**Groundbreaking Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Congenital Deafness: Majority Experience Significant Hearing Improvement** A pioneering gene therapy trial, the most extensive and long-term study of its nature to date, has yielded remarkable results, with a staggering...
The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) was founded in 1950 in response to “a new era emerging from social upheaval and the disasters of war,” as outlined in the 1949 Lewis Committee Report. The report’s findings emphasized MIT’s role and...
The electricity to an island goes out. To find the break in the underwater power cable, a ship pulls up the entire line or deploys remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to traverse the line. But what if an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) could map the line and...
Artificial intelligence is already proving it can accelerate drug development and improve our understanding of disease. But to turn AI into novel treatments we need to get the latest, most powerful models into the hands of scientists. The problem is that most...
MIT Associate Professor Jacob Andreas of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [EECS] and MIT Associate Professor Brett McGuire of the Department of Chemistry have been selected as the winners of the 2026 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement...
For enthusiastic meteor watchers, it has been a long stretch — nearly 16 weeks to be exact — since there has been a good opportunity to catch sight of a reasonably good meteor shower. There are ten displays during the year that are generally considered reliable and...
If you're looking for the best waves in the solar system, Saturn's moon Titan could be your ideal extraterrestrial surfing spot, where a gentle breeze that merely raises a ripple on Earth could drive waves 10 feet (3 meters) tall on the frigid world. A new model...
Ever dreamt of being present during the birth of the first galaxies? Perhaps being able to fast-forward through billions of years of cosmic evolution to watch those galaxies grow and shape the universe we know today? Of course, that sadly isn't possible. But thanks to...
Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, just achieved a successful recovery of its first reused orbital-class rocket, but the payload it placed into space has ended up in the wrong location. The New Glenn rocket lifted off on its third-ever...
Jeff Bezos' space company just notched a big reusability milestone — but also suffered a sizable setback. Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket launched into space for the third time ever Sunday morning (April 19) — but, in a first for the company, it soared into orbit...
The night sky is set to deliver one of spring's most anticipated celestial events as the Lyrid meteor shower returns this week. One of the oldest recorded meteor showers, the Lyrids peak Wednesday (April 22), offering stargazers a rare treat: a chance to witness...
The successful Artemis II trip around the Moon was a historic achievement — the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years, and the greatest distance yet travelled by humans from our "pale blue dot". The mission was marked by engineering, scientific and technical...