Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction

New research could allow a person to correct a robot’s actions in real-time, using the kind of feedback they’d give another human.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 7, 2025 ~7 min

Watch: Prosthetic robot hand ‘knows’ what it’s touching

A new prosthetic hand carefully conforms and adjusts its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds.

Roberto Molar Candanosa-Johns Hopkins • futurity
March 6, 2025 ~7 min


Listen: Do animals understand death?

For centuries, philosophers have argued that only humans can truly comprehend mortality. What if they’re wrong?

U. Chicago • futurity
March 6, 2025 ~2 min

DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power

As DOGE taps into sensitive federal agency data repositories, many people fear what could happen to the data. One little-discussed but hugely consequential possibility: fueling Elon Musk’s xAI company.

Allison Stanger, Distinguished Endowed Professor, Middlebury • conversation
March 6, 2025 ~11 min

How 18F transformed government technology − and why its elimination matters

18F was the US government’s in-house technology consultancy, lauded for saving taxpayer money and improving services. Here’s what it did − and what’s now lost.

Kayla Schwoerer, Assistant Professor of Public Administration & Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York • conversation
March 6, 2025 ~7 min

Private Lander Carrying NASA Experiments Lands on the Moon

VOA Learning English • voa
March 5, 2025 ~4 min

Knitted microtissue can accelerate healing

Lincoln Laboratory and MIT researchers are creating new types of bioabsorbable fabrics that mimic the unique way soft tissues stretch while nurturing growing cells.

Anne McGovern | Lincoln Laboratory • mit
March 5, 2025 ~5 min

More empathy may be key to STEM learning success

Amore empathic approach to education may be key to STEM learning success, especially for underrepresented groups.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
March 4, 2025 ~7 min


Letterlocking: A new look at a centuries-old practice

A first history of the document security technology, co-authored by MIT Libraries’ Jana Dambrogio, provides new tools for interdisciplinary research.

Brigham Fay | MIT Libraries • mit
March 4, 2025 ~3 min

Designing better ways to deliver drugs

Graduate student and MathWorks fellow Louis DeRidder is developing a device to make chemotherapy dosing more accurate for individual patients.

Michaela Jarvis | School of Engineering • mit
March 4, 2025 ~7 min

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