Stuttering affects more than 5% of all preschool-age children and remains chronic in approximately 1% of adults worldwide. #OpenAccess in the Neurobiology of Language, an article on stuttering surveys recent research & priorities for the future: direct.mit.edu/nol/article/... @jneurolang.bsky.social

"Clear, simple answers to the most common and vexing questions about climate change that we can take action on right now." @hannahritchie.bsky.social's "Clearing the Air" is a @nextbigidea.bsky.social must-read!

@stuhorvath.com's expansive guide is "a really fascinating read about the tabletop universe." "Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground" is one of @joeyfameli.bsky.social's favorite things! Check out the clip on Adam Savage's Tested: youtube.com/clip/UgkxlIt... @tested.com @asavage.bsky.social

"A wonderfully readable look at the interface between book history & computer history." — @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social In "README," historian @patrickmccray.bsky.socials uses the oldest literary technology—books—to explain how computers became popular. Available now: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255348...

"Brouws photographs the vestiges of North America’s steam age ... invit[ing] reflection on what we build, what we discard, and how memory lingers in the physical world." "Silent Monoliths" is @fivebooks.com arts & architecture editor Romas Viesulas' most anticipated book of early 2026:

"Strange Attractor gives us a portrait of the man as madcap autodidact, voraciously well read in ethnobotanical lore, hermetic occultism, C.G. Jung ... and, not least, philosophy." @washingtonpost.com reviews Graham St John's new biography of Terence McKenna: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

"Energizing and brilliant." @newrepublic.com reviews "Ruth Asawa and the Artist-Mother at Midcentury":

"Through a mixture of luck, judgment and calculation, Iofan stayed alive while many of his friends and colleagues did not."

From the hidden engineering of birds to the incredible history of xenotransplantation, our Spring catalog features cutting-edge, imaginative books on science, technology, design, culture, and more. Browse our catalog online, or download directly to your device: mitpress.mit.edu/catalogs/

For as little as $29, companies like 23andMe promise to tell your genetic origin story. But biologist Carles Lalueza-Fox warns that genetic claims to "Viking” or “Yamnaya” roots are “neither universal nor objective,” and ancestry is just one piece of a bigger puzzle:

"In lucid prose & illuminated by Melinda Josie’s watercolours, the book shows how dreams can surprise us or redirect our attention to realities we otherwise ignore." Heidi Rennert reviews "An Alphabet for Dreamers," a charming new grammar for dreams by Sharon Sliwinski: @reviewcanada.bsky.social

It‘s published 🎉 I‘m very excited to share that my book „The Social Codes of Tech Workers“ is now out with @mitpress.bsky.social You can find it in bookstores and online. Thanks to everyone who supported me on the journey! See comments section for link to the first chapter.

"Wait...That's what deconstruction is all about?" Deconstruction @mitpress.bsky.social Essential Knowledge Series. mitpress.mit.edu/9780262542470/

Science lovers can satisfy their curiosity with @nextbigidea.bsky.social's list of the 12 Best Science Books of 2025, including James Riordon's fascinating story of gravity, "Crush":

Comedy gold starting right here at 28:55, a few minutes before "Deconstruction" makes an appearance. We could all use a laugh: youtu.be/IZvClu34niM?...

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"In many respects, the book is inspiring. The examples show how some ordinary people can become change agents without, metaphorically, having to climb Mount Everest." Noel Castree reviews "Somebody Should Do Something" for @us.theconversation.com:

New this week from the MIT Press. Congratulations authors! 📚👇

It's book launch day! Very excited and super thankful. If you can help me amplify with a share, that would be amazing. Or, if you read it and want to tell people about it, that would be pretty rad too! Thanks again @mitpress.bsky.social, and many more who helped along the way.

1/7 It's book publication day! "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is out now from @mitpress.bsky.social in @belfercenter.bsky.social's Studies in International Security book series. Contents and discount codes below. @managingtheatom.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026205185...

