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Professor Robin Scheffler’s Course Featured in MIT News – Bridging Science and Society in the Emerging Bioeconomy
Feb 24, 2026
Undark Magazine
Truth, Beauty, Science.
A 2022 Law May Be Quietly Helping People Stay on Their Meds
April 29, 2026, 5:20 pm / by Joshua Cohen
Amid Falling Birth Rates, Federal Family Planning Is Overhauled
April 28, 2026, 7:08 am / by Céline Gounder
STS Spotlight – Testimonials from STS Majors and Minors
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Undark is a non-profit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. It is published through the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program at MIT.
Faculty Spotlight: David A. Mindell
David A. Mindell, PhD, is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. David has spent twenty-five years researching the myriad relationships between people and machines. He served as an MIT department head for five years, and has led or contributed to more than 25 oceanographic expeditions.