Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from MIT

MIT researcher proves you could output Doom on a bacteria-powered 1-bit display, and it'd only take 600 years to beat

A buttery smooth .00003 frames per second.

PC Gamer

Turkey arrests seven suspected of selling information to Israel’s Mossad

Turkey has warned Israel of ‘serious consequences’ if it tries to hunt down Hamas members inside its borders.

Al Jazeera

Astronomers witness 18 ravenous black holes ripping up and devouring stars

Astronomers have discovered 18 new cases of black holes ripping up and devouring stars, more than doubling the number of known tidal disruption events found in the local universe.

Space

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Something 'fishy' is happening with the Milky Way's dark matter halo

Stars around the outskirts of our galaxy may hint at a secret about the Milky Way's dark matter.

Space

Human workers still have one crucial advantage over AI - but you might not be happy to hear what it is

MIT study finds AI is too expensive for us to benefit from, and it could take decades before it threatens human workers.

TechRadar

New Devialet Phantom I speaker heralds Chinese Year of the Dragon

The Devialet Phantom I by Yang Bao and Wa Liu is a limited edition of the brand’s flagship speaker, a celebration of the Chinese Year of the Dragon

Wallpaper

The future of EV batteries? Lamborghini licenses new organic, fast-charging battery tech – and it could trickle down to cheaper EVs

New research from MIT has culminated in novel EV battery technology that uses organic material as a cathode, rather than cobalt and nickel.

TechRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Following review, Business Insider stands by reports on wife of ex-Harvard president's critic

Business Insider says it is satisfied with the fairness and accuracy of stories that made plagiarism accusations against the wife of a hedge fund billionaire who was active in the ousting of Harvard President Claudine Gay

The Independent UK

Ackman Harvard attack backfires on wife

"It certainly appears that the focus was never really about antisemitism and protecting students," scholar says

Salon

With spy raids, Turkey warns Israel not to seek Hamas revenge on Turkish soil

Turkish security forces this month detained dozens of people across the country accused of spying for Israel. The highly publicised raids are seen as a warning to Israel not to target Palestinians on Turkish soil, after Ankara insisted it would itself reign in anyone suspected of involvement in the 7…

Radio France Internationale

Jewish students sue Harvard over charges of antisemitism

Plaintiffs accuse the university of tolerating harassment, assault and intimidation of Jewish students

The Guardian - US

Lawsuit filed against Harvard, accusing it of violating the civil rights of Jewish students

Several Jewish students have filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of tolerating antisemitism that has resulted in them being intimidated, harassed and assaulted

The Independent UK

Professor Quits Because Some Students Have Bad Beliefs

I read with interest Mauricio Karchmer's Why I Quit My Dream Job at MIT, published Tuesday in The Free Press; but its perspective struck me as rather alien to the very nature of a modern secular American university. The author begins by pointing to what he sees as MIT's inadequate…

Reason

Cardona praises Dartmouth culture in allowing freedom of expression, keeping students safe

President Joe Biden’s education chief praised Dartmouth College’s culture including central role of students in discussions as way to navigate difficult issues like the the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Fortune

Yale management professor: ‘Harvard’s board is guilty of 5 key failures. Here’s how to avoid repeating them’

'Being the home of case studies, perhaps Harvard is not used to being their subject,' writes Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Harvard and Claudine Gay’s total car crash has woken an old force in America

Harvard is on fire. The zenith of the American meritocracy and the dream of climbers everywhere started to burn after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel when a marching minority of students and groups of vocal faculty took up the Palestinian cause, confounding many of its students, their parents…

The Guardian - US

Media now in Bill Ackman’s sights after wife embroiled in plagiarism row

Billionaire vows to tackle ‘problems with how our media operates’ after Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism in PhD thesis

Reason

Hell Hath No Fury

Plus: Nuking the Hamptons, upcharging the autists, tearing down the statues, and more...

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Fortune

Bill Ackman suggests AI-powered plagiarism checks will cause ‘incredible embarrassment’ in academia

"Every faculty member knows that once their work is targeted by AI, they will be outed," wrote the billionaire investor.

Kiplinger

Want to Retire Happily? Plan for Leisure and Purpose

Strive for relaxation, connection and purpose to retire happily.

The Guardian - UK

Claudine Gay’s ousting reveals that the messenger is still an easier target than the message

The head of Harvard’s fate was sealed when she became the focus of a culture war battle over antisemitism, plagiarism and free speech

Top News

Harvard President accused of failing to address campus anti-Semitism

Join the conversation on college campus antisemitism and the resignation of Claudine Gay, with Hillel International CEO Adam Lehman, exploring how universi...

The Guardian - US

Wife of financier who called for Harvard head’s exit faces plagiarism allegations

After Claudine Gay was ousted amid accusations of plagiarism, Neri Oxman was accused of copying from Wikipedia in dissertation

Reason

Universities Use DEI Statements To Enforce Groupthink

DEI statements are political litmus tests.

The Times of India

Massachusetts Institute of Technology forced into spotlight After Harvard, Penn presidents ousted

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has long stood apart from America’s elite universities.

1 … 24 25 26 27

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.