MIT and Mass General Hospital researchers find disparities in organ allocation
In an analysis of over 160,000 transplant candidates, researchers found that race is linked to how likely an organ offer is to be accepted on behalf of a patient.
Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health •
mit
July 3, 2025 • ~6 min
July 3, 2025 • ~6 min
What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why it’s so hard to know
A scholar of intelligence and strategy explains why battle damage assessments are so challenging – and why the process has become politicized.
Joshua Rovner, Associate Professor of International Relations, American University •
conversation
July 2, 2025 • ~10 min
July 2, 2025 • ~10 min
The hidden cost of convenience: How your data pulls in hundreds of billions of dollars for app and social media companies
Many of the apps and social media platforms you use every day may not charge you money, but often there is a price to pay – your privacy.
Jack West, PhD Student in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison •
conversation
July 1, 2025 • ~13 min
July 1, 2025 • ~13 min
Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons
Iran has a long history of enriching uranium in an effort to develop nuclear weapons. It’s not clear how far the US attack set back Iran’s production of bomb-grade uranium.
Anna Erickson, Professor of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology •
conversation
July 1, 2025 • ~8 min
July 1, 2025 • ~8 min
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