The Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology attempts to increase understanding of the human-built world.
In this world, science and technology have broken through walls of industry and of the laboratory to become an inextricable determining element of nature, culture, and history.
Colloquium Speaker Series
The STS Colloquia are a core activity of the STS Program and the HASTS doctoral program. All Colloquia are held at 4:00 p.m. on Mondays throughout the academic year, at MIT in Building E51, Room 095, 70 Memorial Drive, unless otherwise indicated.
Faculty Spotlight on John Durant
John Durant came to MIT in July 2005, to take up a joint appointment as an Adjunct Professor in the STS Program and Director of the MIT Museum. His earlier research was in the history of evolutionary and behavioral biology, with special reference to debates about animal nature and human nature in the late-19th and 20th centuries.
Breaking News
Undark
Truth, Beauty, Science.
Abstracts: Extinction, Standing Rock, Craters, and More
November 22, 2016, 11:00 am / by Raleigh McElvery
The Clean Power Plan Might Die, But Its Goals Are Being Realized
November 18, 2016, 6:49 pm / by Jeffrey C. Peters
Abstracts: Political Facebook, CRISPR in Humans, Moody Pigs, and More
November 18, 2016, 2:35 pm / by Greta Friar
STS In The News
Faculty & Student Mentions, News
The Federation of American Scientists recently honored Professor Emeritus Ted Postol with the Richard L. Garwin award as one of “three exemplary scientists” at its annual symposium:
Oct 13, 2016
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With the Anthropology Program and History Faculty, STS offers a Ph.D. in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS).