Evolutionarily, the brain dislikes uncertainty, regarding it as a type of pain. The brain therefore tries…
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Strategic Thinking in the Digital Age
Featured image by kevin turcios on Unsplash The post-Covid world forces leaders to face unfamiliar challenges. New and…
Peter Fisher to step down as head of the Department of Physics
Peter H. Fisher, the Thomas A. Frank (1977) Professor of Physics, will step down as the…
Sanjay Sarma to step down as vice president for open learning
After nearly a decade running MIT’s digital learning platforms and education initiatives, Vice President for Open…
Aging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration
Neurodegenerative diseases are defined by an increasingly widespread and debilitating death of nervous system cells, but…
Multiplying the MIT $100K’s impact
In two weeks, students will gather in Kresge Auditorium for the 26th annual MIT $100K Entrepreneurship…
Finding the questions that guide MIT fusion research
“One of the things I learned was, doing good science isn’t so much about finding the…
MIT Energy Conference focuses on climate’s toughest challenges
This year’s MIT Energy Conference, the largest student-led event of its kind, included keynote talks and…