In the Media

"Did you know that Twitter is full of inane, boring tweets that nobody wants to read? It’s true, according to science!"

"An MIT researcher has developed a method of manufacturing solar panels on the spot from agricultural waste, sidestepping the need for silicon and making ready-to-mix solar cheap and abundant virtually anywhere."

"In the most intensely anticipated stock offering in years, social networking giant Facebook late Wednesday filed papers to raise $5 billion through an initial public offering of stock, probably between April and June."

"As far as touchdown celebrations go, the spike is a classic, perhaps the original aggressive display of jubilation that never required choreography or props."

"Spiders’ silk has been the envy of materials engineers for decades. Its combination of flexibility and durability has been difficult to match with even the most advanced technology."

"However well-intentioned, striving to create the appearance of colorblindness by sidestepping the specter of race can be more of an obstacle than an asset to good management practice."

"Research into how iron, copper, zinc and other metals work in the brain may help unlock some of the secrets of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's."

"The aging of America may be good for the U.S. labor market."

"Facebook is preparing to go public in the biggest tech IPO since Google. But what does that mean for its users – and its rivals?"

"Creating an environment that allows small companies to proliferate and hire has taken on an increased importance in the national political agenda."

"Valentine's Day is around the corner. But before you chalk it up to a greeting card holiday, consider this: There's actually some real science behind those feelings of romance and affection."

"Using stem cells to create liver-like cells for laboratory research may advance efforts to find out why people respond differently to hepatitis C infection, scientists say."

"During the past two weeks, six teams of students, doctors, engineers, product designers, computer programmers, and entrepreneurs have been developing prototypes of inventions designed to help patients take control of their health."

"In describing the Transition, we use the phrase 'roadable aircraft' instead of 'flying car' to help set expectations for what it is and how it will be used."

"For the last three days, 2,500 of the world’s leaders convened to discuss global poverty, political upheaval, climate change and whatever else keeps them up at night."