WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Air Force fighter jets recently faced off in a dogfight in California. One was flown by a pilot. The other doesn’t. That second plane was piloted by artificial intelligence, with the Air Force’s highest-ranking civilian sitting in the front seat. It was the ultimate demonstration of how far the Air Force … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed light from stars around some of the universe’s former supermassive black holes – black holes as they appeared less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The observations from a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) address the question of how these cosmic titans, … Read more
The Distinctive Collections Archives at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is silent as the snowstorm blows outside. The silence seems to pile up with the falling snow. I am the only researcher in the archive, but there is a voice that I struggle to hear. I’m looking for someone – let’s call her the … Read more
It has come to this. With the Earth at its hottest point in history and humans still not doing nearly enough to stop its overheating, a small but growing number of astronomers and physicists are proposing a possible solution that could have jumped off the pages of science fiction: the equivalent of a gigantic parasol, … Read more
A group of Israeli scientists want to send a giant sail into space to block out some of the sun’s radiation. The shading in this artist’s rendering has been enhanced to illustrate the concept. (Technion Israel Institute of Technology and Asher Space Research Institute) It has come to this. With the Earth at its hottest … Read more
In an unmarked laboratory stationed between the campuses of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a splinter group of scientists is on the hunt for the next billion-dollar drug. The group, funded with $500 million from some of the wealthiest families in corporate America, has caused a stir in academia by dangling seven-figure paydays … Read more
Michael Saul Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, in New York on January 11, 2024. (Guerin Blask/The New York Times) In an unmarked laboratory stationed between the campuses of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a splinter group of scientists is on the hunt for the next billion-dollar drug. The group, funded … Read more