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MIT: 20% drop in incoming graduate students

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MathNet:30k competition math problems for AI mathematical reasoning benchmarking

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Plants can sense the sound of rain, a new study finds

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A 1960s art school experiment that redefined creativity

How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]

Data from Greater Boston shows that relaxed density restrictions (upzoning) increase housing supply and reduce per-housing-unit rents and prices.

The Bra-and-Girdle Maker That Fashioned the Impossible for NASA

'Backrooms' and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic

MIT Radiation Laboratory

Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?

Improving cartilage repair through cell therapy: « SMART breakthrough offers a promising pathway toward improved manufacturing of high‑quality cells for regenerative therapies to treat joint diseases

Implantable islet cells could control diabetes without insulin injections: « The cells can survive in the body for at least three months, producing enough insulin to control blood sugar levels…

MIT 15.393 – Nuts and Bolts of New Ventures (2026)

Why solid-state batteries keep short-circuiting

What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable

Michael Faraday: Scientist and Nonconformist (1996)

The first animals on Earth may have been sea sponges, study suggests

A new study suggests aerobic respiration began hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, some early life forms may have breathed oxygen well before it filled the atmosphere

Defining Safe Hardware Design [pdf]

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SHELL: Global Tool for Calling and Chaining Procedures in the System (1965) [pdf]

MIT Living Wage Calculator

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The Little Learner: A Straight Line to Deep Learning (2023)

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