How the brain assigns objects to categories
New findings may explain why children with autism tend to fixate on details instead of seeing the big picture.
Daniel Schmidt, neurobiology postdoc, wins cancer fellowship
Brain-tumor researcher named among 18 fellows
New lung cancer gene found
Cancer biologists identify a driving force behind the spread of an aggressive type of lung cancer.
Stellar eclipse gives glimpse of exoplanet
New data reveals a ‘super-Earth’ next door, astronomically speaking
The tallest tree in the land
New model predicts maximum tree height across the United States; gives information about forest density, carbon storage.
Scientists unveil tools for rewriting the code of life
New technology from MIT and Harvard can edit DNA at the genome scale, giving cells novel functions.
Study explains why men are at higher risk for stomach cancer
MIT researchers show how estrogen protects women from the gastric inflammation that can lead to cancer.
Computer learns language by playing games
By basing its strategies on the text of a manual, a computer infers the meanings of words without human supervision.
Don’t show, don’t tell?
Cognitive scientists find that when teaching young children, there is a trade-off between direct instruction and independent exploration.
Three from MIT named Fulbright scholars
One student, two recent graduates to travel to Japan, Ghana and the Dominican Republic.
3 Questions: Richard Binzel on near-Earth asteroids
'2011 MD,' found by a Lincoln Lab team, will pass close to the planet on Monday.
Hippie days
How a handful of countercultural scientists changed the course of physics in the 1970s and helped open up the frontier of quantum information.
Waldman-Brown, Fulbright scholarship winner, to spend next year in Ghana
Recent graduate and public service fellow will teach the science of energy generation.
Biologists discover how yeast cells reverse aging
The gene they found can double yeast lifespan when turned on late in life.