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December 2024
Issues
- 12/13 - MIT club sports + reducing bias in AI + finding “balance”
- 12/12 - Tissue imaging + Commencement speaker + Nobels + CEO of the year
- 12/11 - Fusion energy + internet and mental health + architecture pioneer
- 12/10 - Mini asteroids + health and life sciences at MIT + AI risks
- 12/09 - Biodegradable microplastics + siting solar farms + liquid on Mars
- 12/06 - AI and the economy + new music building + eco-friendly diapers
- 12/05 - Car design + reusing methane + AI and health
- 12/04 - AI in 3D + gastric balloon + mass migration
- 12/03 - Ultrafast AI + self-driving cars + portraits of an MIT pioneer
- 12/02 - Data and society + cancer vaccine + extracurriculars at MIT
November 2024
Issues
- 11/27 - Medical engineering + carbon capture + open-access publishing
- 11/26 - Bioinspired filtering + cross country champs + memory sports
- 11/25 - A Renaissance man + renewable energy + future of science
- 11/22 - Energy economics + how children learn language + microscale metamaterials
- 11/21 - Squid-inspired drug delivery 🦑, imaging black holes 🕳️, jam_bot 🎶
- 11/20 - Expanded financial aid + electron surprise + wonders of nature
- 11/19 - Greener fuels + AI accuracy + collegiate invention champ
- 11/18 - Rhodes Scholars + erosion solutions + nuclear security
- 11/15 - Tiddlywinks + from samurai to MIT engineers + AI and genetics
- 11/14 - Uses for captured carbon + art and AI + science-infused drinks
- 11/13 - Exercising neurons + truck emissions + climate crafts
- 11/12 - Lessons from ancient concrete + dynamic displays + recycling mining waste
- 11/08 - MIT veterans + solar system origins + nuclear power
- 11/07 - Brain mapping + AI incoherence + Human Insight Collaborative
- 11/06 - Improving cancer surgery + AI and workers + STEAM education
- 11/05 - Tiniest transistors + McDermott Award + voting and elections
- 11/04 - Designing in 4D + sustainable nickel + causal links
- 11/01 - Sustainable agriculture + wearables for cells + presidential portrait
October 2024
Issues
- 10/31 - Quantum simulator + AXIS probe + student parents
- 10/30 - Fish feast record + generative AI + Cambridge Science Festival
- 10/29 - MIT metalsmith + cancer microparticles + how IKEA views sustainability
- 10/28 - Hospice care + interactive mouthpiece + history of technology
- 10/25 - Space carbon + future of fusion + cartilage repair
- 10/24 - Protecting coastlines + black hole triple + biology of motivation
- 10/23 - Architectural recycling + executives and AI + NAM inductees
- 10/22 - Feeling climate change + strengthening democracy + Head of the Charles
- 10/21 - Lonely galaxies + prenatal tests + our economic future
- 10/18 - An MIT rock star + printing electronics + comet over campus
- 10/17 - Election misinformation + brain stimulation + leadership myths
- 10/16 - Versatile 3D printing + Europa Clipper + baby-feeding support
- 10/15 - Nobel in economics for MIT's Acemoglu and Johnson
- 10/11 - Energy poverty + how consciousness works + African entrepreneurship
- 10/10 - Bubble findings + AI and business + MIT Energy and Climate Club
- 10/09 - Solar desalination + mercury pollution + remembering John Little
- 10/08 - Cancer treatment + risk reliability + clean energy in Mongolia
- 10/07 - Two with MIT ties win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 10/04 - Parallel computing + trapping cells with light + climate and the election
- 10/03 - Voyager farewell + smarter sampling + MIT on the ISS
- 10/02 - Recognizing faces + strengthening democracy + STEM From Dance
- 10/01 - A future you + flood insurance + supply chain sustainability
September 2024
Issues
- 09/30 - Robot tasks + music technology + skin care as health care
- 09/27 - Securing the cloud + how we share money + Glass Pumpkin Patch
- 09/26 - Martian mystery + surgical pain + prison overheating
- 09/25 - Faster sleep + labeling AI systems + U.S. News ranking
- 09/24 - Private business practices + voter beliefs + ancient pottery
- 09/23 - Practical HIV vaccine + AI JetPack + substance use research
- 09/20 - Sustainable bricks + AI for crystals + karate champ
- 09/19 - AI and surveillance + Climate Project at MIT + Choose to Reuse
- 09/18 - Art and chemistry + adaptable brains + heat-saving windows
- 09/17 - Tiny black holes + toward a tumor vaccine + Voter Registration Day
- 09/16 - Online privacy + generative AI marketplace + DebunkBot
- 09/13 - Cosmic conundrum + housing crisis + kidney transplants
- 09/12 - Virtual immersion + placebo power + next-gen manufacturing
- 09/11 - A life of curiosity + planetary protection + student parents
- 09/10 - Naval officer training + retirement savings + greenhouse gas guide
