How do people become addicted to online games and social networking sites?
By using them. The principles of online interaction aren’t so different from those of a slot machine…
Project Sandcastle
On a foggy night in San Francisco, a Bat-Signal appears in the sky. It flickers above a house on the highest hilltop in the city, whe...
Decoding Language Barriers
“Learning a new language gives you a window into someone else’s world,” says Virginia Adams, who graduated from MIT this past M...
From Football to Physics
Zachary Hulcher was once set on becoming a lawyer. In high school, he took part in mock trials and competed in youth judicial, playin...
The impact of climate change on the ocean
“I think ocean engineering as a field is really interesting because it marries the holistic side of living on planet Earth with sol...
Future Engineers
We are dedicated to making science and engineering open to everyone. Too often, kids’ zip codes play a larger role in determining t...
Are cell phone conversations stored somewhere and are they retrievable?
Yes — every time you leave someone a voicemail. But your last pizza delivery order? Probably not…
SoE DEI Strategic Action Plan
SoE DEI Strategic Action Plan
Brave Behind Bars: Prison education program focuses on computing skills for women
A programming language textbook might not be the first thing you’d expect to see when walking into a correctional facility.
GrubHub Founder Starts a Handy Alternative to the Gig Economy
It started not with a stroke of creative genius, but with a rain barrel that Mike Evans ’99, MEng ’00, wanted to install in his g...