More people are volunteering again after a big pandemic drop
Nearly 76 million Americans volunteered in 2023, up from about 60 million in 2021, a survey from AmeriCorps and the Census Bureau says.
Nearly 76 million Americans volunteered in 2023, up from about 60 million in 2021, a survey from AmeriCorps and the Census Bureau says.
The top A.I. startups led by ex-Google workers have raised a cumulative $14.7 billion.
Newcastle on Red Alert for Tomori as Milan Star Eyes Premier League Return Newcastle United could be on the brink of a significant transfer coup, with AC Milan’s Fikayo Tomori reportedly seeking a move back to the Premier League. According to insights from TEAMtalk, the defender is open to exiting the Serie A giants, potentially […]
Читать дальше...Brookstreet Pictures founder and CEO Trevor Matthews and President Nick Gordon have literally never worked on a project like The Brutalist. “We’ve gotten accustomed to saying it’s the best screenplay to ever come into this company and that’s not hyperbole. It’s just the truth,” Gordon tells Gold Derby. “You put that screenplay down, and you […]
Experts argue that the vulnerability survey used to assess housing eligibility for homeless individuals contributes to racial disparities.
Donald Trump floats the idea of buying Greenland, as he did in 2019. The answer is the same: No. But is that the end of it?
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For the fourth time, the Malone Center partnered with the Lincoln Police Department this holiday season to hand out envelopes to unsuspecting families in the community.
Despite increasing evidence that water flowed on Mars billions of years ago, scientists have been mystified by what happened to the thick, carbon dioxide–rich atmosphere that must have once kept that water from freezing. Now two MIT geologists think they know. Geology professor Oliver Jagoutz and Joshua Murray, PhD ’24, propose that much of this…
Brackish groundwater is a major potential source of drinking water in underserved areas of the world, but desalinating it affordably is a challenge. A new system developed by mechanical engineering professor Amos Winter, Jon Bessette, SM ’22, and staff engineer Shane Pratt manages to do the job entirely on solar energy, with no need for…
Two MIT professors, an alumnus, and a former postdoc are among the winners of 2024’s Nobel Prizes. Professors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, PhD ’89, shared the prize in economics with political scientist James Robinson of the University of Chicago, with whom they have long collaborated. Using evidence from the last 500 years, their work…
What if construction materials could be put together, taken apart, and reused as easily as Lego bricks? That’s the vision a team of MIT engineers hopes to realize with a new kind of masonry it’s developing from recycled glass. Using a custom 3D-printing technology provided by the MIT spinoff Evenline, the team has made strong,…
“We meet in the name of Osiris.” With these words, solemnly intoned, members of the MIT Osiris Society began their clandestine meetings for nearly 70 years. Created in 1903 as a “senior society” and modeled on both the fraternities of Cornell and the mythology of ancient Egypt, Osiris gave MIT’s senior leadership an opportunity to…
“I’m moving to Boston in three weeks!” At my high school graduation, I had just learned I’d been accepted into the Interphase EDGE program, an incredible opportunity to acclimate to life at MIT before the 2022 school year began. I was glad to have that chance, since I faced a big change from life at…
When I last wrote to you in this magazine, I told you a bit about the MIT Collaboratives, an effort to spark new ideas and modes of inquiry and help the people of MIT solve global problems. Since then, we’ve launched the first collaborative, grounding it in the human-centered fields represented by our School of…
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We need a strategy to deal with a hydra. It’s Sunday, January 14, 2024, more than 50 hours since the annual MIT Mystery Hunt kicked off at noon on Friday, and Setec Astronomy is one of more than 200 teams racing to solve hundreds of puzzles over three days. The 60-some members of Setec, many…
Dan Huttenlocher, SM ’84, PhD ’88, leads the way up to the eighth floor of Building 45, the recently completed headquarters of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. “There’s an amazing view of the Great Dome here,” he says, pointing out a panoramic view of campus and the Boston skyline beyond. The floor features a…
DEAR DOCTORS: I just turned 36, and I'm feeling the effects of drinking more than I used to. My boyfriend and I both have big families, so during this time of year, we have wall-to-wall holiday parties. Last year we did dry January, but this year we want to try a dry-ish December. How do you do that but still have some fun?
Is love in the air at NCIS? Parker and Jess might just be the ship we didn’t see coming -- but should we set sail?
Читать дальше...Editor Maura Corey knows that when you have two wildly talented and charismatic leads, you make sure to watch the footage from "slate to tail" for hidden gems.
The QRevo Curv is Roborock's latest release, and it's already one of the best robot vacuums on the market.
Ange Postecoglou has not only redefined how Tottenham play football but also how they see themselves as a team, with Dejan Kulusevski offering a revealing... The post Dejan Kulusevski: Spurs players need to take pressure off much-loved Postecoglou appeared first on Spurs Web.
King Charles has chosen a unique location to film his annual Christmas speech amid his ongoing cancer battle.