MIT’s REXIS and Bennu’s watery surface
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample-return spacecraft, carrying MIT instrument, arrived at asteroid in December; now begins the science to select a sampling location.
3Q: On the significance of Ultima Thule
New Horizons Mission Team members Alissa Earle and Richard Binzel discuss the revelations the icy world provides about the formation of our solar system.
3Q: Judah Cohen on improving seasonal weather forecasting
Machine learning could help improve the accuracy of long-term forecasts, MIT climatologist argues.
3 Questions: MIT goes interstellar with Voyager 2
MIT Kavli's John Richardson describes MIT's role in the historic passing of the Voyager 2 craft past the heliopause and into the interstellar medium.
3Q: Eric Alm on the mysteries of the microbiome
“A diet or treatment of the microbiome may lead to increased diversity, but that does not mean it's better or healthier for you,” says the engineering professor.
3 Questions: Catherine Nikiel on tackling global climate change at the regional scale
The civil and environmental engineering PhD student investigates the effects of climate change in the Midwest.
3Q: David Simchi-Levi on advancing global retail operations through analytics and machine learning
David Simchi-Levi discusses insights from recent research in collaboration with some of the world's largest retailers.
3Q: Reverend Kirstin Boswell-Ford on religion, ethics, and the role of the chaplain at MIT
Chaplains “are here to help guide the MIT community toward being more inclusive, more caring, more supportive, and more ethically minded,” Boswell-Ford says.
New recording blends old Europe and contemporary Cambridge
Pianist David Deveau’s latest album interprets works by Beethoven, Mozart, and MIT’s own John Harbison.
3Q: Sheila Widnall on sexual harassment in STEM
National Academies report cites need for strong leadership and cultural change; will be focus of upcoming MIT panel discussion.
![MIT political scientist In Song Kim has overseen the launch of LobbyView.org, a website that connects the activities of lobbyists, firms, and politicians, so that people “can understand how legislative politics [actually] works in the U.S.,” as Kim puts it.](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201809/MIT-3Q-Lobbying-01.jpg?itok=hpZLX6vU)
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.
3 Questions: Philip Harris on first observation of long-predicted Higgs boson decay
Seeing Higgs boson decay required “magic-eye” focus; may help physicists understand why the universe has mass.
3Q: A bold mission to touch the sun
MIT’s John Belcher discusses the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which will fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere.
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.”
3Q: Richard Milner on a new U.S. particle accelerator
Proposal for powerful particle collider gets National Academies’ go-ahead.