In the Media

"For Hugh Herr, directing MIT’s Biomechatronics Lab could not be a more personal mission: He lost both his own legs in a rock climbing accident, spurring him to lead research and production for a new generation of better prosthetics."

"In the early 20th century, the spread of automobiles and telephone service made it possible to expand and increase the frequency of the household surveys — done in person and by telephone — used to track employment and job losses."

"Seager's new equation makes no assumption that extraterrestrials are intelligent and using radio technology. Instead, she simply works on the idea that life of any type may be present in sufficient abundance to alter the chemical composition of its planet's atmosphere."

“It’s clever not only in how it was implemented but in the effectiveness of its dispersal. It accounts for the large number of causalities.”

"What made Sandy so different was that it was steered into the coast rather than away from it."

“Once I start talking I don’t know when to stop, and people lose interest, and I don’t know why.”

"Of two different physical theories of time travel, only one allows for changing one’s past."

“Sadly, we found the shocks so aversive, we removed the device pretty quickly after installing it.”

"With a lot of effort and a lot of patience, you could detect the transit from the largest telescopes."

“Power is like nuclear energy, it can be used for good or bad.”

"The algorithm tries to construct a modus operandi (M.O.) of the offender. The M.O. is a set of habits that the offender follows and is a type of behavior used to characterize a pattern."

"But when did the caste system actually begin? One team of researchers believes the country’s genetic history holds the key."

"The good news is that you don’t need a fancy neuroscience degree to help out. In fact, the fancy degreed neuroscientists are hoping that you might pitch in."

"The good news is that you don’t need a fancy neuroscience degree to help out. In fact, the fancy degreed neuroscientists are hoping that you might pitch in."

"The early web didn't unseat gatekeepers as much as it invited us all to become explorers and curators."