What makes an educational video game work well?
MIT designers explain their philosophy in a new book, “Resonant Games.”
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Reducing false positives in credit card fraud detection
Model extracts granular behavioral patterns from transaction data to more accurately flag suspicious activity.
An extinction without warning
Study finds end-Permian extinction, which wiped out most of Earth’s species, was instantaneous in geological time.
Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once
Model learns to pick out objects within an image, using spoken descriptions.
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3 Questions: Database shines a bright light on Washington lobbying
Launch of In Song Kim’s LobbyView.org makes it simple to follow the path of money in politics.
E-commerce spurs innovation in last-mile logistics
As delivery logistics become more challenging with expanding e-commerce, planners such as Matthias Winkenbach are offering solutions.
Putting the Living Wage Calculator into action
Corporations and nonprofits are applying the popular MIT online tool to shape policy and set wages.
Light from ancient quasars helps confirm quantum entanglement
Results are among the strongest evidence yet for “spooky action at a distance.”
Sprawling galaxy cluster found hiding in plain sight
Bright light from black hole in a feeding frenzy had been obscuring surrounding galaxies.
Tiny ASTERIA satellite achieves a first for CubeSats
Measurement of an exoplanet transit demonstrates proof of concept that small spacecraft can perform high-precision photometry.
Shaping technology’s future
With data-informed models, Jessika Trancik seeks ways to coax progress toward sustainable energy systems.
Turning an economics education into solutions with impact
MITx MicroMasters learner Alan Al Yussef is working to improve lives in the Middle East through a career in development economics.
3Q: Muriel Médard on the world-altering rise of 5G
“The reason 5G is so different is that what exactly it will look like is still up in the air. Everyone agrees the phrase is a bit of a catch-all.”
Risk, failure, and living your life: The economics of being an early-career scientist
Doctoral student Ryan Hill studies factors that influence researchers’ professional paths, while lending his voice to support student families.
Paying it forward: Fellowship boosts women in physics
Four students are first beneficiaries of grant program established by Assistant Professor Lindley Winslow with support from the Heising-Simons Foundation.