Science

Why happiness is not the best indicator of well-being
Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.
Jason Crawford
A hand with scissors is cutting through red tape in front of the NIH building.
How Arc Institute is bringing science into the century of biology
Stephen Johnson
A vibrant graphic illustration featuring a large leafy plant with integrated plant sensors, comic-style speech bubbles containing exclamation marks, and a round bubble depicting ants, set against a blue textured background.
Agriculture
Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers
Using sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses like heat, light, or attack.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
A man is standing in front of a wall of spacetime clocks.
Physics
Time has some fundamental differences from every other dimension
Ethan Siegel
A man in a red shirt in a science lab
Engineering
Scientists see metal heal itself for the first time
Kristin Houser
Alice in Wonderland, a whimsical journey through a mind-altering DMT-induced wonderland.
Psychology
“I’ve been here before”: DMT study explores a strange memory phenomenon
Stephen Johnson
An abstract image of a blue circle with blue dots representing particles
Physics
Discovery of “demon” particle could aid superconductor hunt
Kristin Houser
A picture of a metal container with the word levitation on it.
Engineering
We’re in a “fog of war” as experts and amateurs rush to replicate superconductor LK-99
Tom Hartsfield
Two people examining mutant tomatoes in a greenhouse.
Agriculture
Mutant tomato could save crops around the world
Sam Jarman
A man is working on a muon g-2 machine in a blue room.
Physics
“Muon g-2” experiment hints that a mystery is bubbling inside the quantum foam
Don Lincoln
A close up of a green worm exhibiting cryptobiosis.
Animals
Nematodes survive 46,000 years on ice
Kevin Dickinson
A man is petting a northern white rhino in a field.
Animals
Northern white rhinos are set for extinction. Only a technological moonshot can save them.
Kevin Dickinson
Four different electron microscopy images of giant viruses on a purple background.
Virology
These giant viruses are unlike any we’ve ever seen before
Kristin Houser