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Why some people started wearing aluminium foil hats: The famous MIT study that found something completely unexpected

An MIT experiment found that aluminium foil hats amplified certain radio frequencies instead of blocking them. Written as satire, the study shows how scientific findings can be misinterpreted. While aluminium can reduce electromagnetic interference in controlled settings, homemade foil hats do not effectively shield against everyday signals.

The Economic Times

Search goes on for suspect in fatal shooting of MIT professor who was fatally shot at his home

Police intensified their search for a suspect in the fatally shooting of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in his home in a Boston suburb

The Independent UK

MIT grieves shooting death of renowned director of plasma science center

Nuno FG Loureiro, 47, was shot multiple times at his home, and no details about a suspect or motive have been released

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MIT: AI Can Do 12% of US Work; Where Human Soft Power Is Irreplaceable

An MIT report finds AI could automate 12% of US work, impacting over $1.2 trillion in wages across finance and healthcare.

International Business Times UK

US students studying housing, health outcomes and sustainability win 2026 Rhodes scholarships

Five students at U.S. military academies and three each from Yale University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are among the 32 U.S. winners named Sunday as 2026 Rhodes scholars

The Independent UK

AI has produced 2 new antibiotics to kill ‘superbugs’. It’s promising – but we shouldn’t get too excited yet

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design two new antibiotics effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs”.

The Conversation

Conflicted, disillusioned, disengaged: The unsettled center of Jewish student opinion after Oct. 7

As commencement season comes to a close, many campuses remain riven by the Israel-Hamas war. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the undergraduate class president was banned from walking at her graduation after delivering a fiery – and unauthorized – speech accusing her school of complicity in Israel’s campaign to…

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Harvard Says Tuition Will Now Be Free For Families Who Make $200K Or Less

From the next academic year, Harvard will be making tuition free for families Wwo make $200K or less. The post Harvard Says Tuition Will Now Be Free For Families Who Make $200K Or Less first appeared on Bored Panda.

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We’re getting closer to having practical quantum computers – here’s what they will be used for

In 1981, American physicist and Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman, gave a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) near Boston, in which he outlined a revolutionary idea. Feynman suggested that the strange physics of quantum mechanics could be used to perform calculations.

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Gender balance in computer science and engineering is improving at elite universities but getting worse elsewhere

The share of computer science and engineering degrees going to women has increased at the most selective American universities over the past 20 years and is approaching gender parity, while the proportion has declined at less selective schools. Those are the main findings of a study my colleague and I…

The Conversation

Agency overseeing $368bn Aukus deal in morale crisis paid consultancy $9.5m for management advice

Exclusive: Australian Submarine Agency’s ten-month contract with McKinsey says it’ll deliver skills ‘currently unavailable’ within government department

The Guardian - AU

This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three US-based economists who examined the advantages of democracy and the rule of law, and why they are strong in some countries and not others.

The Conversation

Nobel economics prize: how colonial history explains why strong institutions are vital to a country’s prosperity – expert Q&A

This year’s Nobel memorial prize in economics has gone to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their work on why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations.

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Elite Colleges Accused of Overcharging Students with Separated Parents

Forty private colleges — including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — allegedly conspired to keep tuition costs high for students with "noncustodial parents"

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‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

From the swimming habits of dead trout to the revelation that some mammals can breathe through their backsides, a group of leading leftfield scientists have been taking their bows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the 34th annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Not to be confused with the actual…

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Asking an AI-powered version of my future self if Windows 12 is any good with an unusual chatbot developed by MIT research

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently leveraged AI capabilities to develop a chatbot that lets you chat with a future version of yourself.

Fortune

MIT grads’ $25 million crypto crime puts spotlight on Ethereum front-running

The case involves a new type of alleged crime involving the Ethereum blockchain.

International Business Times

Multiple Arrests As US Police Clear MIT, UPenn Gaza Protests

Police carried out pre-dawn swoops Friday on students protesting the war in Gaza at two prestigious US universities, in the latest unrest on campuses across the country.

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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.

Salon

Students left silenced by speech debates

It may seem nonsensical to say that calls for genocide are protected speech but colleges are in a tough spot

Fortune

Penn, Harvard female leaders face pressure

Presidents of Penn, Harvard, and MIT face mounting pressure—following a banner year for women leaders in higher ed.

The Independent UK

Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend actions in combatting antisemitism on campus

The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they are taking steps to combat antisemitism — and Islamophobia — on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war

Zenger

MIT Scientists Create Implantable Oxygen Device For Diabetics To Control Blood Sugar

Researchers in America have developed a new device that could be implanted in diabetics to control their blood sugar levels

The Guardian - UK

Raghuram Rajan: the banker who warned of meltdown in 2005

The former governor of India’s central bank now steers a tricky course between supporting free markets and campaigning against unfettered risk-taking

The Independent UK

Ohio Republican lawmaker falsely claims to be MIT graduate

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology says a freshman state lawmaker in Ohio falsely claimed to have graduated from the prestigious university

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