Oscars 2022: So close yet so far…

From MIT to IBM, expediting AI and quantum deployment September 2, 2026
MIT affiliates engage with the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab to bring rigorous theory to production systems.
System helps humans predict when self-driving cars will make mistakes September 2, 2026
A new method, called CW-Net, translates the reasoning process of an autonomous vehicle’s AI system into understandable concepts that explain its behavior.
Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate September 1, 2026
The senior lecturer, already director of the degree program, will now oversee all aspects of the center’s activities and operations.
Ila Kumar: Innovating with communities September 1, 2026
The PhD student works to give young people an active role in shaping digital technologies that can support their own well-being.
MIT Quantum Initiative launches postdoctoral fellowship program August 31, 2026
The Institute welcomes its first cohort of QMIT Fellows this fall to advance interdisciplinary quantum research.

America’s support system for disabled pupils is broken September 3, 2026
Unfunded mandates are crushing states and school districts
Where Canada can hurt America most September 3, 2026
Its tariff retaliation is calibrated for maximum political pressure
Woke 1 was about identity. Woke 2 is about class September 3, 2026
That’s an improvement
How data centres became one of America’s hottest political issues September 2, 2026
Growing hatred of the facilities is reshaping the midterm elections
Pete Hegseth is conquering the Pentagon September 1, 2026
His latest purge claims the army’s great reformer

Geometry Reveals the Tricks behind Gerrymandering September 4, 2026
Some voting districts are tilted intentionally toward one party or another—a factor in the midterms. Geometry plays a critical role in gerrymandering
2026 Ig Nobels honor cockroach milk, interspecies kissing, taunting venomous snakes, and more September 4, 2026
The silliest science awards of the year are here, but the Ig Nobels aren’t just funny business
Pentagon pauses controversial testosterone policy guidelines September 4, 2026
Experts say there is not enough evidence to support broadly screening men for testosterone without any symptoms
What’s the tech behind the record-breaking RSA-260 crack? September 4, 2026
A researcher’s social media post that revealed how to break part of a popular encryption protocol has gone viral. But did he really do it with just “good old paper and pencil”?
This star has the strangest sky in the galaxy September 4, 2026
The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted