"My latest research has to do with how people express themselves through the brands they consume. It's a topic that has interested me for some time." -MIT's Renee Richards Gosaline
"Every nation will suffer if governments don’t think about common interests and responsibilities in dealing with climate change, rather than national interest, the Dalai Lama told a crowd in Cambridge on Monday."
"A third runway at Heathrow would lead to significantly more early deaths from pollution than a new airport built in the Thames Estuary, a study has warned."
"'The unique thing about the center is it allows you to think about wireless systems holistically,' said Dina Katabi, professor of electrical engineering and computer science and co-director of the center."
"Vesta, the brightest asteroid in the solar system, apparently possessed a magnetic field in its infancy that shielded it from the ravages of energetic particles from the sun, researchers say."
"Three novelists who've gained literary respect as well as commercial success — Junot Diaz, (This is How You Lose Her), Louise Erdrich (The Round House) and Dave Eggers (A Hologram for the King) — are among the finalists for the National Book Award for fiction announced Wednesday."
"Chris Voigt opens a glass case and delicately lifts a chocolate brown seashell covered with a naturally occurring pattern of uniform white triangles. 'From a very simple set of genetic instructions, you get a very complex pattern, see?'"