Technology is key to understanding humanity, starting with the bad stuff, sci-fi writers tell us
An MIT Museum panel of science fiction writers delved into a process of play with tech – including the joy of tricking it – on the way to being seers of the future.
To predict the future from today’s technology, turn to science fiction writers at Saturday panel
The phone that tracks you, the home smart speaker that eavesdrops on you, the artificial intelligence that can fake a photo – where does this all end?
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from holiday markets to urban bee storytelling
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s David Boobie Burlesque, holiday markets, a Pee-wee Herman tribute, heavy metal, cooking with the chef of France’s Le Mirazur, Urban Waggle bee stories, “Head Over Heels” at CRLS and “The Slutcracker.”
Disinformation and misinformation: Gloom from experts with books by university presses
Lee McIntyre, author of “On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy.” (Photo: author’s website, with edges expanded in Photoshop) Disinformation is everywhere: in politics, online, between friends – and between senators. Lee McInty …
CIC partners with C10, a MIT Media Lab spinoff, for the launch of a hub for AI in Kendall Square
An artificial-intelligence hub is coming to Kendall Square in a collaboration announced by C10 Labs and CIC, the operator of global “innovation campuses.”
For University Press Week, a trio of publications proposes fixes for education, science and the law
A list of best publications by university presses includes works out of Harvard, MIT and Brandeis on saving higher ed, women in science and “guardianship” abuse.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from blindfolded dance to anime by candlelight
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Blindfold Jam, the Ukrainian folk-punk quartet DakhaBrakha, “The Madman in the White House” (it’s not whom you think), Sohla El-Waylly and Michael Pollan, a choral Anime themes concern by candlelight and more.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, MIThenge to the CSO and an owl named Alfie
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s hip-hop history, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and an Anarchist Woodstock, MIThenge, a cozy mystery and fall by a fireside, lessons from a baby owl and the science of “Eat, Poop, Die.”
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Honk! and Oktoberfest to ‘Sweeney Todd’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the Honk! festival of activist street bands and Oktoberfest in Harvard Square, Devendra Banhart and Eugene Mirman, Kristen Emack talking about her “Cousins” photos and the arrival of “Sweeney Todd” in a new theater.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Science Festival’s end to the start of Honk!
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the Cambridge Science Festival and carnival, the start of the Honk! festival of activist street bands, Central Square Dumpling Festival and “Smoke This” Rib Fest, Ashley Judd for Ms. Magazine and Walter Isaacson for “Elon Musk” and much more.
