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  My satellite would fit in a small suitcase.

  But it could help us find other worlds.

  
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  Truth in mapping

  We planned an exhibition to help people interpret the onslaught of data maps and visualizations from the 2020 election season. Little did we know it would turn into a digital exhibition—or that interpreting data maps would become a life-or-death skill.

  
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  The quinoa evangelist

  If Steve Gorad ’63 had stayed on his carefully mapped career path, quinoa might have remained an obscure grain of the Andes.

  
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  Sustaining our mission, shaping the conversation

  Despite the pandemic, MIT remains focused on solving the world’s most pressing problems. And the work of a nonpartisan student organization reminds us that in the US, we all play a critical role in defining the national agenda.

  
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  Slowing the spread

  Capping gatherings at 10 people could significantly reduce covid-19 infection rates.

  
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  Supermassive award

  Andrea Ghez ’87 shares a Nobel for detecting a black hole at the center of our galaxy.

  
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  Life on Venus?

  Our neighbor’s atmosphere harbors evidence of a gas associated with living things.

  
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  Cooking without fire

  New evidence suggests ancient humans could have boiled their food in hot springs.

  
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  One-shot flu shot

  By targeting a different part of the viral protein, a new type of vaccine could protect against influenza year after year.

  

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