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“Autocrats, Inc.: How the World’s Dictators Support Each Other”—The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum in Conversation with Yevgenia Albats, March 2

Feb 25, 2023

The event is the latest in a new series hosted by Yevgenia M. Albats, a Jordan Center Distinguished Journalist in Residence. On February 28, 2022, Vladimir Putin blocked its website,...

Russian Support for Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Hardening

Feb 24, 2023

(Bloomberg) -- As Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine struggles into its second year, his transformation of Russian society is in overdrive. Only about a fifth of Russians want to bring...

Working women more educated but not more respected

Feb 24, 2023

Legislation is important, but it's not enough - we need to think about the systemic bias and cultures of our organisations that devalue and discriminate against women," Professor Cooper said....

Genes reveal kidney cancer’s risk of recurrence

Feb 24, 2023

More than 400,000 people are diagnosed with kidney cancer each year globally, including 8,100 in Canada and 81,800 in the United States. Preventing cancer recurrenceCurrently, doctors assess the risk of...

‘Antisocial’ damselfish are scaring off cleaner fish customers – and this could contribute to coral reef breakdown

Feb 23, 2023

“Gobies wait at cleaning stations for customers to visit, similar to shops. These choosy client fish shop around, visiting different cleaning stations open for business. Five researchers spent over 34...

Nine from MIT named 2023 Sloan Research Fellows

Feb 23, 2023

Nine members of the MIT faculty are among 126 early-career researchers honored across seven fields with 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Including this year’s recipients,...

Australia’s energy market operator is worried about the grid’s reliability. But should it be?

Feb 23, 2023

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) this week released an update to its annual assessment of reliability, the so-called Electricity Statement of Opportunities. This has been reported as the market...

Simulations show aftermath of black hole collision

Feb 23, 2023

"The gravitational waves associated with the collision might look anticlimactic, but this is one of the most violent events you can imagine in the universe." Black hole mergers are one...

Making nanoparticle building blocks for new materials

Feb 23, 2023

Rob Macfarlane, MIT’s Paul M. Cook Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, is driven by a more fundamental desire. “I like to make things,” Macfarlane says. Along the way...

Addressing violent extremism in Quebec

Feb 23, 2023

Violent extremism in Canada is now considered a significant public health issue requiring prevention programs. The association between violent extremism and mental health disorders raises specific challenges for security agencies...