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Washington Post Outlook Perspective by Sherry Turkle: Why these friendly robots can’t be good friends to our kids

Dec 7, 2017

Why These Friendly Robots Can’t Be Good Friends to our Kids By Sherry Turkle Jibo the robot swivels around when it hears its name and tilts its touchscreen face upward, expectantly.…

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Love, quantum physics and ‘entanglement’

Aug 1, 2017

Click to take you to the link for the podcast! There are curious parallels between “love” between two particles and two people. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech  

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Physics Girl talk Cosmic Bell!

Jul 26, 2017

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The Cosmic Bell Experiment, with Prof. David Kaiser and Prof. John Durant coordinating with the MIT Museum and Central Square Theater

Jul 26, 2017

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Sherry Turkle to speak at 2017 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises, Harvard University:“Technology makes us forget what we know about life.”

May 16, 2017

Sherry Turkle, Mark Doty, to Speak at Phi Beta Kappa Exercises by SOPHIA NGUYEN 3.23.17 WRITER Mark Doty and social psychologist Sherry Turkle will speak at this year’s Phi Beta Kappa…

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2017 Benjamin Siegel Writing Prize Winner: John Tylko, Ph.D., HASTS

May 12, 2017

We are pleased to award the 2017 Benjamin Siegel Writing Prize to “When Inspiration Yielded to Calculation: Technology and Politics of the SST in the New Frontier,” by John Tylko, a…

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A Cosmic Controversy, featuring David Kaiser

May 11, 2017

A Cosmic Controversy A Scientific American article about the theory of inflation prompted a reply from a group of 33 physicists, along with a response from the article’s authors.…

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William Deringer awarded fellowship at Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton U, 2017-’18

Apr 11, 2017

STS faculty member William Deringer has been awarded a fellowship at the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University for 2017-’18. The Davis Center seeks to foster interdisciplinary…
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