The New York Times
"The stronger argument for a major government response to climate change is the more obvious argument: climate change."
In the Media
Bloomberg Businessweek
"Andrei Kirilenko, former chief economist of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), wants to prevent another financial crisis with a simple solution: education."
The Huffington Post
"Discussions of gun control have centered on whether policymakers should adopt an "assault weapon" ban -- something that seven states currently have, or have had, in the past." -MIT's Chris Knittel
The Wall Street Journal
"The anticipated marriage of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc. would represent a departure from other airline mergers in recent decades, aimed more at creating a huge route network that leapfrogs the competition, rather than at culling money-losing and overlapping flights."
The Boston Globe
"During 2012, according to my research, the major news media documented and discussed the calamity for ordinary Syrians and rebels alike at a rate that was at least four times more frequent compared with coverage of civilian casualties in the Iraq war in 2006, the most violent year." -MIT's John Tirman
The Boston Globe
"They are studying entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taking lessons from Kendall Square to better understand how to turn the roundabout — and the former Olympic Park located nearby — into a global magnet for technology ventures."
Bloomberg News
"More than one-third of companies are reporting a profit from their sustainability efforts, a 23 percent increase from the previous year, according to an annual study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Boston Consulting Group."
New Scientist
"The stuffs that the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are studying have something in common, something they share with a lot of everyday materials: they are fiendishly, inscrutably, impossibly complex."
The Huffington Post
"In the ocean, there are more waves than meet the eye."
UPI Asia
"The tectonic plate collision between India and Asia that created the Himalayas may have occurred 10 million years later than previously thought, geologists say."
Reuters
"President Barack Obama is considering naming nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz, one of his science and energy advisers, as the next energy secretary, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday."
The Boston Globe
"In short, the classes, which take place over three days, help them develop an outer polish to match their intellectual brilliance, with a goal of providing skills to get and keep jobs."
The New York Times
"The flaws in the American election system are deep and widespread, extending beyond isolated voting issues in a few locations and flaring up in states rich and poor, according to a major new study from the Pew Charitable Trusts."
San Jose Mecury News
"The tiny creatures that sustain our oceans may have a sophisticated way to communicate, according to new research."
The New York Times
This infographic displays "the average length of time that different groups waited to vote in 2012, according to a survey of 10,200 people across the country."