As a young girl, Si-Hui Tan, PhD ’10, started studying science almost as a challenge. “I grew up in Singapore, where science is considered a boy thing,” she says. “I wanted to prove that I could do it ...

Authorities said on Dec. 16 that they launched a homicide investigation after a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old ...

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The crypto fraud trial of two MIT-educated brothers kicked off with opening statements on Wednesday. A prosecutor told an NYC jury that the brothers were on a mission to rip off other traders. "In 12 ...

AI has taken the programming world by storm, with a flurry of speculation about the tech replacing human coders, and Google’s CEO recently claiming that 25 percent of the company’s code is now ...

Bash scripting is often seen as a convenient tool for automating repetitive tasks, managing simple file operations, or orchestrating basic system utilities. But beneath its surface lies a trove of ...

We hear talk of AI’s growing programming prowess to the point that it could, extrapolating things out, come to dominate base-level programming if not more, inhibiting the skill development of ...

Giant projections of eyes filled with dazzling constellations. An interactive, augmented reality poetry experience. A guided walk to rename MIT spaces with local Indigenous leaders. These art-fueled ...

It's been a leap-ahead year for Python—bringing on more speed, less cruft, and a large and growing user base. Credit: Pavel L Photo and Video / Shutterstock Over the course of 2024, Python has proven ...