This Women’s History Month, we look at how women’s innovations have advanced the field of computer programming.

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company ...

QS World University Rankings has placed MIT in the No. 1 spot in 12 subject areas for 2026, the organization announced ...

Getting a computer science degree from a top university is no longer a guarantee of a high-paying tech job. According to Xiaoyin Qu, a former manager at Meta, even graduates from Stanford University ...

Taback, the Isaac Henry Wing Professor of Mathematics, was announcing the visit of John Urschel to campus. Formerly an offensive lineman with the Baltimore Ravens, Urschel played three seasons in the ...

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...

In the 1970s, MIT researchers built a computer model to simulate the future of human civilization. It predicted that resource depletion, pollution, and population growth would converge around 2020, ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

As Nuno F.G. Loureiro’s colleagues mourn his shocking death at the hands of a former classmate, many are reflecting on the MIT physics professor’s legacy of scientific contributions and leadership.