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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Researchers Generate a Reference Map of the Human Epigenome
The sequencing of the human genome laid the foundation for the study of genetic variation and its links to a wide range of diseases. But the genome itself is only...
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How Information Moves Between Cultures
The strength of connections between languages in a network are better predictors of a language's global influence than either the population or the wealth of...
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Study: Workplace Diversity Can Help the Bottom Line
Gender diversity in the workplace helps firms be more productive, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT researcher — but it may also reduce satisfaction...
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Mental-Health Monitoring Goes Mobile
Startup Ginger.io analyzes smartphone data to remotely predict when patients with mental illnesses or chronic diseases are symptomatic.
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Research Reveals a Gender Gap in the Nation's Labs
A study of 24 top institutions found that women are greatly underrepresented in the labs of the highest-achieving male professors.
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The Science of Networking
MIT senior Esther Jang uses science, engineering, and teaching to help others and challenge herself. She and a classmate brought Internet connectivity and online...
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Social Physics
Since 2001, the Human Dynamics Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab has used digital technologies—from home-brewed portable sensors to cellphone call records—to try...
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Workshop Reviews Big Data Privacy Policy
MIT hosted a daylong workshop on big data and privacy, co-sponsored by the White House, as part of a 90-day review of data privacy policy announced in January...
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When the Job Search Becomes a Blame Game
An MIT professor's new book explores how white-collar job hunters in the United States blame themselves unnecessarily — and suffer as a result — when they cannot...
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How the 'matthew Effect' Helps Some Scientific Papers Gain Popularity
Do scientific papers written by well-known scholars get more attention than they otherwise would receive because of their authors' high profiles? A new study...
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Marvin Minsky Honored For Lifetime Achievements in Artificial Intelligence
MIT Media Lab professor emeritus Marvin Minsky, 86, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, has won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award...
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Catching (radio) Waves
In 2000, five MIT Media Lab alumni co-founded ThingMagic to help bring radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology—wireless readers and data-transmitting tags—to...
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MIT Computer Scientist Dina Katabi Wins Macarthur 'genius Grant'
MIT computer scientist Dina Katabi is among 24 recipients of a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes referred to as a "genius grant."
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Revives Its Old Ambitions
The birth of artificial-intelligence research as an autonomous discipline is generally thought to have been the monthlong Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial...
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Professor Emeritus Rodney Brooks Refines the Sequel to Irobot
Professor emeritus Rodney Brooks gained fame in the 1990s for co-founding iRobot, an MIT spinoff that brought the world the Roomba and other innovative, helpful...
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How Online Ratings Affect Your Judgment
A newly published study found that positive comments on a website create an illusory snowball effect, while negative responses get cancelled out.
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From Theory to Practice
MIT Ph.D. student Kuang Xu has found a way to apply predictive modeling to improve emergency-room wait times.
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Neuroscientists Plant False Memories in the Brain
The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who...
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Algorithm Finds Best Routes For One-Way Car Sharing
The most efficient car-sharing system, researchers find, also includes shuttle services.
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Data From First Mooc Offers Preliminary Insights Into Online Learning
Researchers looked for clues about online learning by analyzing the pageviews, clickstreams, and discussion threads of students taking 6.002x, the free online version...
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