A new kind of media theory
MIT professor Fox Harrell works to enrich the subjective and ethical dimensions of the digital media experience.
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3 Questions: Scott Kemp on rethinking nuclear security efforts
MIT professor argues the barriers to weapon acquisition today are not technological.
Study: Dangerous storms peaking further north, south than in past
New analysis of cyclones shows migration away from tropics and toward the poles in recent decades.
Search without reward
MIT conference highlights the plight of the long-term unemployed, a social issue of growing urgency.
The universe in a cube
New model, spanning 13 billion years of cosmic evolution, makes important advances.
Film, form, and feeling
MIT professor’s new book studies formal properties of movies and the structure of our emotions.
The anthropology of humanitarianism
Anthropologist Erica James examines the effectiveness of aid to those on the margins of society.
A “wimpy” dwarf fossil galaxy reveals new facts about early universe
Faintest galaxy ever detected illuminates unusual aspects of the universe’s early evolution.
How a health care plan quickly lowered infant mortality
Study: Improved hospital access lowered infant death rate among Thailand’s poor within a year.
What’s the future of wealth — and inequality?
At MIT, “rock star” economist Thomas Piketty presents, defends work on inequality.
3 Questions: Michael Greenstone on the experimental method in environmental economics
MIT economist makes the case for new quasi-experiments as a way of studying environmental issues.
Beneath the skyline
At MIT, politicians, planners, and designers debate the future of infrastructure.
How widespread is tax evasion?
New study puts a cost on "round-tripping," a method investors use to avoid the tax collector.