Ask a linguist: Q&A with David Pesetsky
Professor, AAAS fellow discusses 'Universal Grammar,' relationship between language and music
The lonely crowd
In a new book, Sherry Turkle documents the sometimes-detrimental effects of technology on our families and social lives.
CIS's Précis examines research, student work
Late fall edition of the biannual publication now available.
Tech support?
Contrasting views on display as MIT researchers debate how technology can curb global poverty.
Can telecom data help redraw political boundaries?
By analyzing one of the world’s largest databases of phone data, researchers partition Great Britain into densely interconnected regions.
A hardy Constitution
In Ratification, historian Pauline Maier uncovers the contentious debates behind a political document that many Americans once opposed.
MIT students expand their horizons as Burchard Scholars
Program brings together MIT sophomores and juniors with humanities, arts and social sciences faculty for eight elegant dinner-seminars.
How wise are crowds?
By melding economics and engineering, researchers show that as social networks get larger, they usually get better at sorting fact from fiction.
