This Pill Sensor Could Track Digestive Conditions In Never-Before-Seen Detail A new pill-sized ingestible device uses an electromagnetic field to offer real-time updates on the digestive system to doctors. Inverse · Feb 15, 2023
Smart pill could help doctors pinpoint digestive difficulties – study The sensor can be monitored as it moves through the digestive tract and help diagnose digestive disorders. The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023
Children Attending Preschool More Likely To Attend College, Reveals Study As per an empirical study headed by an MIT economist, children who start preschool at the age of four are considerably more likely to attend college. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Feb 11, 2023
Study: Children attending preschool more likely to go to college Children who start preschool at the age of four are considerably more likely to attend college, according to an empirical study headed by an MIT economist. Read full details on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Feb 9, 2023
US experts warn AI likely to kill off jobs – and widen wealth inequality Economists wary of firm predictions but say advances could create new raft of billionaires while other workers are laid off The Guardian - US · Feb 8, 2023
Tesla Co-Founder JB Straubel Offers Insight On Battery Recycling In a recent interview for MIT Technology Review, JB offers some new insights into the massive challenge of building a circular economy, and why we can’t wait. InsideEVs · Feb 3, 2023
Researchers Find Why Immunotherapy Doesn't Work Well For Lung Cancer Treatment Some cancers respond well to immunotherapy, a medication therapy that prompts the immune system to target tumours, although results against lung cancer have been conflicting. Read full story on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Feb 3, 2023
Coronavirus vaccine: MIT Professor calls for immediate suspension of COVID mRNA vaccine The number of health professionals urging for the suspension of COVID mRNA vaccine is increasing. The call for withdrawing the vaccine is getting stronger. The Times of India · Jan 31, 2023
MIT's Free Speech Problem Daryl Morey raises concerns about the lack of free expression at his alma mater. Reason · Jan 24, 2023
A 2,000-year-old Roman engineering secret could make today’s buildings greener In a new study, researchers found a key ingredient in durable Roman concrete that could make today's buildings last longer. Inverse · Jan 6, 2023
MIT Faculty Senate Statement on Free Speech College Fix (Jennifer Kabbany) reports that the statement was approved by the Faculty Senate by a 98-52 vote: Free Expression Statement adopted by the MIT faculty 12/21/22 The influential 1949 Lewis Report observed that MIT's mission was "to encourage initiative, to promote the spirit of free and objective inquiry, to… Reason · Dec 30, 2022
Killer still walking streets after dad shot dead and doused in acid Liam Smith was found dead on the pavement just yards away from his home Liverpool Echo · Dec 29, 2022
It's time to quit capitalism's obsession with growth. Focus on 'degrowth' instead, argues a growing movement in economics “It seems that humanity is thriving and committing suicide at the same time,” noted author Ugo Bardi. Fortune · Dec 22, 2022
An MIT professor and his one-time student founded a startup that may revolutionize $60bn pesticide market Kripa Varanasi and his one-time Ph.D. advisee found ways to get droplets to stick to plants. Fortune · Dec 20, 2022
Fortune · Dec 15, 2022 Researchers asked workers what they wanted most from employers during the pandemic, and it wasn’t remote work Transparency, clear communication, and general support are most important to workers.
Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried: the crypto pioneer behind one of the largest financial frauds in history The 30-year-old is facing decades in jail after being found guilty of fraud. So how did the FTX founder end up here? Amy Francombe reports
Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2022 Who is Sam Bankman-Fried and why was the FTX founder arrested in the Bahamas? The former ’King of Crypto’ is currently behind bars
WEKU · Dec 12, 2022 Two fledgling entrepreneurs win MIT prizes for their global health apps The winners confronted stigma and health equity in some countries with their tech ideas to help LGBTQI+ youth reach out for help and let women access private OB-GYN care.
Al Jazeera · Dec 12, 2022 Maria Telkes: Why Google honours her today Telkes was an innovative scientist recognised for her contributions to solar energy technologies.
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022 Maria Telkes: Who was the ‘Sun Queen’ biophysicist who championed solar energy? Visionary Hungarian-American scientist foresaw the potential of renewable power
Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022 Airlines are finally admitting contrails are an environmental problem Contrails — those lines of wispy white clouds that follow some jets — may not be so harmless.
Los Angeles Times · Dec 8, 2022 Kanye West enlists Alex Jones to release his first new song amid latest controversies Amid ongoing backlash for his antisemitic behavior, Kanye West just released his first new song since his empire began to crumble in recent months.
Bangkok Post · Dec 4, 2022 How remote work withers our social networks Since the start of the Covid pandemic more than 2.5 years ago, there have been endless debates about working remotely. At first Zoom and Teams software inspired optimistic futurists to announce that the office was now irrelevant. Then, a militant return-to-the-office demand rose to defy them. The most recent prominent…
Businessweek · Dec 2, 2022 11 Hours With Sam Bankman-Fried: Inside the Bahamian Penthouse After FTX’s Fall Billions of dollars of customer money is missing, investigators are circling, and the 30-year-old ex-CEO admits his company broke its own rules.
The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022 Astronomers witness the dying flare of a star torn apart by a black hole halfway across the Universe Some stars just get unlucky. There are billions of stars within a typical galaxy. Yet once every 100,000 years or so, one of those stars will wander too close to the supermassive black hole lurking at the galaxy’s centre and be torn apart. These cosmic behemoths weigh in at millions…