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"One could argue that AI agita predates AI itself." thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-is-author…

America’s first Gilded Age reveals how concentrated economic power erodes democracy and offers a warning as similar forces reemerge today. bigthink.com/books/private-…

Newly declassified CIA and British intelligence files reveal that the KGB systematically used staged same-sex “compromise” operations against Western diplomats, journalists, and scholars during the Cold War. direct.mit.edu/jcws/article/2…

Scientist Saul Justine Newman debunks high-profile longevity research and antiaging "medicine" in a new book. sciencenews.org/article/morbid…

The hantavirus has found itself caught between scientific concern, media sensationalism, and global health melancholia. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/pleasure-plagu…

@RealLFHistory @picharbonnier @UofT_IHPST here you go @RealLFHistory! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monog…

@picharbonnier @UofT_IHPST @mitpress Same question.

Congratulations to Prof. Edward Jones-Imhotep on the publication of his new book with @mitpress Even better: the book is available open access! We invite you all to explore this exciting new work. mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553346/…

Elongated spines. Flat feet. Orange skin? Humans could evolve to look quite different on Mars. Scott Solomon, the author of "Becoming Martian," explains how at RealClearScience: realclearscience.com/blog/2026/02/0…

📖Absolutely Essential: Bioethics and the Rules-Based International Order, now available open access. 👉Now free to read via @mitpress: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monog… In Absolutely Essential, bioethicist Jonathan D. Moreno (@pennprof) explores the field of bioethics as both a creature and a key element of the post–World War II rules-based order. Drawing on four decades of experience, Moreno raises hard questions about the future of bioethics after COVID-19 and shifting global alliances. #Bioethics #AIEthics #GlobalGovernance #OpenAccess #MITPress

ICYMI: Craig Burnett's book in the Afterall One Work series is a brilliant illustrated examination of Philip Guston's comic and complex painting "The Studio." mitpress.mit.edu/9781846381331/…

@picharbonnier @UofT_IHPST here you go, @picharbonnier! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monog…

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Journal editors and peer reviewers are being flooded with AI-generated papers that are almost impossible to detect. theverge.com/ai-artificial-…

"Never has an academic book on my office desk garnered so much curiosity and lingering glances from colleagues and passersby." online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article/3…

Hono(u)red to be flying to the UK for various events and talks, including this: @hayfestival @mitpress hayfestival.com/p-25182-cass-s…

New this week from the MIT Press. Happy publication day to our authors! 📖

Sneak peek at our upcoming @MITPress Open Access volume, Embodied Intelligence, co-edited with Jennifer M. B. Fugate, Arsen Abdulali, and Josie Hughes (June 2026). This book represents a major transdisciplinary effort to rethink the boundaries of cognition and agency. Preview the Open Access volume here: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262053495/… #EmbodiedIntelligence #CognitiveScience #ArtificialIntelligence #MITPress

"The construction and maintenance of huge bases like those in the Marianas are a major reason, along with weapons production, war training, and wars themselves, that the U.S. military is a large contributor to global heating." counterpunch.org/2026/04/27/us-…

Inescapable and mysterious, black holes have long captured the imagination of visual artists, even before their existence was first confirmed in 1971. *Cambridge locals*: Join Lynn Gamwell, author of "Conjuring the Void," tomorrow at the MIT Museum: mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/autho…

"Workers who spent around two days in the office each week on average self-reported greater work-life balance, more job satisfaction, and lower isolation from colleagues compared to workers who spent more or fewer days in the office." direct.mit.edu/rest/article/d…

Our book, The Patina of Distrust (@mitpress), won the @AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize!🥹What a huge honor. I hope it's useful for students, colleagues & curious readers grappling with how audiences navigate media consumption in Latin America and beyond. tinyurl.com/dpvb7bww