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Opinion: California’s San Onofre nuclear plant is a Chernobyl waiting to happen, by Prof. Kate Brown

Nov 20, 2019

By Kate Brown Nov. 19, 2019 9:59 AM Nuclear accidents often aren’t surprises. Whistleblowers had warned of the dangers before such disasters occurred in 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine, and 25 years…

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Discovery is always political, by Prof. David Kaiser

Sep 26, 2019

24 September 2019 Discovery is always political David Kaiser traces the roots of government support for science, in the first of a series of essays on how the past 150 years…

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3 Questions: Why are student-athletes amateurs? MIT Professor Jennifer Light digs into the history of the idea that students aren’t part of the labor force.

Mar 25, 2019

3 Questions: Why are student-athletes amateurs? MIT Professor Jennifer Light digs into the history of the idea that students aren’t part of the labor force. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office…

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MIT News featuring Prof. Kate Brown – Chernobyl: How bad was it? A scholar’s book uncovers new material about the effects of the infamous nuclear meltdown.

Mar 8, 2019

Chernobyl: How bad was it? A scholar’s book uncovers new material about the effects of the infamous nuclear meltdown. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office March 5, 2019 Not long after…

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Free Will, Video Games, and the Most Profound Quantum Mystery By David Kaiser – May 9, 2018

May 10, 2018

Free Will, Video Games, and the Most Profound Quantum Mystery By David Kaiser May 9, 2018 The Big Bell Test probed quantum mechanics using crowdsourced inputs from volunteer video-game players.…

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A Physicist’s Farewell to Stephen Hawking

Mar 16, 2018

A Physicist’s Farewell to Stephen Hawking By David Kaiser March 15, 2018 Stephen Hawking was a scientific and cultural revolutionary. He saw the cosmos as no one before him had—and…

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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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NYTimes OpEd: Learning From Gravitational Waves by Prof. David Kaiser

Oct 10, 2017

Learning From Gravitational Waves By DAVID KAISER OCT. 3, 2017 A billion years ago (give or take), in a galaxy far, far away, two black holes concluded a cosmic pas de…
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