When the chemical industry met modern architecture
PhD student Jessica Varner traces the way synthetic building materials have transformed our environment.
3 Questions: John Leonard on the future of autonomous vehicles
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future examines job changes in the AV transition and how training can help workers move into careers that support mobility systems.
3 Questions: Jonathan King on the future of nuclear weapons testing
Professor of biology discusses a scientist’s responsibility to speak out about important issues that affect our nation and the world.
Tackling the misinformation epidemic with “In Event of Moon Disaster”
New website from the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality rewrites an important moment in history to educate the public on the dangers of deepfakes.
3 Questions: Anne McCants on climate change in history
How, in the nadir of the Little Ice Age, did the Dutch generate a golden age?
3 Questions: How MIT experienced the 1918-19 flu pandemic
MIT Libraries archivist Nora Murphy shares materials from the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, and suggests ways to document the Covid-19 crisis.
How growth of the scientific enterprise influenced a century of quantum physics
In a new book, Professor David Kaiser describes dramatic shifts in the history of an evolving discipline.
Meet the MIT bilinguals: Dual history and planetary science major Charlotte Minsky
Studying history has made her a better planetary scientist, Minsky says. And studying science has made her a better historian.
Six from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2020
Prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members.
Mesoamerican copper smelting technology aided colonial weaponry
Spanish conquerors depended on indigenous expertise to keep up their munitions supplies, archaeologists have found.
Charlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger named 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholars
MIT seniors will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University.
The complex effects of colonial rule in Indonesia
Evidence links Dutch-era sugar production and greater economic activity today.
3 Questions: Isabelle de Courtivron on the shock of becoming old
MIT professor emerita talks about her new memoir and aging in a patriarchal society.
3 Questions: Professor Kenda Mutongi on Africa, women, power — and human decency
Mutongi discusses the connection between Kenyan widows and the #MeToo movement, myths of African entrepreneurship, and the wider implications of her research.
How to stage a revolution
MIT History class explores the roots and complexities of revolutions across the globe.