Entering the animal world | MIT News

In a history seminar, engineering students explore shifting ideas about animal intelligence and human uses of animals throughout the ages.

Meg Murphy | School of Engineering • mit
May 19, 2017 ~6 min

Q&A: On the future of human-centered robotics | MIT News

Professor David Mindell, who researches the interaction between automation and human behavior, discusses the interdependence of people, robots, and infrastructure.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
May 15, 2017 ~7 min


Explained: Neural networks | MIT News

Ballyhooed artificial-intelligence technique known as “deep learning” revives 70-year-old idea.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
April 14, 2017 ~10 min

Tim Berners-Lee wins $1 million Turing Award | MIT News

CSAIL researcher honored for inventing the web and developing the protocols that spurred its global use.

Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL • mit
April 4, 2017 ~4 min

Celebrating Pauline Morrow Austin, a founder of radar meteorology | MIT News

MIT faculty, friends, and family gathered to remember Austin's life and commemorate her contributions to science with the unveiling of an exhibit in EAPS.

Lauren Hinkel | Oceans at MIT • mit
Jan. 31, 2017 ~7 min

Joy Buolamwini wins national contest for her work fighting bias in machine learning | MIT News

Media Lab graduate student selected from over 7,300 entrants, awarded $50,000 scholarship in contest inspired by the film "Hidden Figures."

MIT Media Lab • mit
Jan. 17, 2017 ~5 min

House rules | MIT News

Research shows how rebuilding Britain’s Houses of Parliament in the 1800s helped create clean-air laws.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 12, 2017 ~7 min

"Hidden Figures" screening, discussion addresses the history of black women at NASA | MIT News

Author and executive producer Margot Lee Shetterly explores inspiration for the film; MIT guest speakers provide additional historical context.

William Litant | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics • mit
Dec. 22, 2016 ~5 min


3Q: Historian Harriet Ritvo on what it means to be "wild" | MIT News

Scientists, social scientists, and humanists heed the call of the wild at MIT workshop.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
Nov. 4, 2016 ~10 min

How MIT gave "Ghostbusters" its "geek cred" | MIT News

From proton packs to hidden props, the 2016 blockbuster draws upon MIT personalities and scientific panache.

Meg Murphy | MIT News correspondent • mit
July 15, 2016 ~6 min

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