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Following the questions where they lead July 17, 2026
Assistant Professor Bailey Flanigan has arrived at complex computational methods for helping democracy thrive.
A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping July 16, 2026
Researchers developed an automated framework that helps AI models generate CAD programs more accurately and efficiently.
3 Questions: Neural transparency and the future of AI design July 15, 2026
Assistant Professor Pat Pataranutaporn describes a new interface that lets everyday users glimpse inside an AI's neural network before their chatbot ever says a word.
Helping AI models to meet the real world July 14, 2026
Through research and entrepreneurship, Professor Devavrat Shah is helping to design methods that can handle constant decision-making using limited computational resources.
Can AI build a jet engine? JARVIS Challenge tests role of AI copilots in tough-tech engineering July 14, 2026
MIT students designed, built, and tested a jet engine with AI copilots, assessing AI’s usefulness in developing high-performance aerospace systems.

The Iran war is America’s least popular since polls began July 19, 2026
Support seldom rises for conflicts as they age
Checks and Balance newsletter: Make America worse at sports July 18, 2026
Charlotte Howard, our US editor, on why the fantasy of athletic greatness has become a plague on American life
Boomers have the good life, but it could be longer July 17, 2026
A single chart shows why they have missed out on extra years
Pete Hegseth’s testosterone-screening plan is unusual, not crazy July 17, 2026
Soldiers seem to be at particular risk of hypogonadism
Democrats challenge a big Hollywood tie-up July 16, 2026
A dozen states are suing to block Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros

Mesmerizing NASA time-lapse reveals Mars’s craters, polar ice caps and deserts July 21, 2026
The Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars earlier this year on its way to a metal-rich asteroid, capturing the images along the way
How a Futurama plotline led to a totally new math proof July 21, 2026
In an episode of the cartoon, a machine lets characters swap bodies, but they can’t switch back with the same person. Math helps all the characters return to their original bodies
Rare double supernova discovered hiding in Jellyfish Nebula July 21, 2026
For the first time ever, astronomers have found two sibling stars that each exploded as a supernova, giving us a new view of these epochal cosmic cataclysms
Rare footage reveals elusive Arctic bobtail squid mom with clutch of eggs July 21, 2026
The Arctic Ocean is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, but that’s not stopping this cephalopod
This tiny, forgotten organ could help us live longer, healthier July 21, 2026
A hormone produced by the thymus helps tamp down age-related inflammation, a new study in mice found