Meet the MIT researchers asking fundamental questions about pregnancy that virtually no scientific papers have addressed.

A new control system may enable humanoid robots to do heavy lifting and other physically demanding tasks.

Professor Daron Acemoglu provides insights about self-checkout kiosks and other automated services that replace workers but don’t boost productivity.

In a new anthropology and studio art course, MIT students investigate the human dimensions of interacting with technologies.

Mechanical engineer Folkers Rojas ’09, SM ’11, PhD ’14 completed a whopping seven UROPs while studying at MIT.

In an op-ed, Professor Christopher Knittel notes one reason climate change is so tricky to deal with is that “pollutants causing it are tied directly to crucial aspects of people’s lives, including transportation, home electricity, and heating and air conditioning.”

Astronomers have compared data from the journeys that Voyager 1 and 2 made into interstellar space and found that Voyager 1 entered a region where the movement of plasma around the spacecraft was almost non-existent. “Essentially the plasma was just sitting there,” explains John Richardson, a principal research scientist at the MIT Kavli Institute.

Professor Charles Leiserson discusses how stand-up comedy can help early-career academics better express themselves and connect with audience members at research talks.

Research affiliate Michael Windle discusses a new report from the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab.