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…
THE POLITICS OF PAIN: Medicine, Social Difference, and Gatekeepers of Relief in America
Monday, March 20, 2017
QUANTUM THEORY BY STARLIGHT
By David Kaiser
February 7, 2017
In parsing the strange dance of subatomic particles, it can be helpful to think of them as twins.IMAGE BY CHRONICLE /…
Stars align in test supporting “spooky action at a distance”
Physicists address loophole in tests of Bell’s inequality, using 600-year-old starlight.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
February 6, 2017
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“CONSCIENCE FOR THE TECH WORLD” SHERRY TURKLE WINS USC ANNENBERG’S EVERETT M. ROGERS AWARD
Pioneering scholar of how technology shapes our lives for better and worse
LOS ANGELES (February 7, 2017)…
http://web.mit.edu/hasts/statement-Jan2017.html
Statement by the Steering Committee of the MIT Doctoral Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS) on the 27 January 2017 Executive Order Restricting Immigration to the…
NATURE/OPINION:
11 November 2016
What scientists should focus on — and fear — under Trump
Nine experts reflect on where researchers should direct their efforts during the next US administration.
How…