Prof. Matthew Evans speaks with Joshua Sokol of New Scientist about the LIGO findings. “Until this detection, there was a question about the existence of binary black hole systems,” Evans explains. “So it is a pleasant surprise for us to have detected them.”

In an article for The Wall Street Journal, Loretta Chao writes that MIT is establishing a new supply chain education center in Ningbo, China. Speaking to the logistical challenges the country is facing, Prof. Yossi Sheffi explains that, “logistics costs in China as a percentage of GDP are much higher than in the U.S.”

MIT researchers used high-speed cameras to examine how sneezes travel, reports Gillian Mohney for ABC News. The researchers found that “instead of a uniform cloud of droplets, a single sneeze would fragment in the air similar to paint being flung onto a canvas.”

Wired reporter Emily Reynolds writes that MIT neuroscientists have identified the region of the brain that generates a feeling of loneliness. The researchers found that the “DRN, near the back of the brain, hosts a cluster of cells that the team say is responsible for generating increased sociability after periods of isolation.”

An international team of scientists, including researchers from MIT, has detected gravitational waves, reports Joel Achenbach and Rachel Feltman for The Washington Post. The detection inaugurates “a new era of astronomy in which gravitational waves are tools for studying the most mysterious and exotic objects in the universe.”

Reuters reporters Scott Malone and Will Dunham report on the significance of scientists detecting gravitational waves. "We are really witnessing the opening of a new tool for doing astronomy," explains Prof. Nergis Mavalvala. "We have turned on a new sense. We have been able to see and now we will be able to hear as well."

Prof. Nergis Mavalvala speaks with Meghna Chakrabarti, host of WBUR’s Radio Boston, about the efforts behind the detection of gravitational waves. “This is just the start,” explains Mavalvala. “These detectors are going to get better and we are just going to listen to more and more music from the universe.”