Peter Dizikes

Research using a Boston admissions lottery adds evidence that early education has long-term benefits.

As the Institute formally celebrated her arrival, President Kornbluth celebrated curiosity and called for “Rad Lab–level thinking and commitment” to address the climate crisis.

The Chinese government has enhanced its power—and the country’s tech sector—by using AI-based facial recognition to help stifle dissent.

Media might deepen partisan divides, but we should measure reading habits more carefully before drawing conclusions—and avoid assuming that our own thought processes are the only rational ones.

A new study maps where the US employment market will change most during the move to clean energy.

Difficulty with complex sentence processing could be a clue that someone may develop Alzheimer’s.

The awards honor work on gene regulation and the relationship between political systems and economic growth.

Daron Acemoglu has long studied technology-driven growth. He thinks we should slow down and make sure we’re using AI the right way.

Builders pour concrete into temporary wooden molds. MIT researchers invented a way to make them out of on-site soil instead.

The star pitcher has been studying aerospace engineering at MIT. Now his pitches will take flight in professional baseball.