Neanderthal 'glue' points to complex thinking
A Neanderthal tool from the Netherlands bears traces of ancient "glue".
By Paul Rincon | Oct. 21, 2019 | bbcnews~5 mins
Tags: human-evolution netherlands
Open access task force releases final recommendations
Report urges MIT community to openly share the products of its research and teaching.
Brigham Fay | MIT Libraries | Oct. 17, 2019 | mit~3 mins
Tags: libraries open-access linguistics-and-philosophy brain-and-cognitive-sciences school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail school-of-science school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences digital-humanities research community
Stigma of opioids keeps users from seeking help, taints views of medical professionals
“Can you think of all the tax dollars it’s cost for you to go to detox?” the doctor asked Raina McMahan when she arrived at the clinic in Revere seeking help for her 15-year heroin addiction. “What is the matter with you?” McMahan, now six years into her recovery and a certified recovery coach at […]
Alvin Powell | Oct. 11, 2019 | harvard~9 mins
Tags: health-medicine alvin-powell buprenorphine drug-treatment fxb-center-for-health-and-human-rights harvard-th-chan-school-of-public-health heroin howard-koh khalil-gibran-muhammad larry-bacow mary-bassett medication-assisted-treatment methadone michelle-williams naloxone opioid-summit opioids raina-mcmahan richard-frank university-of-michigan
Israel cave bones: Early humans 'conserved food to eat later'
Prehistoric humans had not previously been thought capable of such dietary planning.
BBC Science News | Oct. 10, 2019 | bbcnews~2 mins
Tags: archaeology human-evolution israel
A look at Japan’s evolving intelligence efforts
New book examines the past and future of Japanese intelligence services in a rapidly shifting world.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | Oct. 8, 2019 | mit~9 mins
Tags: school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences political-science international-studies japan politics asia books-and-authors research
Study finds gut microbes adapt quickly to changes in food preparation
Scientists have recently discovered that different diets — say, high-fat versus low-fat, or plant-based versus animal-based — can rapidly and reproducibly alter the composition and activity of the gut microbiome, where differences in the composition and activity can affect everything from metabolism to immunity to behavior.
Clea Simon | Oct. 2, 2019 | harvard~8 mins
Tags: health-medicine clea-simon cooking fas gut-microbiome human-evolutionary-biology katia-chadaideh-corinne-f-maurice kylynda-bauer nature-microbiology peter-turnbaugh rachel-carmody vayu-maini-rekdal
The permanent struggle for liberty
Daron Acemoglu’s new book examines the battle between state and society, which occasionally produces liberal-democratic freedom.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | Sept. 24, 2019 | mit~11 mins
Tags: school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences economic politics books-and-authors faculty research history government
Using rigorous evaluation to reduce and prevent homelessness in North America
New J-PAL North America publication highlights how rigorous research can improve policies to help people access and maintain stable, affordable housing.
J-PAL North America | Sept. 9, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: abdul-latif-jameel-poverty-action-lab-j-pal economics research housing poverty school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences
New technique being developed to therapeutically repair and replace human organs
A new technique called SWIFT (sacrificial writing into functional tissue) ultimately may be used therapeutically to repair and replace human organs with lab-grown versions containing patients’ own cells.
Lindsay Brownell | Sept. 6, 2019 | harvard~7 mins
Tags: science-technology 3d-printing adult-induced-pluripotent-stem-cells artificially-grown-human-organs harvard-john-a-paulson-school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences harvards-wyss-institute-for-biologically-inspired-engineering organ-transplant sacrificial-writing-into-functional-tissue seas stem-cells swift
Harvard researcher finds canine brains vary based on breed
Erin Hecht, who joined the faculty in January, has published her first paper on our canine comrades in the Journal of Neuroscience, finding that different breeds have different brain organizations owing to human cultivation of specific traits.
Jill Radsken | Sept. 3, 2019 | harvard~7 mins
Tags: science-technology brains breeds dogs erin-hecht fas human-evolutionary-biology jill-radsken neuroscience science
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