As you’re walking through city streets on your way to work, school or appointments, you probably feel like you’re taking the most efficient route. Thanks to evolution, you’re probably not.
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Tanpa upaya serius memangkas polusi, produktivitas listrik dari energi surya kurang optimal sehingga dapat merugikan pengguna dan pemerintah.
Counter to what you might expect, events like the February cold wave that froze Texas can actually become more likely with global warming.
Here’s how reflective pavement works and what cities need to think about.
Los algoritmos pueden ayudar a gestionar pandemias futuras, pero su éxito dependerá de las decisiones que tomemos hoy.
Technology innovation is one of the Biden administration’s most powerful tools for accelerating progress on climate change. Recent successes in renewable energy and batteries show how this can work.
La digitalización y la complejidad del tiempo presente, y futuro, exigen que repensemos la regulación en relación a la tecnología y se evalúe si necesitamos nuevos derechos digitales.
Studies demonstrate that vehicular emissions are a huge pollution source in Nairobi.
Earth’s magnetic field locks information into lava as it cools into rock. Millions of years later, scientists can decipher this magnetic data to build geologic timelines and maps.
Our research identified three key lessons.
Local government and humanitarian actors are faced with tough choices of prioritising, managing and balancing resources, locations and constituencies.
What’s more, higher education holds the key to ensuring humans are equipped with the necessary skills to work alongside AI.
According to a new study, about four in 10 air pollution deaths in the US are due to emissions crossing state lines.
Americans tend to work even when they’re sick, in part because of a lack of paid sick leave.
Investment advisers who passed a licensing exam with more ethics questions were one-fourth less likely to engage in misconduct than those with less ethics training, according to a new study.
Acclimatization societies believed that animals could fill the gaps of a deficient environment.
Beyond the outer edge of the Solar System, mysterious, unknown worlds await by the thousands. Astronomers can now finally find them and explore them - but will we find another Earth?
Megaproject construction has been a major response to globalization in the urban realm.
InterContinental Hotels Group berencana mengganti perlengkapan mandi hotel, tetapi sepertinya tidak akan banyak berpengaruh pada lingkungan.
InterContinental Hotels Group plans to switch miniature toiletries for bulk products, but it isn’t likely to do as much for the environment as activists might think.
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Assistant Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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PhD Candidate in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Professor of Film and Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Mellon Distinguished Visiting Artist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Economiste, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Tufts University and at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Postdoctoral Associate at the Tegmark Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Postdoctoral associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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JD-PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Chercheur spécialiste de la fusion nucléaire, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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PhD Student in Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
