The co-director of Harvard’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program tells KSJ fellows that policymakers have misconstrued the climate debate.
Announcing the Class of 2017-18
The Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is pleased to announce that 10 elite science journalists from four countries have been selected as fellows for the 2017-18 academic year. The KSJ@MIT program, entering its 35th year, brings a selection of the world’s finest journalists to Cambridge, Massachusetts, for an academic […]
For the Class of 2016-17, a Few Last Acts
To conclude their second semester — before a graduation-week gala that included a presidential diploma ceremony, a farewell dinner, and an outing to the bleachers in Fenway Park — each of the 10 fellows in KSJ’s Class of 2016-17 gave a half-hour “Showcase” presentation of highlights from the year in Cambridge.
The Climate Is Changing. How to Make People Care?
How can we make a monster problem more manageable? This was the conundrum facing participants at “Tipping the Scales on Climate Change,” an April 20 panel discussion sponsored by KSJ and Undark as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
Bay State Weed: A Photo Essay
“Coming from Europe, where marijuana is still illegal in many countries,” writes Chloé Hecketsweiler, a 2016-17 KSJ fellow, “I am surprised to see it’s now ‘business as usual’ here.”
A Deep Dive Into Ocean Science: KSJ@Woods Hole, May 2017
For a dozen KSJ fellows and associates, a two-day visit to the marine research complex offers an immersion in sophisticated ocean science, from submersibles to cuttlefish.