California blackworms tangle themselves up by the thousands, then separate in a split second. Their trick may inspire the design of self-detangling materials and fibers.

MIT-Ukraine program leaders describe the work they are undertaking as they shape a novel project to help a country in crisis.

CEO Stephanie Khurana describes the nonprofit, whose work is aimed at those without easy access to degree and credential programs.

Faulty versions of the Foxp2 gene disrupt neurons’ ability to form synapses in brain regions involved in speech, a new study shows.

The MIT Energy Initiative’s Spring Symposium highlights the vast potential of offshore turbines in decarbonizing the grid.

Assistant Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi examines how the increasing use of artificial intelligence could impact medical care.

Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu and Professor Simon Johnson make the case that the development of artificial intelligence should be shifted “toward a focus on ‘machine usefulness,’ the idea that computers should primarily enhance human capabilities.

Professor David Autor speaks with Greg Rosalsky of NPR’s Planet Money about the potential benefits and downsides of AI, sharing his hope that with the right policies in place to help prepare workers, AI could be harnessed to help “reinstate the middle class.”

Professor of the practice Carlo Ratti and Harvard Professor Edward Glaeser emphasize that in order to “create a city vibrant enough to compete with the convenience of the internet, we need to end the era of single-use zoning and create mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhoods that bring libraries, offices, movie theaters, grocery stores, schools, parks, restaurants, and bars closer together. We must reconfigure the city into an experience worth leaving the house for.”