In the Media

"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."

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

"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?"

"Are conservatives more generous than liberals?"

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

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

"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."

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

"Marine microbes are harder workers than honeybees or human office drones."

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

"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."

"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."

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

"'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."

"An MIT graduate student in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Yarden Katz, discusses artificial intelligence with Noam Chomsky."