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Q&A: Expanding MIT’s global reach through Universal Learning
MIT's Universal Learning is a new initiative from MIT Open Learning designed to prepare learners everywhere to...
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Many of the Caribbean’s most important reefs are going unprotected
Living by the sea in the tropics means being exposed to some of nature’s most powerful forces. Hurricanes can bring storm surges, flooding and destructive waves that threaten homes, infrastructure and livelihoods.For many communities, coral...
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When you don’t have the facts, argue the law: How Trump’s EPA is limiting its own ability to protect public health far into the...
As the Trump administration moves to weaken America’s air pollution rules, it is deploying new legal interpretations that are intended to tie the hands of future administrations for years to come.In practice, the changes limit...
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Doubling their genomes may have helped plants survive mass extinctions
Extra copies of genetic instructions may have helped flowering plants survive mass extinctions, including the catastrophe that saw off...
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PCOS postpones perimenopause and allows pregnancies at older ages
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is notorious for disrupting hormones and fertility, but it may have some surprising benefits after...
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Celebrating dorm-to-market social entrepreneurship at MIT
Over 200 students, alumni, faculty, staff, funders, and community collaborators gathered at the MIT Media Lab on...
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Recreational fishing in the US catches far more fish than previously estimated
One of the United States’ largest fisheries is hiding in plain sight. Recreational freshwater anglers in the lower 48 states catch – and keep – far more fish than any official body has estimated, according...
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Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami
A massive landslide in August 2025 caused the second-biggest tsunami ever recorded, with waters rising over 480 metres inside...
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Fire is transforming the US West’s public lands – research shows overlooked cost to recreation
Colorado’s two largest fires on record, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires, burned hundreds of thousands of acres across some of the state’s most visited landscapes in 2020.The fires scorched trails, campgrounds and...
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Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year
With U.S. electricity demand starting to rise quickly and expected to continue rising, largely because of the power needed for data centers that process artificial intelligence, people are looking for almost any potential solution.And people...
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Ghana to evacuate 300 citizens from South Africa over anti-immigrant protests
The foreign minister says the "distressed" Ghanaians registered with the embassy in Pretoria to be evacuated.
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