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Business
Automation Insurance: Robots Are Replacing Middle Class Jobs
The middle class is disappearing and the problem is deeper than politics. How will we understand work in the coming age of robotics?
Environment
Faux-tosynthesis: The Artificial Leaf that Could Power Your Home
A "Holy Grail" of solar research has reportedly been achieved: MIT scientists have created a fake "leaf" that mimics photosynthesis.
Technology
Video: MIT's High-Tech Artificial Limbs
Can we make artificial limbs that are as good as-or better than-the originals?
Technology
Intelligent, Adaptive Lights Reduce Energy Use by 90 Percent
Researchers at MIT are working on a technology that automatically and continuously adjusts the lighting in your workspace to suit your needs.
Cities
Researchers Redraw the Map of Great Britain Using Social Networks
What if the borders of our cities and states weren't based on political history, but on real social relationships? Architect Carlo Ratti investigates.
Education
MBA by Gaming: MIT Launches Free Online Simulator
Get ready to take on the role of a Nintendo executive battling for supremacy over Sony's PS3.
Education
Brainy and Famous! Celebrities With Graduate Degrees
Sure, Harvard grad Natalie Portman is super smart, but here are 13 other actors, musicians and even a model—all with advanced degrees!
Environment
New Liquid Electric Car Batteries Are as Easy to Charge as Pumping Gas
These new liquid core batteries could make charging your electric car as simple as refueling your gas tank.
Education
Will PayPal Billionaire Peter Thiel's Team of College Dropouts Change Learning?
Meet Thiel's inaugural class of super-elite "20 Under 20" fellowship recipients.
Education
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MIT Launches Free Interactive Online Learning Platform
MITx will allow anyone in the world to take MIT classes online and earn certificates of completion.
Environment
Video: MIT Researcher Explains New "Third Way" Solar Innovation
We all know photovoltaics and solar thermal. Now MIT researchers have made a breakthrough in a new form of solar power.
Lifestyle
Sanergy: A Startup That Plans to Turn Waste into Energy in Africa
A new business venture called Sanergy is trying to turn Kenya's sanitation problem into jobs, energy, and profits.
Environment
Making Solar Power Work at Night with Mirrors, Salt, and a Hillside
Solar-power systems are going to need to provide energy at night or on cloudy days. A team of MIT engineers has a new idea to do just that.
Education
Learning Anywhere, Anytime: MIT Bringing Education to Cell Phones
MIT, pioneers of online learning, is taking democratized education a step further.
Education
Democratizing Education: MIT's Open Course Revolution Turns 10
Ten years in, it's easy to take for granted just how significant the free sharing of educational material really is.
Business
This Is the Connected States of America
If we drew state lines based on cell phone connections, this is what our country would look like.
Education
New University in Singapore Serves as Education Incubator
The school will be a factory for developing new engineering, architecture, and design courses to help build a competitive work force.
Education
How to Encourage Big Ideas
What are the key elements to breakthrough research? Time, risk, and the possibility of failure, says a new paper out of MIT. These factors, which...
