Science Mar 18 Our past and future is written in Earth’s landscape. Here’s how one geomorphologist is reading it By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas
Nation Jul 14 Trump administration rescinds rule on international students A federal judge is expected to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration policy requiring international students to transfer schools or leave the country if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall amid the pandemic. By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Education Jul 13 More than 200 schools back lawsuit over foreign student rule More than 200 universities are backing a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s policy saying international students cannot stay in the country if they take all their classes online in the fall. By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Education Jul 08 Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students The universities contend that the directive violates the Administrative Procedures Act because officials failed to offer a reasonable basis justifying the policy and because the public was not given notice to comment on it. By Associated Press
Arts Jan 21 Watch 4:52 How Polaroid pioneered the instant photography revolution The Polaroid camera bypassed the entire process of film development, thus providing photographers an immediate look at their work. Released for sale in 1948, the first version was an “instant” hit. Now, the museum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology… By Jared Bowen, WGBH
Nov 15 This new ‘battery’ aims to spark a carbon capture revolution By Nsikan Akpan Inventors claim their carbon capture “battery” could return CO2 to preindustrial levels within 40 years, but first it has some economic hurdles to overcome. Continue reading
Sep 08 Director of MIT’s Media Lab steps down over Epstein ties By Associated Press The director of a prestigious research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology resigned Saturday, and the school's president ordered an independent investigation amid an uproar over the lab's ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading
Oct 24 In a crash, should self-driving cars save passengers or pedestrians? 2 million people weigh in By Jamie Leventhal Researchers are using an online computer program to gauge how humans respond to tough ethical decisions involving AI technology for driverless vehicles. The results could inform car manufacturers and policy makers on how driverless vehicles should behave in life-or-death scenarios. Continue reading
Mar 09 False news travels 6 times faster on Twitter than truthful news By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American False news -- inaccurate information presented as truth or opinion presented as fact -- is 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than information that faithfully reports actual events, according to a new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Continue reading
Jan 01 These tiny satellites, equipped with ion thrusters, could change how we explore space By Nsikan Akpan An engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wants to explore the cosmos with CubeSats and ion engines inspired by static electricity. Continue reading