The majority of U.S. jobs are in occupations that have emerged since 1940, MIT research finds — telling us much about the ways jobs are created and lost.

Combing through 35,000 job categories in U.S. census data, economists found a new way to quantify technology’s effects on job loss and creation.

The Advanced Computing Users Survey, sampling sentiments from 120 top-tier universities, national labs, federal agencies, and private firms, finds the decline in America’s advanced computing lead spans many areas.

Curiosity-driven basic science in the 1970s laid the groundwork for today’s leading vaccines against the novel coronavirus.

In a new book, Professor David Kaiser describes dramatic shifts in the history of an evolving discipline.

A multidecade study shows economics increasingly overlaps with other disciplines, and has become more empirical in nature.

Deaths of prominent life scientists tend to be followed by a surge in highly cited research by newcomers.

From making the lunar landings possible to interpreting the meaning of the moon rocks, the Institute was a vital part of history.

Symposium featuring former astronauts and other Apollo mission luminaries examines the program’s legacy.

A scholar’s book uncovers new material about the effects of the infamous nuclear meltdown.