In a new paper, Mai Hassan details her on-the-ground study of Sudan, showing how protestors have kept their tactics evolving in the face of oppressive rulers. “In a sense, protest tactics have to be random and unpredictable to work,” she says.

With about 200 family members, alumni, faculty, staff, and fellow students looking on, the MIT Latinx Graduate Students Association, Latino Cultural Center, and Latino Alumni of MIT held the inaugural MIT Latinx Graduation.

Aerospace engineers designed a 1-megawatt electrical motor that is a stepping stone toward electrifying the largest aircraft. “Heavy stuff doesn’t go on airplanes,” says Zoltan Spakovszky. “So, we’ve got to come up with very small, lightweight, and very powerful electric motors.”

Via @mitdesignacad on Instagram: “Incredible moments yesterday as the Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) welcomed MIT’s Commencement Speaker Mark Rober – engineer, educator, hacker, YouTuber, inventor… – into the MIT community.”

How can our universe abide by two incompatible rulebooks, the Standard Model of Physics and Einstein’s theory of general relativity? Daniel Harlow is looking for answers in an alternate “boomerang” reality that represents the universe as a hologram of itself.

Via @ultismite on Instagram: “We are so proud of our 2023 graduates and can’t wait to see what they accomplish on and off the field”