Do humans really need other species?

People wouldn’t last long without the countless other species we depend on for survival.

Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University • conversation
Aug. 29, 2022 ~9 min

Tipping the balance between global rivals

John David Minnich seeks to understand how trade policies fueled China’s rise and continue to determine geopolitical winners and losers.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
Aug. 29, 2022 ~8 min


Ancient skulls may place human and Neandertal interbreeding

The facial structure of prehistoric skulls offers new insights into where interbreeding between humans and Neandertals took place.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Aug. 23, 2022 ~6 min

Bringing lessons from cybersecurity to the fight against disinformation

Mary Ellen Zurko pioneered user-centered security in the 1990s. Now she’s using those insights to help the nation thwart influence operations.

Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Aug. 21, 2022 ~9 min

Integrity may be good for your health

Study links ‘strong moral character’ traits with reduced risk for depression, anxiety, and cardiovascular disease.

Courtney Leimanis • harvard
Aug. 15, 2022 ~3 min

Old age isn't a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too

Nasty, brutish – but not necessarily short. Here’s how archaeologists know plenty of people didn’t die young.

Sharon DeWitte, Professor of Anthropology, University of South Carolina • conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 ~8 min

J-PAL expands evidence-to-policy government partnerships to fight poverty worldwide

In collaboration with Community Jameel and Co-Impact, rigorous research will inform social policies and programs.

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) • mit
Aug. 9, 2022 ~7 min

Measuring the “woodwork effect” in medical insurance

Study: When adults gain access to Medicaid, they sign up their previously unenrolled kids, too — yet many more remain outside the system.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 9, 2022 ~9 min


When was talking invented? A language scientist explains how this unique feature of human beings may have evolved

A language scientist explains that talking was never invented but has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years.

Richard Futrell, Associate Professor of Language Science, University of California, Irvine • conversation
Aug. 8, 2022 ~6 min

The UN declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment – here's where resolutions like this can lead

It’s more than moral posturing. Resolutions like this have a history of laying the foundation for effective treaties and national laws.

Joel E. Correia, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Florida • conversation
Aug. 5, 2022 ~9 min

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