MIT Science WritinginMIT ScopeClimate Change is Extinguishing One of Our Greatest Weapons Against WildfiresThe American West is projected to lose one-fifth of the days available to safely light prescribed burns. Researchers turn to Indigenous…4 min read·Mar 20, 2024----
MIT Science WritinginMIT ScopeA look into the world of standardized patientsBy: Eva Cornman1 min read·Feb 6, 2024----
MIT Science WritinginMIT ScopeSalt-loving bacteria opens new possibilities for marine microplastic researchBy combining the DNA of different bacteria, scientists have engineered a microbe that might make it easier to study marine microplastics.4 min read·Feb 6, 2024----
MIT Science WritinginMIT ScopeBio-inspired surgical coatings fight infections and monitor strainResearchers have designed a surgical coating inspired by the structure of cicada wings that has both antimicrobial and strain mapping…2 min read·Feb 6, 2024----
MIT Science WritinginMIT ScopePrisons are failing to keep people safe from climate hazardsA new study on Colorado prisons adds to growing evidence that inadequate infrastructure and policies put incarcerated people at risk during…6 min read·Jan 28, 2024----
MIT Science WritinginMIT ScopeAmerica reaches troubling new phase of opioid epidemic, study saysOverdose deaths involving both fentanyl and stimulants higher than ever before detected3 min read·Jan 25, 2024----
MIT Science WritinginMIT ScopeThe Hidden Labor Behind Apple PickingApple picking is a beloved fall tradition for many Americans. But just why do we love it so much — and what does it say about the ways we…9 min read·Jan 24, 2024----
MIT Science WritinginMIT ScopeMonths after relentless rain, family farms improvise to fill winter storesMassive flooding left Vermonters with wet hay, forcing the farmers to adapt in the face of hungry livestock, serious illness, and the…4 min read·Jan 22, 2024----
MIT Science WritingOh Rats!Emma Foehringer Merchant ’22, on the explosion of rats in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Recorded in November, 2021.1 min read·Oct 21, 2022----
MIT Science WritingThe Sligo DragonThe Sligo Dragon Transcript Saima Sidik6 min read·Nov 19, 2020----