MIT BLOSSOMS

The Gift of Time

How ten thousand years of climatic stability made civilization possible.

The Surprising Benefits of Talking to Strangers

Brief conversations with people we don’t know can be more fulfilling than we expect.

The benefits of slow living in a fast-paced world

Richard C. Larson reflects on a lifetime of staying busy and why embracing slow living can improve wellbeing, reduce stress and help us appreciate life’s everyday moments

AI in Teaching: What the Science of Learning Already Tells Us

Explore how the science of learning can guide AI in teaching and higher education, helping instructors support student learning with evidence-based strategies.

AI Proved the Quasi-Riemann Hypothesis. What Happens Now? | Quanta Magazine

Unlike other recent AI proofs, this one has been unpacked by human experts. The implications, one mathematician said, are “staggering.”

Why One of the World’s Greatest Mathematicians Is on a ‘War Footing’

The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field.

No More Heroes - Terence Tao Talks to Numberphile About AI

A leading light in mathematics for much of his life, Terence Tao di...

He left Boston for Austin. He’s not the only one. - The Boston Globe

By the numbers, the 'Texas mecca' isn't so different from the Massachusetts capital. But only one of the cities is booming.

What’s the point of MIT? OpenAI’s math proofs have thrown students and researchers into chaos. -...

The aftershocks from OpenAI's proofs come at a time of deeper reckoning for MIT, where AI is almost all anyone can talk about on campus.

OpenAI’s blockbuster Navier-Stokes proof isn’t what we thought it was

He reached the Americas centuries before Columbus. Why doesn’t he get more credit?

Accounts of Leif Erikson’s voyage to present-day Canada were known to Europeans in Christopher Columbus’s time.

Opinion | Pouring Money Into the Ivy League Won’t Solve Its Problems

The only way to prompt reform in higher education is to fund new, innovative competitors in the field.

The Wheels Have Gone Round and Round for 100 Years

The iconic yellow school bus is simple, safe, and affordable. And it’s still widely sought after throughout the Americas.

The plague is back but it's not black. It's worse

Something strange and potentially frightening is going on at a Russian laboratory in Siberia. One or more scientists have reportedly died, others are under quarantine, and pneumonic plague is being...