Interview: Jerome Milgram on oil spills
As the oil spill off the Louisiana coast widens, the mechanical engineering emeritus professor discusses floating booms, containment caps and more
3 Questions: Stephen Connors on offshore wind farms
What the federal approval of the Cape Wind project will mean for Massachusetts and the nation
3 Questions: David Jones on heart problems
Physician and historian of medicine explains why bypass surgery is popular even though it fails to help many patients.
3 Questions: Bill Gates on MIT
After speaking about the importance of giving back, the philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder spoke to MIT News about innovation and learning at MIT
3 Questions: David MacKay on renewable energy
Science advisor to the British government talks about Climategate, the Copenhagen conference, and emission-free energy technology
3 Questions: Melissa Nobles on the U.S. Census
As America’s decennial headcount gets under way, an MIT political scientist discusses the history of race and ethnicity in the U.S. Census.
3 Questions: David Miliband on Afghanistan’s future
Before delivering the Compton Lecture, Britain’s foreign secretary sat down with MIT News to discuss the state of the war in Afghanistan
3 Questions: Hunt Allcott on behavioral economics and the energy crisis
Can understanding human irrationality help solve our energy problems? An MIT researcher explains
3 Questions: Eduardo Kausel on Chile’s massive earthquake
How stringent building codes limited damage in Chile, and why there’s cause for concern in parts of the U.S.
3 Questions: Steven Spear on Toyota’s troubles
With the vaunted Japanese automaker recalling millions of cars, the MIT senior lecturer explains what went wrong
3 Questions: David Mindell on Obama’s NASA proposal
MIT space researcher predicts that if adopted, Obama’s proposed budget and policy will lead to more joint human-robotic space exploration
3 Questions: Bradford Hager on Haiti’s coming quakes
The MIT geophysicist expects more earthquakes could hit the region relatively soon.
3 Questions: Making unemployment work
With large numbers of Americans out of work, economist Ivan Werning suggests some better ways to make unemployment insurance operate
3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen
The co-director of MIT’s Global Change program discusses what to expect from the U.N. Climate Change Conference, and the effects of ‘Climategate’
3 Questions: Suzanne Corkin on the world’s most famous amnesic
This week, scientists plan to slice the brain of H.M., the amnesia patient who died last year and whose condition helped shed light on how memories are formed.