- 09/09 - Edgy atoms + driving effective change + seashell art
- 09/06 - Filtering out "forever chemicals" + AI transparency + Rollerama
- 09/05 - Dino discovery + EV charging stations + nuclear security
- 09/04 - Mechatronics + AI and logistics + Student Lending Art Program
- 09/03 - Professional gearhead + battery breakthrough + Banana Lounge
August 2024
Issues
- 08/30 - Delivering therapeutics + math and AI + riding for science
- 08/29 - Theater design + stronger metals + delivery logistics
- 08/28 - Tissue repair + wind farms + strengthening research universities
- 08/27 - Microbatteries + fasting + Convocation + proving humanity online
- 08/26 - Quantum computing + taxing online ads + organics on Mars
- 08/16 - Cosmic illumination + reversing overdoses + building a better brooder
- 08/14 - Robot precision + handling uncertainty + climate primer
- 08/12 - Low-carbon cement + excitons + biological art + adaptable robots
- 08/09 - Aviation safety + state of elections + AI overconfidence + skate parks
- 08/07 - Recyclable electronics + moon’s atmosphere + sustainability science
- 08/05 - Ozone fingerprint + being human + MIT’s Olympic legacy
July 2024
Issues
- 07/26 - Climate Project at MIT + advanced alloys + sustainable Olympic Games
- 07/24 - Subatomic physics + toward greener tech + depression in women
- 07/22 - License plates of MIT + hot Jupiters + robot stability
- 07/19 - MIT and Apollo + AI for materials + extreme heat
- 07/17 - How anesthesia works + misleading headlines + MIT via community college
- 07/15 - AI in biology + the purpose of language + soldier nanotech
- 07/12 - Space architecture + implantable microphone + coping with stress
- 07/10 - Gut-brain connections + summer reading + stronger titanium alloys
- 07/08 - Hardy microbes + improving mobile performance + prion therapies
- 07/03 - Bionic leg + plastics recycling + World at MIT videos
- 07/01 - Butterfly wings + high-power transmission lines + new drug compounds
June 2024
Issues
- 06/21 - Titan’s wavy seas + remembering Arvind + celebrating the Celtics
- 06/17 - Safer chemo + AI for robots + mental maps + microretailers
- 06/14 - Reimagining creation + preserving DNA + LGBTQ+ in academia
- 06/12 - Materials discovery + Kavli Prize + quantum explained
- 06/10 - Econometrics + black hole origins + alumna in the US Women’s Open
- 06/07 - Work and climate + electron superhighway + mouth-based touchpad
- 06/05 - Treating Parkinson’s + next-gen semiconductors + MIT ranked No. 1 by QS
- 06/03 - MIT Commencement: Honoring the Class of 2024
May 2024
Issues
- 05/31 - MIT Commencement: OneMIT ceremony + Noubar Afeyan + new grads
- 05/30 - OneMIT Commencement + making a better world
- 05/29 - Kicking off Commencement + climate action + policy by social media
- 05/28 - Solar science + stronger metals + new engineering faculty
- 05/24 - Understanding vision + strange metal + ocean health
- 05/23 - Improving implants + black hole spin + environmental justice
- 05/22 - Greener steel + robotic palm + Fulbright Fellows
- 05/21 - Adventurous chemistry + politics and misinformation + AI for physics
- 05/20 - Toxic gas detector + new planet + supporting college prep
- 05/17 - Water decontamination + Killian Award + online misinformation
- 05/16 - Powering EVs + SuperLimbs + new NAS members + Bike Lab
- 05/15 - Detecting lead + fluffy planet + improving AI
- 05/14 - Ancient stars + solar power + App Inventor + aurora over MIT
- 05/13 - Brain bioluminescence + shape-shifting soft bots + sustainable clothes
- 05/10 - Campus update + bacteria and cancer + hair loss treatment
- 05/09 - Earthquake swarms + WMBR + startup tactics + puzzle record
- 05/08 - Whale communication + corporate emissions + becoming an inventor
- 05/07 - Sound-suppressing fabric + generative AI + inclusive design
- 05/06 - Ancient quasars + atomic arrangements + Masisi visits MIT
- 05/03 - Textile memories + ALS risk factors + the importance of downtime
- 05/02 - Long-haul diseases + cybersecurity risks + brain rhythms
- 05/01 - Empathy and analytics + tornado detection + competitive math
April 2024
Issues
- 04/30 - Clean energy 24/7 + visualizing sustainability + remembering Chasity Nunez
- 04/29 - Political statistics + how diseases spread + Lasagna Love
- 04/26 - Ancient magnetism + entanglement achieved + Brave Behind Bars
- 04/25 - Liver discovery + safer chips + climate catalysts
- 04/24 - Evaporation surprise + new space molecule + accelerating “tough tech”
- 04/23 - People-first engineering + airplane noise + aquaculture
- 04/22 - Happy Earth Day from MIT! 🌎
- 04/19 - Arctic thawing + quantum computing + enhanced routing
