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A view over Kendall Square and the Charles River, toward Boston (2011). Photo: Les Vants

Founders Forward

What’s driving the new generation of biotech spinouts in Kendall Square?

Neri Oxman’s Krebs Cycle of Creativity

Yu Liang (Gloria) Fang, at left, says NEET’s Autonomous Machines thread appeals to her because it involves hands-on projects. She is joined by Michael Everett, Albert Go, and Mitchell Guillaume. Photo: Lillie Paquette

A NEET New Approach to Engineering Education

Curriculum focuses on new machines that will address social needs of the future

Assoc. Prof. Drazen Prelec, who studies the psychology of money, says credit cards are insidious because they disconnect the pleasure of buying from the pain of paying.
Photo: Ed Quinn

The Psychology of Spending

Prof. Drazen Prelec, who studies the psychology of money, says credit cards are insidious because they disconnect the pleasure of buying from the pain of paying.

Adjacent to the new MIT Museum and graduate residence, as shown in this artist's rendering, open spaces for gathering will be programmed by MIT and open to all. Image: byencore

Welcome to Kendall Square

The flourishing innovation district takes its place as a destination and a gateway

Defining the Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence

Media Lab researchers are part of a growing movement at MIT to explore the regulatory frontiers of AI—in society and in our hearts and minds

The Medium Is the Meditation

Behind the scenes of a student-created VR experience