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Wired

"Walter Hollister of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) looked into the gravity-assist concept at the same time as Sohn, but his work soon turned in a novel direction, Hollister became interested in Sun-centered 'periodic orbits.'"
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Boston Herald

"On her daily bicycle rides to and from the MIT Media Lab’s Information Ecology Group where she is a research assistant, Arlene Ducao has often wished that drivers had a way to read her mind. So she invented one."
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The New York Times

"New rules announced by a Chinese province last week to allow interceptions of ships in the South China Sea are raising concerns in the region, and in Washington, that simmering disputes with Southeast Asian countries over the waters will escalate."
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Boston Herald

"A political scientist and deputy dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been named director of Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University."
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WBUR

"Now, three papers in the journal Science suggest there really is ice at the bottom of craters near the poles on Mercury."
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Popular Science

"While engineering programmable matter, they also invented a motor that holds its position without power."
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PBS

"In addition to composing his own music, Machover is passionate about making music central to people's lives -- and many of the technologies he's created do just that, from the technology behind Guitar Hero to Hyperscore, which lets anyone compose music using visual tools."
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Boston Herald

"A top Obama administration official said the president remains committed to immigration reform and called the current practice of forcing immigrant entrepreneurs educated at top American universities to set up shop in other countries a 'broken system.'"
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Wired.co.uk

"Musical compositions based on the structure of silk could help engineers make stronger threads."
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Forbes

"With that in mind and assuming Secretary Chu doesn’t stay on for a second term, here are ITIF’s recommendations for the top job at the Department of Energy."
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The Boston Globe

"An advisory committee racing to meet a deadline on recommending changes to the way ­Boston assigns students to schools will have until at least January to cast a vote, the mayor’s office ­announced Thursday."
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The Washington Post

"Most arguments about tax brackets in the United States are over a percentage point or two."
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Forbes India

"Does microcredit reduce poverty? Do laptops in schools improve student learning? If you believe in Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) as the only way to evaluate an intervention, the answers to the questions are: No and No."
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Reuters

"Pilots at United Airlines and American Airlines are due to vote in coming weeks on new labor contracts that in some cases offer the first significant raises in almost a decade."
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Boston Herald

"MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito and famed filmmaker J.J. Abrams experienced what you might call a Vulcan mind meld yesterday."
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