- 04/18 - “Meronymous” social media + plant sensors + ceramic ingenuity
- 04/17 - Tougher materials + women in STEM + tackling climate change
- 04/16 - Understanding the brain + crossroads for computing + MIT patents
- 04/12 - Women’s health + financial advice from AI + marathon prep
- 04/11 - Immune system map + tackling cancer + detecting radiation
- 04/10 - Safer chatbots + remote work + musical theater at MIT
- 04/09 - Probing black holes + eclipse at MIT + sustainable 3D printing
- 04/08 - Eclipse day is here: What to know, how to watch 🌎🌓🌞
- 04/05 - Eclipse prep + mini mass spectrometer + inviting urban spaces
- 04/04 - Enabling experimentation + neutronic molecules + handling recessions
- 04/03 - Useful proteins + tech vs. employment + life in poetry
- 04/02 - Functional fabrics + new jobs + predicting extreme weather
- 04/01 - New semiconductor materials + safer oil fields + carbon pricing
March 2024
Issues
- 03/29 - Black hole hiccups + large-language models + know your gems 💎
- 03/28 - School quality + breaking down CO2 + accessible data charts
- 03/27 - Artificial reefs + avoiding online returns + space law
- 03/26 - Granular materials + common-sense bots + national swimming champs
- 03/25 - New climate measure + audio deepfakes + composing music at MIT
- 03/22 - Chair design + climate action simulator + better AI images
- 03/21 - Being the change + probing Venus + quantum computing
- 03/20 - Fighting Lyme disease + computer vision + putting happiness first
- 03/19 - New computing materials + clean-energy transition + STEM and the arts
- 03/18 - Livestock and climate + employee well-being + living on Mars
- 03/15 - Combating Alzheimer’s + track and field champ + misjudging salaries
- 03/14 - Pi Day at MIT + polyglot science + safer colonoscopies
- 03/13 - Divine economics + forever chemicals + paths to decarbonization
- 03/12 - Reducing pesticides + why we can speak + future of work
- 03/11 - Treating “chemo brain” + high-tech fashion + acts of kindness + Barbenheimer
- 03/08 - Peripheral vision for AI + new MIT astronauts + Women@MIT
- 03/07 - Black hole explorer + better vaccines + photonic chips
- 03/06 - Space medicine + scaling automation + storing renewable energy
- 03/05 - Music and the brain + fusion + mathematics four-peat + computing history
- 03/04 - Orienting Mars + work overload + preserving Quechua
- 03/01 - Understanding uncertainty + remembering Ed Roberts + signs of dementia
February 2024
Issues
- 02/29 - Colon cancer discovery + carbon credits explained + Leap Day
- 02/28 - Greener steel + quantum internet + financial investing
- 02/27 - Robot traffic + MIT to Malawi + printing solenoids
- 02/26 - Toward efficient computing + adopting AI + space for all
- 02/23 - Food and sustainability + quantifying uncertainty + MLK celebration
- 02/22 - Electron fractions + smart glove + percent-for-art at MIT
- 02/21 - Cutting-edge piano + drug interactions + energy storage
- 02/20 - Tamper-proof ID + boosting chemical reactions + climate journalism
- 02/16 - Communities and clean energy + mapping crops + cancer vaccine
- 02/15 - Balancing the heart + AI in materials science + MLK-inspired art
- 02/14 - MIT love stories + NAE inductees + space Valentine
- 02/13 - Long AI chats + ultrasound sticker + 4D dress
- 02/12 - Heat physics + retirement savings + crashing “Tetris”
- 02/09 - Climate Project at MIT + quantum sensing + football physics
- 02/08 - Safer cell therapy + exciting magnets + 15-minute cities
- 02/07 - Energy transition + history of biotech + AI and education
- 02/06 - Medical bias + AI and entrepreneurship + costs of war
- 02/05 - Improving inference + predicting flood risk + video game orchestra 🎻🎮
- 02/02 - Impact-resistant materials + Commencement speaker + sensor privacy
January 2024
Issues
- 01/31 - Dark matter surprise + MIT.nano boost + drawing for life
- 01/29 - Battery-free sensing + 3D printing metal + sustainable innovation
- 01/26 - Engineering sneakers + Japan earthquake + decarbonizing MIT
- 01/24 - Good jobs + AI vs. pancreatic cancer + remembering Elise O’Hara
- 01/22 - Organic EV battery + charter schools + biocement + getfit
- 01/19 - Nuclear security + brain waves + GEAR Center + EV policy
- 01/17 - Science comics + micropollutants + new MIT Museum director + Tim the Beaver
- 01/12 - Hydrogen-powered motorcycle + quantum computing + MIT Music Building
- 01/10 - Computing for cities + diet and diabetes + fengshui history
- 01/08 - Detecting lung cancer + portable mass spectrometer + AI risks
- 01/05 - Climate action now + anti-obesity capsule + improving animation
- 01/03 - Complex systems + signs of ET life + remembering Paul Parravano
- 01/02 - Looking back on 2023 at MIT + remembering Robert Solow