What happens when environmental change outpaces life’s ability to adapt?When an animal’s environment changes faster than the animal can adapt, its chances of survival can flat-line. The same is true for populations, and even entire species. Now, scientists at MIT and the University of Leicester have found that this connection …
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2026-27MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today. This is the 15th year in a row MIT has received this distinction.The full 2027 edition of the rankings — published …
MIT affiliates win 2026 Breakthrough, New Horizons prizesA number of MIT affiliates were recently honored for their research by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.Stuart H. Orkin ’67 shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences with Swee Lay Thein for their research transforming sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia from …
Can England win the World Cup?The World Cup is almost here and everyone has an opinion about likely winners. But being mathematicians, we have insisted on looking at the data, and we think we have found the secret to predicting results. Josh Bull is our analyst …
NSF renews support for MIT-led AI and physics institute, expanding a new model for discoveryThe MIT-led Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) has received renewed support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for an additional five years, increasing annual funding from $4 million to $4.98 million. The renewal marks a new phase …
Eleven from MIT accept 2026 Fulbright awardsEleven MIT affiliates — including undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni — have accepted Fulbright grants to conduct research or teach English in countries across the world. Five other students declined their awards to pursue other opportunities, and another student is …
MIT affiliates elected to National Academy of Sciences for 2026The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has elected 120 members and 25 international members for 2026, including six MIT faculty members and 10 additional alumni. Among MIT professors, Bengt Holmström, Michale Fee, Gareth McKinley ’91, Keith Nelson, Fan Wang, and Catherine …
Four from MIT named 2026 Searle ScholarsMIT scientists Sven Dorkenwald and Whitney Henry have been named 2026 Searle Scholars, an award given annually to 15 exceptional early-career researchers in the fields of biomedical sciences and chemistry. Dorkenwald is an assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences and an investigator …
Two from MIT named 2026 Knight-Hennessy ScholarsMIT master’s student Sunshine Jiang ’25 and Rupert Li ’24 are recipients of this year’s Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. Now in its ninth year, the highly competitive scholarship provides up to three years of financial support for graduate studies at Stanford University. Sunshine …
The long number on the back of the cardPure mathematicians tell us that our 30 billion or so credit, debit and prepaid cards are only safe because of the seemingly esoteric world of number theory, and prime numbers in particular. But how? James Maynard takes your details in his …
Fancy a game of cards?Never play a card game with a mathematician. They might not win, but they’ll certainly explain exactly how the game works. Come to think of it, cards with a mathematician might be even more fun. But certainly don’t play table football …
The chessboard problemThe 13th episode (unlucky for some, prime for others) of Robin Wilson’s stories of the equations that make mathematics takes us to logarithms and exponentials. Here Robin gives a familiar primer. Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/bhgUnEhXmR4 #shorts #maths #numbers
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