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The problems with Elon Musk’s plan to open source the Twitter algorithm

The problems with Elon Musk’s plan to open...

Just hours after Twitter announced it was accepting Elon Musk’s buyout offer, the SpaceX CEO made his plans for the social network clear. In a...

Purpose Bitcoin ETF adds 1.1K BTC as data hints investors want to ‘buy the dip’

Purpose Bitcoin ETF adds 1.1K BTC as data ...

The world's flagship Bitcoin spot ETF is back buying Bitcoin after spending four weeks reducing its holdings.

Turning the nation’s capital into the next Kendall Square

Turning the nation’s capital into the next...

Washington, DC, is dominated by the federal government and tourism, but Jeff Jamawat, MCP ’19, SM ’19, thinks that’s no longer enough. “We wan...

Asteroid whisperer

Asteroid whisperer

Andrew Rivkin ’91 has spent his career unpacking the mysteries of asteroids. “One of the things I really like about studying asteroids is how...

Uncovering the unexpected link between opioid use and memory loss

Uncovering the unexpected link between opi...

Memory contextualizes our emotions and deepens our identities. But illnesses such as dementia can wipe out decades of experiences without a tr...

Sounding the alarm on noise and health

Sounding the alarm on noise and health

It’s a familiar suburban problem: landscapers with gas-powered tools generate a terrible din. For Jamie Banks, SM ’79, who was running a busin...

Ocean warrior

When Manuel Moreu, SM ’78, was a child, his father was an officer in the Spanish navy, and Moreu wanted nothing more than to be an officer him...

Lost and found

Grad students Tara Boroushaki (left) and Laura Dodds of the Media Lab’s Signal Kinetics group calibrate a robotic system called RFusion that c...

What’s next for MIT?

What’s next for MIT?

At MIT, momentum is a phenomenon we understand. It also defines us as a community. Earlier in the year, when I announced I would step down as ...