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MIT Creates Donald Trump Bot Using ‘Deep Learning,’ Irony Abounds

As if the 2016 election cycle couldn’t get more absurd, the folks at MIT just added a dash of artificial intelligence to a race that has, […]

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MIT Climate Change Activists End Sit-in After 116 Days

Like most MIT students, Ben Scandella did the math. “I estimate that I’ve sat between 550 and 600 hours,” says Scandella, a spokesman for Fossil […]

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An MIT Professor Reversed Some Autism Symptoms in Mice

Thanks to a new discovery, an MIT scientist may have made the first step toward finding a way to reverse autism. Guoping Feng, a professor […]

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Unveiling Announced for Boston Marathon Memorial Sculptures

Two glass sculptures commemorating first responders and victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing will be unveiled at MIT in April. The 2013 Marathon Tribute […]

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MIT Dean Wants to Start a New, Radically Different University in Massachusetts

Since the founding of Harvard University in 1638, the number of colleges and universities in Massachusetts has grown to a staggering 114. Professor Christine Ortiz, a dean […]

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Researchers May Be Getting Closer to a Diabetes Cure

A scientific breakthrough from MIT, Harvard, Boston Children’s Hospital, Joslin Diabetes Center, and UMass Medical School could put a cure for type 1 diabetes within […]

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MIT’s Drones Are Scary Fast and Incredibly Precise, Because Science

MIT has developed yet another piece of technology best described as “awesome yet vaguely terrifying should the Machines ever rise up against us.” The school’s Computer Science […]

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MIT Orchestra to Debut Two David Bowie Symphonies for Cancer Research

MIT’s volunteer orchestra will pay tribute to David Bowie by performing two symphonies inspired by the late rocker’s work, in a concert benefitting cancer research. The two […]

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MIT Student Took a Million Pics of Boston’s Skyline from the Same Spot Over Five Years

If you live in Greater Boston, sooner or later, you’re going to snap a photo of the skyline. There will come a day when the Prudential […]

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MIT Researcher Bassel Khartabil Reportedly Sentenced to Death in Syria

Bassel Khartabil, a Syrian open-source software developer from Damascus, is believed to have been secretly sentenced to death by the Assad regime after being imprisoned […]

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An MIT-Developed Bandage Can Sense Temperature Changes and Deliver Medicine

MIT engineers have developed a product they’re calling “the Band-Aid of the future.” The stretchy gel bandage stores tiny drug reservoirs in its casing. Medicine is […]

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Matt Damon Is MIT’s 2016 Commencement Speaker

Matt Damon is heading back to MIT, and this time he won’t have to mop the floors or solve ridiculously hard math problems. The university […]

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MIT Media Lab Is Developing a ‘Social-Robot Companion’ for Kids

Cynthia Breazeal’s love for the robots of Star Wars is well known. Both C-3PO and R2-D2 rank in her “Top 10 Favorite Robots” list, and she’s credited the […]

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How MIT’S Divestment Protesters Spent Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving, they ate pie in MIT’s corridor of power. They greeted supporters from Seattle, welcomed parents from San Francisco, and exchanged pleasantries with university […]

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MIT Is Working On a Swallowable Vital Signs Tracker

Think your fitness tracker is accurate? MIT just raised the bar. A team at MIT is developing a swallowable tracker that can measure heart and breathing […]