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No Easy Decision
Earlier this month, after years of debate and discussion, President Obama has said no to the Keystone XL pipeline. For us here at Radius, this decision brought a sigh…
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Re:Making Life at the MIT Museum
Last Wednesday the MIT Museum kicked off “Re:Making Life”, a series of four conversations about synthetic biology. How are scientists using innovative techniques to modify organisms, and for what purposes? We are…
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Climate Countdown!!
On April 28, Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky spoke at a Radius event, Science at MIT: From the Cold War to the Climate Crisis. Concluding his remarks, Professsor Chomsky ended by…
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Change Ahead
This past Monday, MIT’s Climate Change Conversation Committee released their findings following a ten-month effort to engage the MIT community in dialogue about climate change. The “conversation” leadership team, headed…
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The Right Side of History
This past Saturday, over 220 young people, ages 13-18, took over the Stata “Street” and lecture halls as we hosted the 9th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change. It…
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Speak Up!!
Awareness has been building around the issue of fossil fuel divestment. Not only here in Cambridge, at MIT and Harvard, but across the country and the globe. According to…
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Heating Up!
Today I had the opportunity to attend a panel featuring faculty from the MIT Energy Initiative, hosted by the MIT’s MISTI program. The speakers (Francis O’Sullivan, Howard Herzog, Jacobo Buongiorno,…
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A Little More Vegan
At a recent dinner, I turned down the cheese that I could have sprinkled on top of my chili. “Oh, are you vegan now?” my friend asked. “No,” I…
Blog Topic: Environment
Join the conversation. In this blog, Radius staff and friends share updates and perspectives on current ethical issues in science and technology.
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Digital Distraction Overdrive
Robert Plotkin, guest blogger, will be giving a workshop as part of Radius’s “Hack Your…
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Looking Ahead With a Look Back
Weeks have flown by and, just like that, the semester is over and we are…