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Dinosaurs may have lived in social herds as early as 193 million years ago
To borrow a line from the movie “Jurassic Park:” Dinosaurs do move in herds. And a new study shows that the prehistoric creatures lived in herds much earlier than previously...
MIT collaborates with Biogen on three-year, $7 million initiative to address climate, health, and equity
MIT and Biogen have announced that they will collaborate with the goal to accelerate the science and action on climate change to improve human health. This collaboration is supported by...
Scientists project increased risk to water supplies in South Africa this century
In 2018, Cape Town, South Africa’s second most populous city, came very close to running out of water as the multi-year “Day Zero” drought depleted its reservoirs. Since then, researchers...
Nanograins make for a seismic shift
In Earth’s crust, tectonic blocks slide and grind past each other like enormous ships loosed from anchor. Earthquakes are generated along these fault zones when enough stress builds for a...
Scholarships at MIT: Sheila Baber ’21
(Sheila Baber ’21) Course 12 Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Course 8 Physics From Better World MIT Sheila Baber ’21 spent her early childhood on her grandparents’ farm in South...
Climate modeling confirms historical records showing rise in hurricane activity
When forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from historical records dating back to the 1850s, hurricanes in the North...
MIT makes strides on climate action plan
Two recent online events related to MIT’s ambitious new climate action plan highlighted several areas of progress, including uses of the campus as a real-life testbed for climate impact research,...
Leaders in climate science continue MIT legacy with professorship
From MIT Spectrum. FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF MORE THAN 80 YEARS, Professors Peter H. Stone and Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli have taught and conducted research within MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric...
NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission carrying MIT student experiment wins Space Foundation award
The Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for space exploration and space-inspired industries, has awarded NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer...
Getting back into the swing of things: DEAPS 2021 in pictures
Fall 2021 marks the first semester since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic where first-years could begin their MIT journey with some of the usual new student offerings, including pre-orientation...