Weekend Long Read: Remembering Luminary Economist Stanley Fischer The MIT professor helped shape the foundations of New Keynesian economics and influenced generations of economists and policymakers Caixin Global · Jun 7, 2025
Brittney Griner Misquoted: Stephen A. Smith Criticizes WNBA Star Over Satirical Quote Stephen A. Smith mistakenly slammed Brittney Griner over a fake quote from a parody account. The incident highlights how quickly misinformation spreads online — and why digital literacy matters more than ever. International Business Times UK · Jun 6, 2025
Harvard battle is Trump’s ‘Mao moment’: lessons from China’s state-sanctioned university crackdown During the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong pushed for the closure of Chinese universities, seeing higher education as little more than a breeding ground for counterrevolutionary bourgeois intellectuals. After closing for a period, China’s universities reopened on a limited basis from 1970, with selection criteria based on class background, revolutionary… The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025
MIT class president barred from graduation after speaking out on Gaza Megha Vemuri gave speech the day before commencement, condemning the university’s ties to Israel The Guardian - US · Jun 2, 2025
MIT Commencement Speaker Banned From Graduation Ceremony After Giving Pro-Palestine Speech MIT's 2025 class president and her family were banned from the university's graduation ceremony after she spoke against the university's complicity in Israel's genocide of Palestinian people. Latin Times · Jun 1, 2025
Physicists capture 'second sound' for the first time — after nearly 100 years of searching First theorized in 1938, heat's wave-like flow through superfluids, known as "second sound", has proven difficult to directly observe. Now, a new technique has finally done it, and could be used to study neutron stars and high-temperature superconductors. LiveScience · May 30, 2025
Trump is killing the goose that laid America’s golden eggs U.S. competitiveness has always depended on its universities' openness to talent and commitment to research. Fortune · May 23, 2025
“CBS ran an ad that said, ‘6 million people have heard the sound of his guitar. Let us introduce you to him…’ That made a huge rift”: Barry Goudreau was there from the beginning of Boston –but has regrets about how things ended with Tom Scholz Gibson wielder, who always preferred Marshall to Scholz’s Rockman brand, recalls being edged out but not caring at first, until it led to an angry split and legal repercussions Guitar World · May 20, 2025
Startup working on 'reversible computing' chip says initial tests show a 50% energy savings Vaire says its chips could be the key to solving the challenge of AI's massive electricity demand Fortune · May 20, 2025
How is Roman concrete still standing after 2,000 years? Roman concrete's durability comes from a combination of its ingredients and production methods. LiveScience · May 19, 2025
Ironheart: release date, trailer, confirmed cast, story details, and more on the Marvel Phase 5 TV show Here's everything you need to know about Ironheart ahead of its imminent release. TechRadar · May 17, 2025
‘Iconic’: Riri Williams is making a name for herself in the new trailer for ‘Ironheart’ We can't wait to see just how iconic she can be! The Mary Sue · May 14, 2025
Turkey Eyes Legal Steps After Kurdish Militant Group PKK Disbands After the decision by the Kurdish militant group PKK to disband, Turkey was eyeing Wednesday a raft of legal and technical measures to ensure its full implementation and finally end a four-decade insurgency. International Business Times · May 14, 2025
AI firms warned to calculate threat of super intelligence or risk it escaping human control AI safety campaigner calls for existential threat assessment akin to Oppenheimer’s calculations before first nuclear test The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2025
PC Gamer · May 9, 2025 MIT researchers debunk one of the greatest misconceptions in science: Eggs are stronger at the sides after all FYI, this doesn't actually apply to cracking an egg for breakfast.
Euronews · May 8, 2025 There is a global consensus for AI safety despite Paris Summit backlash, new report finds A new paper released on Thursday, presenting the findings of a global conference held in Singapore in April, has identified how AI can be made safer.
The Independent UK · May 7, 2025 Celtics' Jrue Holiday wins NBA's social justice award, a week after winning sportsmanship award Jrue Holiday’s commitment to off-court work continues to be noticed and appreciated within the NBA
The Guardian - US · May 7, 2025 ‘I missed talking math with people’: why John Urschel left the NFL for MIT The former Baltimore Ravens guard had a lucrative career in professional football. But he chose to concentrate on his first love in academia
The Guardian - US · May 1, 2025 Lupe Fiasco on his new art project and looking at rap ‘in a deep academic way’ Rapper turned MIT professor is unveiling a project of ‘en plein air rapping’, which is about outdoors-inspired music
Fortune · May 1, 2025 Not all degrees are worthless: These universities give you the highest odds of becoming a multimillionaire If return-on-investment is a top priority for your college experience, you may want to consider one of these universities, where Gen Z grads can earn over $4 million in accrued earnings—and it's not Harvard.
Tom’s Hardware · Apr 24, 2025 Researchers develop new metamaterials that pave the way to bendy, stretchable computer chips A team of MIT researchers developed a new fabrication method that allowed to make existing materials strong but stretchy.
PC Gamer · Apr 23, 2025 MIT engineers create 'spaghetti' style metamaterial that could enable stretchy computer chips that are almost indestructible Strong but stretchy, apparently.
The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2025 Obama backs Harvard as Yale faculty members support standing up to Trump Harvard faces funding freeze as Yale faculty asks leadership ‘to resist and legally challenge any unlawful demands’
International Business Times · Apr 15, 2025 Harvard Sees $2.2 Billion In Funding Frozen After Defying Trump Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism.
The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2025 New York plane crash claims lives of high-achieving family celebrating a birthday A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying six members of a close-knit family of physicians and distinguished student-athletes