The Paris Agreement was a breakthrough in global climate talks, but nations now face major hurdles to meeting long-term emissions goals – and maintaining global support for the deal.
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Ionic winds – charged particles flowing through the air – can move airplanes using only electricity; no propellers or jet engines needed. The scholar who led the project explains how it works.
The UN's panel on climate change said that technologies to remove CO2 will be necessary to limit global temperature rise to only 1.5 degrees Celsius. But these techniques are largely unproven.
Is 3D printing better for the environment than conventional manufacturing? The jury is still out.
Americans want more say about their benefits, training and other important issues at work.
More students must acquire IT skills in order to secure jobs with upward mobility, according to a researcher who developed an index that shows a dramatic growth in 'IT intensive' jobs.
Most people think of entrepreneurship as a young person's game. But the highest-growth firms in the US come from entrepreneurs who are 45 years old.
Study finds that coal pollution in China is leading to people getting significant levels of mercury poisoning from rice.
The US is only the 18th happiest country in the world. That's the lowest ranking since reporting began in 2012. What are policymakers doing wrong?
Metode baru yang menganalisis gelombagn suara bawah air bisa memberi peringatan dini tsunami lebih cepat.
A new analysis shows how family background influences who grows up to invent. The key to turning things around? Expose kids to more inventors.
A new method of analysing underwater sound waves has led to the creation of a faster, more informative tsunami early warning system.
California's artisan cheese-making industry has followed the changing tastes of the state's population waves, from the mid-1800s through today.
Persistence and self-control are valuable traits that can help kids succeed in school and beyond. A new study suggests infants can learn stick-to-itiveness by watching adults persist in a difficult task.
People across the globe all see millions of distinct colors. But the terms we use to describe them vary across cultures. New cognitive science research suggests it's about what we want to communicate.
When utilities plan investments, they think decades ahead. A recent study shows why power companies should be spending more on renewables despite the Trump administration's tilt toward fossil fuels.
Since the 1990s, the supply of deeply subsidized housing has decreased as the US population and need for housing have increased. Trump's proposed cuts to HUD won't help.
To get us to Mars and beyond, a team of students from around the world has a plan involving lunar rovers mining ice and a space station between the Earth and the moon.
A century before the modern environmental era, experts realized that London's dirty air was corroding its new Parliament building. This insight led to some of the first air pollution laws.
The problems that cause us to be so frustrated we contemplate throwing a computer can be much more serious than a multimillionaire football coach having a minor tantrum on a Sunday afternoon.
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Ford Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Economist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Ph.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Senior Research Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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PhD Candidate in Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Research Scientist, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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MBA student, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Professsor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Ph.D. Student in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor of Data, Systems, and Society and Atmospheric Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Professor of Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
