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"There are also a lot of 'unknown unknowns' that could come from these tools, much like the map of the roundworm in the 1980s led to new biological discoveries no one could have anticipated." via @hhmi_science hhmi.org/news/cell-line…

www.hhmi.org Mapping How a Single Cell Becomes an Entire Mouse | HHMI HHMI Investigators Jonathan Weissman and Jay Shendure have each created cell lineage maps of the origin and outcome of vast numbers of cells in a developing mouse — information that could enable...

MIT Science @ScienceMIT Oct 13

Happy Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in STEM—like computing pioneer Margaret Hamilton. Read about her legacy at MIT News news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-…

news.mit.edu Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

MIT Science @ScienceMIT Aug 13

Congratulations to Nergis Mavalvala PhD '97, Dean of the MIT School of Science and Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, on being named to the 2026 @Forbes 50 Over 50! #ForbesOver50 forbes.com/sites/maggiemc…

Portrait of Nergis Mavalvala with a frame reading "Forbes 50 over 50 [know your value]"

MIT Science @ScienceMIT Jul 20

Climate-driven sea level rise is making freshwater ecosystems saltier, and @MIT_Physics researchers have uncovered how that shift could reshape the microbial communities that sustain rivers and estuaries news.mit.edu/2026/how-influ…

news.mit.edu How an influx of salt may affect microbial ecosystems MIT researchers have found that when salt levels rise, aquatic microbial populations maintain their overall growth rate, but they lose diversity as faster-growing strains tend to take over the...

MIT Science @ScienceMIT Jul 13

The universe keeps telling us that black holes exist in an "impossible" mass zone. That's leaving astronomers to find alternative origin stories for black holes via @gizmodo gizmodo.com/scientists-say…

gizmodo.com Scientists Say Some Black Holes Are Born From Other Black Holes The universe keeps telling us that black holes exist in an "impossible" mass zone. That's leaving astronomers to find alternative origin stories for black holes.