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.
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.
May 15, 2017 • ~7 min
Explained: Neural networks | MIT News
Ballyhooed artificial-intelligence technique known as “deep learning” revives 70-year-old idea.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
July 15, 2016 • ~6 min
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