In the Media

"The anticipated marriage of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc. would represent a departure from other airline mergers in recent decades, aimed more at creating a huge route network that leapfrogs the competition, rather than at culling money-losing and overlapping flights."

"During 2012, according to my research, the major news media documented and discussed the calamity for ordinary Syrians and rebels alike at a rate that was at least four times more frequent compared with coverage of civilian casualties in the Iraq war in 2006, the most violent year." -MIT's John Tirman

"They are studying entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taking lessons from Kendall Square to better understand how to turn the roundabout — and the former Olympic Park located nearby — into a global magnet for technology ventures."

"More than one-third of companies are reporting a profit from their sustainability efforts, a 23 percent increase from the previous year, according to an annual study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Boston Consulting Group."

"The stuffs that the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are studying have something in common, something they share with a lot of everyday materials: they are fiendishly, inscrutably, impossibly complex."

"In the ocean, there are more waves than meet the eye."

"The tectonic plate collision between India and Asia that created the Himalayas may have occurred 10 million years later than previously thought, geologists say."

"President Barack Obama is considering naming nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz, one of his science and energy advisers, as the next energy secretary, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday."

"In short, the classes, which take place over three days, help them develop an outer polish to match their intellectual brilliance, with a goal of providing skills to get and keep jobs."

"The flaws in the American election system are deep and widespread, extending beyond isolated voting issues in a few locations and flaring up in states rich and poor, according to a major new study from the Pew Charitable Trusts."

"The tiny creatures that sustain our oceans may have a sophisticated way to communicate, according to new research."

This infographic displays "the average length of time that different groups waited to vote in 2012, according to a survey of 10,200 people across the country."

"The ranking is based on student responses to the question asking them to rank their program’s coverage of information technology, an area where few schools truly excel."

"From an environmental perspective, the only thing that feels good about plastic is the recycling icon found on so many items."

"Last week marked one of the quirkiest events on the Boston calendar: MIThenge, the twice-a-year occasion when the sunset shoots straight through the door at the end of MIT’s Infinite Corridor."