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Financial Times

"Companies that have succeeded in transforming their business through the use of digital technologies such as social media, mobile, analytics and embedded devices benefit from a considerable 'digital advantage' and demonstrate significantly better financial performance than their peers, according to a global study conducted by Capgemini Consulting and the MIT Center for Digital Business."
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Nature

"General anaesthetics induce a coma-like state within seconds, allowing patients to be operated on without feeling pain or discomfort. Yet very little is known about how these drugs work."
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NPR

"Still, overall, says Charles Stewart of MIT, things are looking pretty good this year when it comes to voting technology."
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CNN

"In an era when shadowy hackers can snatch secret government files and humble big businesses with seeming ease, it's an unavoidable question as Election Day approaches: When we go to the polls, could our very votes be at risk?"
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The Boston Globe

"Are conservatives more generous than liberals?"
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The Boston Globe

"Advanced technology is available right now to help game officials make extremely accurate rulings — but how to implement it is a tough call."
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Reuters

"Sloppy signatures on mail-in ballots might prove to be the hanging chads of the 2012 election."
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Wired.co.uk

"An MIT team has developed an algorithm that can predict trending topics on Twitter an average of an hour and a half before they appear."
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The New York Times

"Many places offer MOOCs, and many more will. But Coursera, Udacity and edX are the leading providers. Here’s how they differ."
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New Scientist

"Marine microbes are harder workers than honeybees or human office drones."
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The New York Times

"'I like to call this the year of disruption,' says Anant Agarwal, president of edX, 'and the year is not over yet.'"
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Wired.co.uk

"An artist from the MIT Media Lab has created an interactive painting of a dandelion field, where viewers can blow on the seeds and watch the glowing sparks fly, fall and give life to new flowers."
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Techland (Time)

"An MIT student and an Army Ranger have come up with a way to provide first responders with the kind of technology elite SEAL teams have."
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The Huffington Post

"Sure, there are colleges that are difficult to get into. But which colleges actually have the smartest students?"
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BBC News

"'It once was a small step... now it's six big wheels,' exclaimed Curiosity's Twitter account after the Nasa rover landed on Mars in early August."
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