How shared partisanship leads to social media connections
Twitter experiment shows clear self-selection into social media “echo chambers” due to political preferences.
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Robert Weinberg receives 2021 Japan Prize
The award recognizes Weinberg’s pioneering achievements in the field of cancer biology.
3Q: Looking back at MIT’s fall semester Covid-19 testing
Suzanne Blake of MIT Emergency Management analyzes the results from the program, which administered more than 250,000 tests last semester.
In praise of IAP
For 50 years, Independent Activities Period has provided MIT community members with a respite from the firehose.
To combat false news, correct after reading
Study shows people are influenced more by fact-checks after they read news headlines, not before.
What must the US do to sustain its democracy?
MIT scholars discuss what is needed for the country to support its longstanding form of government.
3 Questions: Daron Acemoglu on the “dangerous situation” still facing the U.S.
The author of “The Narrow Corridor,” about the battle to sustain democracy, weighs in on the country’s political condition.
Distressing news about Professor Gang Chen
President Reif updates the community about Chen, a widely respected scholar and faculty member who was arrested on allegations of federal grant fraud.
MIT launches Center for Constructive Communication
The cross-campus effort will design human-machine systems that improve communication across divides and increase opportunity for underheard communities.
Ten “keys to reality” from Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek
To understand ourselves and our place in the universe, “we should have humility but also self-respect,” the physicist writes in a new book.
Understanding art in a time of crisis
Associate professor of music Emily Richmond Pollock studies the way modern opera incorporates the new and the traditional.
Delivering life-saving oxygen during a pandemic
MIT mechanical engineers have developed technologies to help hospitals around the world provide life-saving oxygen to patients with Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses.
MIT in the media: 2020 in review
In a particularly newsworthy year, news and views from the MIT community made headlines.
MIT community in 2020: A year in review
In a year full of challenges, top Institute stories dealt with resilience, innovation, and MIT’s drive to embody its longstanding values in a changing world.
Top MIT research stories of 2020
The year’s popular research stories include astronomical firsts, scientific breakthroughs, and engineering milestones addressing Covid-19 and other global problems.