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.'"
In the Media
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."
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."
The Huffington Post
"Sure, there are colleges that are difficult to get into. But which colleges actually have the smartest students?"
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."
The Atlantic
"An MIT graduate student in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Yarden Katz, discusses artificial intelligence with Noam Chomsky."
TIME
LiquiGlide named one of the Best Inventions of the Year for 2012
Boston Magazine
"This past July, speaking in Boston at the Global Business Travel Association, Bill Clinton described the university as having the 'best technology-transfer program in the country,' tops at turning student ideas into blockbuster businesses."
Fox News
"Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has created a new material for military uniforms that can automatically repel chemical and biological agents -- and shed contaminated layers like a snakeskin."
The Huffington Post
"Over the years, a multitude of programs have been proposed to tackle the problem of global poverty. Today, the effects of different approaches can be better evaluated, thanks to the powerful technologies now available for research and analytics."
Science
"This week, researchers analyzing spectral color data returned by the Dawn spacecraft can confirm that Vesta has mysteriously escaped eons of the kind of 'space weathering' that has aged the surface of other asteroids."
The Choice (New York Times)
"As the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy continues to disrupt the families who are struggling to recover, several colleges and universities have announced that they will extend their deadline for early admission applications."
Financial Times
"The Chinese government has dialled up its rhetoric on Japan’s control of a disputed chain of islands in a move likely to further inflame a dangerous standoff between Beijing and Tokyo."
The Boston Globe
"Ministry of Supply broke records to become the most successful fashion project to date on Kickstarter, but there are other Boston-based fashion businesses that have found success on the site, too."
New Scientist
"On display at the MIT List Visual Art Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, In the Holocene explores the work of artists traversing the 19th to 21st centuries, and makes a convincing case for art as an account of the world in and of itself."