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Capitol mob brought raging collection of grievances, disillusionment

Jan 11, 2021

"I didn't think she would take it that far," Bredimus said of watching the footage of Cudd in Washington. One Capitol Police officer died of injuries and three other individuals...

Majority of Americans want Trump removed immediately after U.S. Capitol violence - Reuters/Ipsos poll

Jan 9, 2021

Nearly 70% of Americans surveyed also said they disapprove of Trump's actions in the run-up to Wednesday's assault. At a rally earlier in the day, Trump had exhorted thousands of...

States of growth: When and where entrepreneurship has thrived

Jan 9, 2021

New business registrations have experienced a long-term drop in the U.S., but the number of startups capable of high-impact growth has risen. “Entrepreneurship is an economic engine,” says MIT’s Scott...

Delivering life-saving oxygen during a pandemic

Jan 9, 2021

Hospitals were running out of ventilators, forcing doctors to choose which patients had the best chance of survival, and which didn’t. After passing through an oxygen compressor, pure oxygen then...

Child marriage is legal and persists across Canada

Jan 9, 2021

Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. While much research has focused on developing countries, in wealthier nations like Canada, child marriage practices are...

How probability forecasts are phrased affects how people make predictions

Jan 8, 2021

She then tries two other websites, and both give their predictions in verbal form: An increase, the sites agree, is "likely." The two co-authors say little research to date has...

Identifying Canada’s key conservation hot spots highlights problem

Jan 8, 2021

“Most research that studies the benefits people get from nature only evaluates where nature has the potential to supply these benefits. To read: “Identifying key ecosystem service providing areas to...

SUM post-doctorate works to promote open access to scholarship in social anthropology

Jan 8, 2021

SUM post-doctorate works to promote open access to scholarship in social anthropologyFelix Stein, a post-doctorate in the Global Health Politics team at SUM, has been working to facilitate free access...

MIT Society of Women Engineers’ journey into virtual connection

Jan 8, 2021

Members of the group discovered innovative ways to adjust and adapt in order to maintain everything in a virtual setting. With the hard work from SWE’s career development department, there...

MIT community in 2020: A year in review

Jan 8, 2021

We’ve reached a reflective time in an especially reflective year for the MIT community. Here are some of the top stories in the MIT community this year. The Institute recommits...