Jennifer and Eric Mauchan live in a Cape Cod-style house in Framingham, Massachusetts, which they cool with five air conditioners. In the summer months, the electricity bill for a 2,600 square meter house can reach $200. In the winter, natural gas heating often costs more than $300 a month, even if the temperature is set… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) – Two Air Force fighter jets recently clashed in a dogfight in California. One of them was flown by a pilot. The other one wasn’t. The second jet was controlled by artificial intelligence and the Air Force’s highest-ranking civilian was sitting in the front seat. It was the ultimate demonstration of how far… Read More »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observed light from stars surrounding some of the universe’s ancient supermassive black holes; black holes appeared less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The observations, carried out by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), address the question of how these cosmic giants at the… Read More »
As a blizzard begins to blow outside, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Special Collections archives are silent. It’s as if silence accumulates with the falling snow. I am the only researcher in the archive, but there is a voice I am trying to hear. I’m looking for someone; Let’s call her the missing secretary.… Read More »
It has come to this point. With the Earth at its hottest point in recorded history and humans doing their best to stop it from overheating, a growing number of astronomers and physicists are proposing a potential solution that could leap from the pages of science fiction: giant beach umbrellas floating in space. The idea… Read More »
In an unnamed laboratory located between the campuses of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a group of scientists are searching for the next billion-dollar drug. Funded with $500 million from some of the wealthiest families in American business, the group has caused a stir in academia by dangling seven-figure payouts to lure highly… Read More »
Michael Saul Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, in New York on January 11, 2024. (Guerin Blask/The New York Times) In an unnamed laboratory located between the campuses of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a group of scientists are searching for the next billion-dollar drug. Funded with $500 million from some of… Read More »