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The approach could improve the performance of many other materials as well.

The new MIT faculty member investigates how sensory input from within the body controls mammalian physiology and behavior.

As chief of staff to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Tiffany Chu ’10 is working to make big changes in Beantown.

Hosted by MIT Literature Lecturer Michael Lutz, early episodes feature guests Malka Older, Wyn Kelley, and more.

In a wide-ranging discussion with Rana Foroohar of the Financial Times, Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu explores artificial intelligence and the labor market, the history of technological progress, and Turkey. “I think the skills of a carpenter or a gardener or an electrician or a writer, those are just the greatest achievements of humanity, and I think we should try to elevate those skills and elevate those contributions,” says Acemoglu. “Technology could do that, but that means to use technology not to replace these people, not to automate those tasks, but to increase their productivity by giving them better tools, better information, and better organization.”