Absent legislative victory, the president can still meet US climate goals

Study finds activating a Clean Air Act provision could deliver major climate, health, and economic benefits.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
May 3, 2022 ~5 min

Elon Musk won't have a board to watch him when he takes Twitter private – does that matter?

Musk’s tweets badgering Twitter’s board raised important corporate governance questions about a board’s purpose and whether its members should own shares in the company they oversee.

Steven Boivie, Professor of Management, Texas A&M University • conversation
April 25, 2022 ~9 min


Are supply chains stuck in detention?

Washington is recognizing that the American truck driver shortage might have been misdiagnosed.

Dan McCool | MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics • mit
April 25, 2022 ~4 min

Empowering people to adapt on the frontlines of climate change

A new platform will unite climate models, impact predictions, random control trial evaluations, and humanitarian services to bring cutting-edge tools to Bangladeshi communities.

Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
April 19, 2022 ~10 min

Taxing legal weed could pay for mental health care

New research details how spending a portion of tax money generated by sales of legalized marijuana could pay for mental health care services.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
April 19, 2022 ~7 min

Frequent encounters build familiarity

PhD student Paige Bollen finds urban street networks that encourage encounters among strangers link to lower ethnic tensions and anti-immigrant hostility.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
April 14, 2022 ~8 min

Computing our climate future

To put global climate modeling at the fingertips of local decision-makers, some scientists think it’s time to rethink the system from scratch.

Paige Colley | School of Science • mit
April 13, 2022 ~10 min

Local governments are attractive targets for hackers and are ill-prepared

With Russia poised to launch cyberattacks on US targets, many local governments find themselves without the staff or resources to even recognize when they’re under attack.

Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
March 28, 2022 ~7 min


8 tips for another difficult tax season

It's likely to be another tough tax season, particularly with an uptick in audits of refundable credits, but an expert has tips to get you through.

Neil Schoenherr-WUSTL • futurity
Feb. 22, 2022 ~5 min

Psychology of trophy hunting: why some people kill animals for sport

To many of us trophy hunting is repellent. But here’s a look at why killing wild animals might be pleasurable to some.

Geoff Beattie, Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University • conversation
Feb. 3, 2022 ~7 min

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