Malicious agents can use machine learning to launch powerful attacks that steal information in ways that are tough to prevent and often even more difficult to study. Attackers can capture data that “leaks” between software programs running on the same computer. They then use machine-learning algorithms to decode those signals, which enables them to obtain...
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Global Study Finds Healthy Eating Got Pricier in the Pandemic
By now, most Americans have felt the effects of global crises on their grocery bills. Recent research published in the journal Nature Food has found this to be a worldwide phenomenon. As part of a project called Food Prices for Nutrition, professor William Masters at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and a...
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Wreck of Historic Royal Ship Discovered Off the English Coast
The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century – which sank 340 years ago while carrying the future King of England James Stuart – has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk in the UK, it can be revealed today. Since running aground on a sandbank on May 6, 1682, the...
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How Your Race, Class and Gender Influence Your Dreams for the Future
In Disney’s “Pinocchio,” Jiminy Cricket famously sings, “When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are. Anything your heart desires will come to you.” But Jiminy Cricket got it wrong. We’re often taught that we are free to dream – to imagine our future possibilities. Yet in a large research project we...
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Trade Can Worsen Income Inequality
Using Ecuador as case study, economists show international trade widens the income gap in individual countries. International trade exacerbates domestic income inequality, at least in some circumstances, according to an empirical study that two MIT economists helped co-author. The research, focusing on Ecuador as a case study, digs into individual-level income data while examining in...
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Venezuelans Big Presence in Caravan After Visa Requirement
After walking for two days along rural highways in southern Mexico with several thousand other migrants, Venezuelan Wilber Pires spent what was supposed to be a day of rest for the caravan asking for help to buy medicine for his daughter. Two-year-old Valesca Pires was hospitalized in Huixtla overnight with a high fever. Other children...
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Over 70% of Mass Shootings in Developed Countries Happen in the U.S., International Analysis Shows
Mass shootings in the US account for 73% of all 139 incidents occurring in developed countries between 1998 to 2019. During this time, 62% of all 1,318 fatalities from the attacks also happened in the states. These are the findings of a shocking new study, published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal...
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A New Data-Driven Model Could Provide a Powerful Policy Planning Tool to Combat the Nation’s Opioid Crisis
A Mass General-led team of public health modelers and substance use experts has developed a dynamic model based on national data from 1999 to 2020 that tracks the evolution of the opioid crisis for public policy analysis and development The tool, known as SOURCE, factors in the interconnecting stages of opioid use, from initiation to...
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This Illusion, New to Science, Is Strong Enough to Trick Our Reflexes
Have a look at this image. Do you perceive that the central black hole is expanding, as if you’re moving into a dark environment, or falling into a hole? If so, you’re not alone: a new study shows that this ‘expanding hole’ illusion, which is new to science, is perceived by approximately 86% of people. Dr....
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Surprising New Research Finds Women Supporting Women in Business May Backfire
Businesses with female founders who receive funding from female rather than male venture capitalists are two times less likely to raise additional financing. When women receive support from other women, observers may believe the relationship was motivated by considerations other than merit, leading them to dismiss evidence of the women’s competence. Well-intentioned calls for women to invest...
