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Role Of Government, Poverty Research Tipped For Economics Nobel

Closing the season, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the Nobel economics prize on Monday, with specialists on credit, the role of government, and wealth inequality seen as possible contenders.

International Business Times

'Future You' AI lets you speak to a 60-year-old version of yourself — and it has surprising wellbeing benefits

An MIT-led project asked young users to talk to an AI-powered simulation of their 60-year-old selves through a chatbot interface. The experience led to decreased anxiety and a boost in optimism.

LiveScience

NASA images Uranus with epic team up of Hubble Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe have teamed up to image the ice giant Uranus, which will help inform future direct imaging of exoplanets.

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How strong can hurricanes get?

There's a theoretical limit to the maximum sustained wind speeds of hurricanes, but climate change may increase that "speed limit."

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This AI tool lets you confront your future self – and you might like what you find

MIT researchers showcase Future You with AI simulation of users from 30 years in the future.

TechRadar

Antisemitic Incidents In US Reach Record High: ADL

The Anti-Defamation League has been around for 'over 110 years, and we have never seen data like this before,' said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

International Business Times

MIT's FutureYou is the AI version of a motivational cat poster

Have you ever thought to yourself, “If I could go back in time and tell my younger self one thing it’d be…”? Well, maybe your future self can do that for you.

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California bans universities from admitting students based on ‘legacy’

The rule, in effect from September 2025, will block colleges from giving preference to pupils close to alumni and donors

The Guardian - US

Would you live in a house of glass? Researchers have 3D-printed glass bricks that mimic the popular Lego interlocking system and can be recycled infinitely

MIT researchers have developed reusable 3D printed glass bricks that lock together like Lego

TechRadar

Where did Mars' atmosphere go? Scientists say it may be 'hiding in plain sight'

New research suggests that the atmosphere of Mars could have literally "gone to ground" as carbon dioxide was greedily slurped out of the atmosphere and locked away by Red Planet clays.

Space

It Turns Out Charging Stations Are Cash Cows For Nearby Businesses

A new study shows that businesses located near EV chargers are raking in money thanks to drivers looking for something to do while their cars charge.

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How dark energy could relieve 'Hubble tension' and galaxy headaches

The Hubble tension, a longstanding problem in cosmology, could potentially be relieved if early dark energy is taken into account.

Space

50 Incredibly Cool Things That Are Free Online That Everyone Should Take Advantage Of

There are a jaw-dropping 5.35 billion internet users around the world. But you’d be surprised how many people are not aware of the free resources available to them. The post 50 Incredibly Cool Things That Are Free Online That Everyone Should Take Advantage Of first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Standards of Appellate Review, Pseudonymous Litigation, and the Need for the Supreme Court to Step in

As I mentioned earlier this week, I thought I'd pass along portions of the friend-of-the-court brief that three other law professors and I (four of the very few academics who have written on the law of pseudonymous litigation) put together in support of a certiorari petition in Doe v. Trustees…

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Freshman classes provide glimpse of affirmative action ruling's impact on colleges

Some selective colleges are reporting drops in the numbers of Black students in their new freshman classes, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education

Fortune

Enhancing AI accuracy by nudging users to catch generative AI errors

A recent field experiment conducted by Accenture and MIT finds that adding "speedbumps" to AI output can make the technology more accurate.

The Guardian - US

Elite US colleges see Black enrollment drop after affirmative action strike-down

Amherst College and Tufts University report lower number of Black students this year as white enrollment increases

The Guardian - US

‘Invent the future’: one man’s dream of making upstate New York the next Silicon Valley

Nvidia co-founder Curtis Priem has a vision for a quantum computing future and believes the area along the Hudson valley is fertile for the next tech boom

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Americans are struggling to scrape by—more than 40% of full-time workers aren’t making a living wage

Occupational crowding, rising costs of living, and pay gaps are harming workers.

LiveScience

MIT scientists build hair-size batteries that can power cell-sized robots

An internal power source could enable the development of tiny robots for applications like drug delivery and remote sensing.

The Independent UK

Proportion of Black and Hispanic students at elite university falls by half after Supreme Court ruling

‘The class is, as always, outstanding across multiple dimensions,’ MIT president said

Fortune

MIT's first freshman class since the Supreme Court’s affirmative-action ban is unmistakably less diverse

Around 17% of students in the class of 2028 are Black, Hispanic, Native American or Pacific Islander, a 15% dropoff from recent years.

Latin Times

Latinos admitted to MIT drop sharply in first class since Supreme Court's affirmative action ban

M.I.T. president said the class is "outstanding" yet does not bring "the same degree of broad racial and ethnic diversity" the institution strives for

Inverse

A New Intermittent Fasting Study Suggests the Diet Can Promote Cell Regeneration — But There’s A Catch

A new mouse study found that while fasting can promote cell regeneration, it also puts intestinal stem cells at higher risk for developing precancerous tumors.

The Independent UK

Risk of death by flying has halved in the past 10 years – despite spate of high profile incidents

Flying commercially keeps getting safer, with the risk of dying becoming half as likely in the past decade, a study has found.

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