Which college majors provide the most bang for your buck? They may not be the ones you think, analysis says

There are surprising earnings gaps between prestigious and lesser-known schools, as AI raises questions about the value of ...
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New Harvard Medical School Co-Director of Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology Welcomed

On Aug. 1, David Hirsh was named Harvard Medical School co-director of the Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and ...
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Harvard smartphone app guides the blind faster, with fewer collisions

If you have standard human vision (even if assisted by glasses), chances are you’re adept at finding things, people, and ...

Giving Teens A Launching Point Into Neuroscience Research

Most teens never do real neuroscience research before college. ThinkNeuro gives high school students a launching point, from ...
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MIT affiliates named 2026 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows

Schmidt Sciences named five MIT faculty members and three former affiliates to its 2026 AI2050 Fellows cohort to advance beneficial AI research. The group includes Sendhil Mullainathan, Alex Damian, ...

Here’s How “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” Originated—And Why You Might Actually Be Six Degrees Away from Him Too

It’s a much smaller world than you probably realize! Here's how the those connections work for ordinary folks too.
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A new computer simulation shows the universe’s first 2 billion years in perfect detail

Named Lumina, the digital model was built by researchers from MIT, the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and ...