A new MIT Energy Initiative podcast features geophysicist Maria Zuber, vice president for research, discussing her childhood interest in space, her career as a planetary scientist, her work on MIT’s climate initiatives, and her public service work.

Leonardo Bonanni MA ’03, SM ’05, PhD ’10 is founder and CEO of Sourcemap, an MIT Media Lab spinoff helping multinationals gain unprecedented insights into their supply chains.

Technological advances may seem to drive automation in the workplace, but that’s not the whole story. Demographic change — aging — is one of the most important factors leading to the adoption of robotics and other automation technologies, according to a new MIT study.

In a sign that things are getting closer to normal at MIT, an audience gathered Friday in Kresge Auditorium to celebrate student entrepreneurs at the delta v summer accelerator’s capstone event, Demo Day.

Abbie (Carlstein) Gregg ’74, now the chief technology officer at AM Technical Solutions, has made a career designing cleanrooms and labs for manufacturing and research, around the globe and at MIT.nano.

Via @mitpics on Instagram: “Hank Schless @hankschlessphoto shot this gorgeous sunset over the weekend.”