Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work
How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride?
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2025
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Gen Z protests brought about change in Nepal via the powers—and perils—of social media
Youth protesters in Nepal are in the global spotlight for their angry response to the government's sweeping social media ban in an apparent attempt to silence their dissent. The government's actions ignited mass protests—led ...
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2025
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The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply, and how to resist
You're in a meeting when your boss suggests changing a number to make the quarterly report look stronger. Heads nod. The slides move on. You feel a knot in your stomach: Do you speak up and risk being branded difficult, or ...
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2025
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New analysis of Apollo sample rewrites a chapter of the moon's early history
When Apollo 17 astronauts collected a small rock from the moon more than 50 years ago, they had no way of knowing it would still be challenging scientists' understanding of lunar history today.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 25, 2025
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Peering inside political AI: How LLMs responded to the 2024 election
In the months leading up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, a team of researchers at MIT CSAIL, MIT Sloan, MIT LIDS, set out to answer a question no one had fully explored: how do large language models (LLMs) respond ...
Political science
Sep 25, 2025
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First radar images from new Earth-mapping satellite showcase Maine coast and North Dakota farmland
NASA's first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite show the Maine coast and North Dakota farmland in incredible detail.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 25, 2025
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Portable toilets can improve quality of life in urban slums
An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru and South Africa.
Environment
Sep 25, 2025
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Tiny sensors rapidly detect trace 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
They linger in our water, our blood, and the environment—"forever chemicals" that are notoriously difficult to detect.
Environment
Sep 25, 2025
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Study of the world's longest-lived person reveals rare genes and good bacteria are among the keys to a long life
What is the secret of supercentenarians? While there is no magical "elixir of life" that allows us to live forever, this incredibly rare group of people who live to be 110 years or older appears to have some biological advantage. ...
Guts of endangered Indus River dolphins found to be inundated with microplastics
Microplastics are a growing problem worldwide. They disrupt ecosystems and contribute to adverse effects, like metabolic disorders, neurotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and developmental toxicity in the bodies of various organisms ...
