Use-inspired research goes beyond translational research to build lasting connections between researchers and communities.

This bias in science journalism seems not to be due only to pragmatic concerns about time zones or the language spoken in the country where the scientist is based.

Researchers want real-world impact. Lawmakers want programs that work. The public wants to benefit from taxpayer-funded research. Building a bridge from academia to legislatures is key to all three.

Studies show that health misinformation on social media has led to fewer people getting vaccinated and more lives lost to COVID-19 and other life-threatening diseases.

Ten years after the founding of the undergraduate research program, its alumni reflect on the unexpected gifts of their experiences.

Partisan media might deepen political polarization, but we should measure people’s media habits more carefully before drawing conclusions, researchers say.

For MIT CSHub postdoc Miaomiao Zhang, communicating effectively is perhaps the most important part of research.

A new dataset can help scientists develop automatic systems that generate richer, more descriptive captions for online charts.

Public data about individual donors’ political contributions supports the perception that American academia leans left.