor-key whistle, or else a busy signal, if 32 of ...

Henrietta Leavitt worked as a “Harvard computer” when she used stars’ brightness to calculate distances in the universe. Leavitt’s work went largely unrecognized, and her boss ultimately took credit ...

Both women stand out as geniuses worthy of a Nobel prize, but neither got one. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the early 20th ...

This year, Harvard alumni Graham A. Sack ‘03 and Jennifer 8. Lee ‘98-99 recently received the Sloan Sundance Grant for their episodic TV project titled “The Harvard Computers,” a show Lee is producing ...

A new Harvard Medical School study shows that computer systems in hospitals and other clinical settings “are built for the accountants and managers and not … to help doctors, nurses and patients.” A ...

In the late 19th century, a Scottish immigrant named Williamina Fleming went from working as a maid to a career as a pioneering astronomer. The claim that Fleming went from being a maid to building a ...

Harvard University is now making its most sought-after computer science courses accessible for free. Topics include AI, Python, cybersecurity, and web development. These courses come with no fees or ...