A new approach to studying religion and politics
MIT political scientist Richard Nielsen combines ethnography and big data to analyze clerics and preachers in the Islamic world.
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Can mammogram screening be more effective?
Study: Healthier women are more likely to follow age-based guidelines, leaving room for better-targeted testing.
A better kind of cybersecurity strategy
New model shows why countries that retaliate too much against online attacks make things worse for themselves.
Straight talk about race in academia
MIT-hosted panel delves into ongoing challenges for Black scholars — and ways for everyone in university settings to start making a difference.
Seeing the values behind the numbers
In a new book, “Data Action,” Associate Professor Sarah Williams issues a call for thinking ethically about data today.
When playing favorites can hurt growth
Study finds China’s industrial-park policy is better for productivity when political connections are not a factor.
Why we shouldn’t fear the future of work
MIT task force wraps up with a final conference, sounds note of optimism that new ideas, better policies can help sustain good careers.
Report outlines route toward better jobs, wider prosperity
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future identifies ways to align new technologies with durable careers.
A deep look at how financial markets are designed
Professor Haoxiang Zhu’s research has gained an audience beyond academia, reaching the finance industry and its regulators.
Democracy in distress?
Experts analyze a global trend: democratic governments that collapse from within while maintaining a veneer of legitimacy.
What are the odds your vote will not count?
MIT professor’s study quantifies how many mail-in ballots became “lost votes” in the 2016 U.S. federal election.
How many votes will be counted after election night?
Study measures the “blue shift” from absentee and provisional ballots, underscores uncertainties of 2020 vote.
Beyond Bitcoin: A new case for novel payment systems
In his latest book, economist Robert Townsend surveys how “distributed ledger” technologies can help emerging economies and many industries.
David Autor receives Heinz Award
A special 25th anniversary award honors the MIT economist for work on employment, trade, and technological change.
India’s culture of coping with cancer
Dwaipayan Banerjee’s new book examines the psychological and social terrain of living with cancer in a country where the disease has long been downplayed.