Management Science and Engineering

Minimizing the risk of contracting HIV | Illustration/Stefani Billings

Jun 2, 2017

How do you combat HIV risk among intravenous drug users?

Health Issue #24

Using an algorithm to help set bail could keep many defendants out of jail without increasing the risk of flight to avoid trial. | Stocksy/Clique Images

May 3, 2017

Exploring the use of algorithms in the criminal justice system

Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #23

Programs to encourage entrepreneurship should try to match students with mentors who have startup experience. | iStock photography/Tempura

Mar 14, 2017

How the right mentor can foster young entrepreneurs

Technology & Society

Six expert views on different aspects of the data security conundrum. | iStock/mattjeacock

Mar 2, 2017

How can we keep data safe, secure and private in our wired world?

Computation & Data, Security

Managing urbanization | iStock Photography/Alija

Jan 10, 2017

How humanity can flourish in the cities of the future

Technology & Society Issue #15

iStock Photography/Makkuro_GL

Jan 10, 2017

Melissa Valentine: The future of work could be “flash teams”

Technology & Society Issue #13

Swing voter? | Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Dec 5, 2016

Sharad Goel: How the presidential election flummoxed the pollsters

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Stocksy/David Smart

Dec 1, 2016

A data-driven approach to reducing the spread of infectious disease

Health

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Nov 17, 2016

Elisabeth Paté-Cornell: How risk analysis can improve cybersecurity

Electronics & Networking, Security Issue #10

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Oct 28, 2016

Why doctors can be good at inventing but bad for innovation

Health, Technology & Society Issue #11

"Reason must prevail if we’re going to get anywhere. But reason implies that people talk to, not past each other." | Image by Stocksy/Chelsea Victoria

Oct 20, 2016

A new book explores our global challenges in all of their complexity

Technology & Society Issue #8

“You should kind of go into the internet assuming everything you go to someone might learn about someday.” | Stocksy/Alita Ong

Oct 20, 2016

You are less anonymous on the web than you think — much less.

Electronics & Networking, Security, Technology & Society Issue #12

CoCos could make our banking system safer — or much, much worse. | iStock/webking; iStock/Maica

Oct 4, 2016

How a plan designed to discourage reckless investing could backfire

Technology & Society Issue #9

Far afield employees can feel out-of-the-loop. | REUTERS/David Gray

Aug 24, 2016

How to tame a turf war in a global economy

Technology & Society Issue #7

Siegfried Hecker (second from left) tours a secret Russian nuclear facility in the city of Sarov in February, 1992. | Photo courtesy of Stanford CISAC

Aug 4, 2016

Why the Soviet nuclear arsenal stayed secure as the nation collapsed.

Security, Technology & Society Issue #4

Researchers are exploring racial profiling in traffic stops | REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Jun 28, 2016

A new statistical test shows racial profiling in police traffic stops

Technology & Society

The future of work? | REUTERS/Aly Song

Jun 27, 2016

Melissa Valentine: Re-Inventing the Way We Work

Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #1

A tech startup in Vietnam | REUTERS/Kham

May 31, 2016

Lost in Translation: Can Silicon Valley Export Its Best Practices?

Technology & Society Issue #4

How do the structure of Google and other big technology companies affect their future? | REUTERS/Peter Power

May 20, 2016

Kathleen Eisenhardt: How to "turbo-charge innovation"

Technology & Society Issue #5

Is methadone a cost-effective strategy for treating heroin addiction? | REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Apr 27, 2016

What is the relationship between communicable illnesses and drug use?

Health, Technology & Society

Apr 5, 2016

Kathleen Eisenhardt: Simplifying makes teams more effective

Technology & Society

Apr 1, 2016

James Freeman: Subtle notes of coffee and philosophy

Technology & Society

Mar 30, 2016

Minnie Ingersoll: A drive to disrupt

Technology & Society

Mar 25, 2016

Federica Marchionni: Adaptability is key to staying ahead of the curve

Technology & Society