Friday’s Puts and Calls: The business of politics
Dems and GOP agree to go forward with financial debate, climate legislation gets business support and Sen. Nelson comments on 'gotcha politics' in Washington
View ArticleObamacon Doves vs. Hard-Money Heartland Hawks
A battle royale is brewing at the Fed. President Obama has appointed three new doves to the Federal Reserve Board, thereby taking command of the nation’s central bank. But there’s a split developing...
View ArticleThe man who shorted the world
While the financial chaos that swept Wall Street this past week certainly can’t be blamed on one man, I think I found the guy who played the leading role. I caught up with him this past Saturday for...
View ArticleStronger, cleaner cement gets award
C-Crete Technologies, a start-up founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology students, developed “a nanoengineered cement that reduces CO2 emissions and is stronger than any currently existing...
View ArticleAllowing Chomsky into Israel is much more than a free-speech issue
Chomsky has been, throughout his long career, a consistent and dedicated supporter and/or apologist for tyranny, terrorism, political violence of all kinds, and sometimes horrifying acts of mass murder
View Article‘Double-bubble’ airliners designed by MIT for NASA could trim fuel...
An MIT team aims to bring aviation into the 21st century with two bold new designs for commercial airliners that could trim fuel use by up to 70 percent while increasing passenger capacity
View ArticleMIT researchers design airliner that uses 70% less fuel
Scientists say new aircraft could use 70 percent less fuel than current airliners
View ArticleNational Science Foundation funds report calling health-care opponents racist
David Sears, a professor of psychology at UCLA, was awarded $52,034 in January 2010 to make this case for the National Science Foundation
View ArticleMIT, Harvard researchers create “smart sheets” that can self-assemble into...
University researchers have created fiberglass sheets that can self-fold into shapes such as origami planes and boats
View ArticleLady Gaga shakes it for a Polaroid picture
The MIT Art Museum puts the fashion icon in Polaroid archives
View ArticleNobel for explaining why markets fail
Peter Diamond of MIT, Dale Mortensen of Northwestern and Christopher Pissarides of the LSE were honored for their insights into unemployment
View ArticleMIT economist writing Obamacare graphic novel
Jonathan Gruber, an economist at MIT, is planning to write a graphic novel about President Obama's health care overhaul
View ArticleFor Facebook ‘Hacker Way’ is way of life
Hackers 'believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete,' Zuckerberg explains
View ArticleThat’s MIT, not to be confused with MITT
Poll workers in Colo. stop woman from voting for wearing MIT sweatshirt
View ArticleAaron Swartz’s family, friends blame MIT, federal government for suicide
JSTOR dropped charges against Swartz, but US Attorney pursued criminal case
View ArticleMIT, JSTOR ‘saddened’ by Reddit co-founder’s death
Aaron Swartz praised for 'brilliant creativity and idealism'
View ArticleHackers disable MIT, Justice Department websites in tribute to Aaron Swartz
Both home pages were offline Sunday evening
View ArticleFeds posthumously drop charges against Aaron Swartz
'[The dismissal] would have been welcome this time last week'
View ArticleWH petition to have Aaron Swartz’s prosecutor removed from office rapidly...
'It is too late to do anything for Aaron Swartz'
View ArticleSD college tests fingerprint purchasing technology
Fingerprint technology isn't new, nor is the general concept of using biometrics as a way to pay for goods.
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