At the MIT community vigil held in June 2020 in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Corban Swain, a PhD student in biological engineering, read two of his poems on racism. Listen here. Courtesy of Corban Swain

Check out the virtual MIT campus on this guided tour by Amanda Shayna Ahteck ’23. Courtesy of Amanda Shayna Ahteck ’23

Companies of all sizes and maturity levels, from startups to multinational corporations, have at least this in common: they know that using data effectively is a key driver of innovation, competitive advantage, and growth. Now that expensive hardware and software are no longer prerequisites for innovation, thanks to the rise of cloud computing, startups can play on the same field as, and sometimes...

When the UK first set out to find an alternative to college entrance exams, the premise seemed perfectly reasonable. Covid-19 had derailed any opportunity for students to take the exams in person, but the government still wanted a way to assess them for admission decisions. Chief among its concerns was an issue of fairness. Teachers had already made predictions of their students’ exam scores,...

Thousands of lightning strikes have sparked hundreds of fires across California in recent days, producing several major clusters burning around the San Francisco Bay Area. The blazes quickly ripped through hundreds of thousands of acres, forcing thousands to evacuate, filling the skies with smoke, and raining down ash across much of the region. The fires follow a bone-dry winter in Northern...

Countries that responded wisely to the pandemic run the gamut in terms of wealth, size, population, and style of government. What they shared was a swift, coordinated government response. Where that has been lacking, no amount of scientific expertise, technical knowhow, or wealth can prevent disaster, as the United States all too grimly shows. Krithika Varagur spoke to public health officials...