Environment
Glaciers in the ‘roof of the world’ have suddenly started melting
One of the world’s last stable glacier regions may have finally begun to succumb to global warming, with researchers...
Science
New laboratory at MIT aims to advance quantum research for the nation
On May 28, MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced plans for a new...
Life
I Used Garmin’s Heart Rate Monitor to Measure My ‘Running Economy,’ and Here’s What I Learned
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Life
What You Get With Each Paid AI Subscription
It's difficult to get away from AI inside apps and on devices now, and if you're making a lot of use of these...
Environment
MIT researchers develop a low-cost technique to get lithium out of rocks
Demand for lithium has surged in recent years as lithium-ion batteries power increasingly more of our world....
Science
Homing pigeons may use a surprising navigation mechanism
Click here for our video on what happens when scientists release homing pigeons with disabled magnetic immune cells.Homing pigeons don’t rely on gut instinct to return to the roost. But a nearby organ — the liver — might point...
Science
A new sensor could enable earlier detection of bladder cancer
Every year, about 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While treatment is often successful, bladder cancer...
Science
Media Advisory: MIT to establish regional quantum hub
MIT and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced plans to establish the Quantum Systems Laboratory (QSL) at MIT, which...
Science
Can DEET attract mosquitoes? A lab study offers clues
Pesky mosquitoes on the hunt for a blood meal may find the smell of a common repellent alluring rather than repulsive. Yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) exposed to the insect repellent DEET can learn to associate the off-putting chemical with food, researchers...
Space
How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines – NASA Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac36aovF8ZQTens of thousands of abandoned mines threaten waterways across the American West, but identifying which sites urgently need cleanup is slow and expensive. Now, NASA’s EMIT instrument can analyze the unique light signatures of mine waste from space to...
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China’s leader Xi Jinping set to make rare visit to North Korea
Xi will be in North Korea from 8-9 June, a rare visit to the isolated regime that is a...