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Academics People News Events BooksContact SearchContact Search Academics People News Events Books STS Reservations "Actin-in-HPV-16-Oncoprotein" Researchers are working to understand the processes by which HPV can transform a healthy cell into a cancerous one. This image shows actin (stained in green), a protein involved in cell motion, in HPV-16 E6 and E7-expressing human foreskin keratinocytes. This image was originally submitted as part of the 2016 NCI Cancer Close Up project. This image is part of the NCI Cancer Close Up 2016 collection. See also https://visualsonline.cancer.gov/closeup2016. AI Watchdog Computational Justice "Cobalt-60-Cancer-Therapy" "Cobalt therapy or cobalt-60 therapy is the medical use of gamma rays from the radioisotope cobalt-60 to treat conditions such as cancer. Beginning in the 1950s cobalt-60 was widely used in external beam radiotherapy (teletherapy) machines, which produced a beam of gamma rays which was directed into the patient’s body to kill tumor tissue. Because these "cobalt machines" were expensive and required specialist support, they were often housed in cobalt units. Cobalt therapy was a revolutionary advance in radiotherapy in the post-World War II period but is now being replaced by other technologies such as linear accelerators." Announcing Fall 2024 Class Schedules: Click here for undergraduate classes and here for Graduate classes The community of scholars at MIT’s Program in Science, Technology and Society bring methods from the humanities and social sciences to understanding science, technology, and medicine around the world. Our department includes lively undergraduate and graduate programs, and postgraduate training for science and technology journalists. By bridging humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine, our department seeks to build relationships among colleagues across the Institute in a shared effort to understand the human challenges at the core of the MIT mission. What is STS? Undergraduate Program Graduate Program Knight Science Journalism Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics Morison Prize and Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society Benjamin Siegel Writing Prize IN REMEMBRANCE Leo Marx, MIT STS Program Professor Emeritus, died on March 8, 2022. READ MORE MIT News: Remembering Leo Marx Boston Globe article: Leo Marx, pioneering professor and writer in American studies, dies at 102 ***** Kenneth Keniston, Founder, MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society, died on February 14, 2020. READ MORE: Remembering Kenneth Keniston STS in the News STS In The News Special Events , News Symposium on The History of Technology: Past, Present, and Future Apr 30, 2024 Friday, June 07, 2024 at 9:00am to 5:00pm Saturday, June 08, 2024 at 9:00am to 3:00pm at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wong Auditorium, E51-115 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142 The… Special Events , News Thinking After Latour Sep 25, 2023 This September 22-23, 2023 event was aimed at convening a group of remarkable scholars from across the disciplines—philosophy, history, ethnography, anthropology, sociology, colonial and indigenous studies, history of architecture, history of… Faculty & Student Mentions , News STS.014, Bringing Movement into the Classroom Dec 22, 2022 STS.014 Embodied Education: Past, Present, and Future, an experimental new course, was offered for the first time this fall. Learn more about the course here View All News Undark Magazine Truth, Beauty, Science. There’s Little Science Behind No Mow May” May 13, 2024, 7:21 am / by Peter Andrey Smith Interview: Uncertainty, Science, and Public Health Communication May 10, 2024, 7:31 am / by Dan Falk The Impossible Goal of a Disease-Free World May 9, 2024, 5:47 pm / by Joanna Thompson In the Race for Space Metals, Companies Hope to Cash In May 8, 2024, 7:08 am / by Sarah Scoles Breaking News Breaking news, brisk analysis, and reader discussions at the intersection of science and society. Visit Undark STS RADIO PODCASTS 12/18/2020: Digging Deep into North American Metals Mining 2/2/2021: Rare Earths for the Common People 2/10/2021: Not All Farming Happens on a Farm STS EVENTS 2022-23 Arthur Miller Lecture: danah boyd, Phd. Made, Not Found: Grappling with the Vulnerabilities of Data” Our People Get to know the STS Program. Meet Our Faculty See Publications Faculty Spotlight: David A. Mindell David A. Mindell, PhD, is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. David has spent twenty-five years researching the myriad relationships between people and machines. He served as an MIT department head for five years, and has led or contributed to more than 25 oceanographic expeditions. Read more about David The community of scholars at MIT’s Program in Science, Technology and Society bring methods from the humanities and social sciences to understanding science, technology, and medicine around the world. Our department includes lively undergraduate and graduate programs, and postgraduate training for science and technology journalists. By bridging humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine, our department seeks to build relationships among colleagues across the Institute in a shared effort to understand the human challenges at the core of the MIT mission. What is STS? Undergraduate Program Graduate Program Knight Science Journalism Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics Morison Prize and Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society Benjamin Siegel Writing Prize IN REMEMBRANCE Leo Marx, MIT STS Program Professor Emeritus, died on March 8, 2022. READ MORE MIT News: Remembering Leo Marx Boston Globe article: Leo Marx, pioneering professor and writer in American studies, dies at 102 ***** Kenneth Keniston, Founder, MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society, died on February 14, 2020. READ MORE: Remembering Kenneth Keniston STS in the News STS In The News Special Events , News Symposium on The History of Technology: Past, Present, and Future Apr 30, 2024 Friday, June 07, 2024 at 9:00am to 5:00pm Saturday, June 08, 2024 at 9:00am to 3:00pm at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wong Auditorium, E51-115 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142 The… Special Events , News Thinking After Latour Sep 25, 2023 This September 22-23, 2023 event was aimed at convening a group of remarkable scholars from across the disciplines—philosophy, history, ethnography, anthropology, sociology, colonial and indigenous studies, history of architecture, history of… Faculty & Student Mentions , News STS.014, Bringing Movement into the Classroom Dec 22, 2022 STS.014 Embodied Education: Past, Present, and Future, an experimental new course, was offered for the first time this fall. Learn more about the course here View All News Undark Magazine Truth, Beauty, Science. There’s Little Science Behind No Mow May” May 13, 2024, 7:21 am / by Peter Andrey Smith Interview: Uncertainty, Science, and Public Health Communication May 10, 2024, 7:31 am / by Dan Falk The Impossible Goal of a Disease-Free World May 9, 2024, 5:47 pm / by Joanna Thompson In the Race for Space Metals, Companies Hope to Cash In May 8, 2024, 7:08 am / by Sarah Scoles Breaking News Breaking news, brisk analysis, and reader discussions at the intersection of science and society. Visit Undark STS RADIO PODCASTS 12/18/2020: Digging Deep into North American Metals Mining 2/2/2021: Rare Earths for the Common People 2/10/2021: Not All Farming Happens on a Farm STS EVENTS 2022-23 Arthur Miller Lecture: danah boyd, Phd. Made, Not Found: Grappling with the Vulnerabilities of Data” Our People Get to know the STS Program. Meet Our Faculty See Publications Faculty Spotlight: David A. Mindell David A. Mindell, PhD, is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....