The pandemic has brought a barrage of news with so much information it can be overwhelming to understand what’s going on (and to understand what’s false). A new free online course from the ...

Just in case you were feeling at all accomplished or self-important today, the New York Times Magazine has published a story about a Mongolian MIT freshman to put your life in perspective. When he was ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced a new program that will expand the university's free online courses and allow would-be students to earn official certificates from a ...

Krishna Rajagopal is a professor of theoretical physics at MIT who studies the very first moments of the newborn Universe. Since 2017, he has been MIT’s Dean for Digital Learning, leading MIT ...

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the most selective universities in the world, and with a 10 percent acceptance rate, the vast majority of applicants never make it in. For those who ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

Millions of learners have enjoyed the free lecture videos and other course materials published online through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s OpenCourseWare project. Now MIT plans to ...

MIT has finished what it claims is the first course devoted to the capabilities of the Cell Broadband Engine, the chip that powers the Sony Playstation 3 entertainment platform. The course focused on ...