My @theatlantic.com piece on the emerging new "Physics of Life". Complexity science, information theory, network theory... a whole new trans-disciplinary way of asking an ancient question. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Getting the facts straight is the first step in climate action. In "Clearing the Air," @hannahritchie.bsky.social provides clear, simple answers to 50 key climate questions that we can take action on right now. Out Feb. 10th, 2026 (North America only): bit.ly/4r0frsF

Isaac Asimov’s “Handbook of Robotics” imagined simple rules for machine morality. But reality is a maze of contradictions, biases, and blind spots.

I spoke to CHAIM GINGOLD about his book "Building SimCity: How to Put the World in a Machine" ( @mitpress.bsky.social ) on my podcast #GameStudies. Please click here to listen, like & share: ➡️ newbooksnetwork.com/building-sim... //cc @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Before the ubiquity of personal computers, a group of teens gathered in a New Jersey barn to learn to code, program, and experiment with the interactive world of the future. @spectrum.ieee.org excerpts "README," a literary history of computers by @patrickmccray.bsky.social:

"@alex-pentland.bsky.social’s work reveals a kind of balancing act, where humanity has won opportunities from AI, but also has to guard against unintended side effects that may challenge us in ways we never expected." — @forbes.com "Shared Wisdom" is out now: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205099...

As familiar as the force is, gravity is also one of the weirdest features of our universe. @nextbigidea.bsky.social features five big ideas from James Riordon's new book, "Crush":

In 2009, Coke faced a major challenge: People were waking up to the health risks of soda. To shift the narrative, it launched a campaign promoting the idea that weight was about calories in versus calories out…until the plan backfired catastrophically:

#caturday afternoon read in bed of “Conceiving Histories” with Annie. Congratulations to @drbeldavis.bsky.social and Anna Burel on their inventive and intriguing collaboration! @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky #histmed #blackcat

@portersqbooks.bsky.social welcomes Max Bazerman for a talk about his book, "Inside An Academic Scandal," a compelling story of fraud and betrayal, and how good scientists can become complicit in bad science. 📆 Thurs, Jan 15th 🕓 7:00 PM Register here: portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...

"Sheer retro bliss, no spandex." — James Lovegrove 🎉 "Before Superman" is a @financialtimes.com best science fiction book of 2025: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255307... 💙📚

How Coca-Cola’s Calories-Out Myth Backfired Spectacularly: "The soda giant astroturfed a campaign meant to shift blame from sugar to sedentary lifestyles. Instead, it sparked a PR nightmare." via @mitpress.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/12/12/h...

finished @gmantic.bsky.social's monumental new terence mckenna bio last night. sympathetic & infectious travelogue of mckenna's psychedelic multiverse, but also pretty unflinching & even rigorous in unpacking the very, very high weirdness. from @mitpress.bsky.social: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204957...

In "Atlas of Botanical Fragrance," Jean-Claude Ellena—the "nose" for Hermès for more than a decade—explores the botanical elements of perfumery. Including lime, oud, mint, and more, this is a vibrant guide to the origins of treasured aromas. Out in Spring 2026: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205176...

"A new voice? Yes, here’s one whose critical acuity, energetic prose, and wealth of insight break free from the calcified frameworks that have come to govern the interpretation of photography." Wonderful to see Andrew Witt's "Lost Days, Endless Nights" on @artforum.com's Best Books of 2025:

Enjoy 50% off individual subscriptions to leading MIT Press journals across the arts, humanities, science, technology, international affairs, and economics. No code needed! Our holiday journal sale lasts through January 4th: direct.mit.edu/journals/pag...

Nice to see this excerpt of Sweet and Deadly in the MIT Press Reader today. @mitpress.bsky.social. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-coca-col...

The Press and @openmindjournal.bsky.social are pleased to announce a partnership with Lyrasis through the Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP). Learn how your institution can support this initiative to continue providing the latest #cogsci research—free of charge—here: bit.ly/452nMma

The first review of Becoming Martian is in! Kirkus Reviews calls it "a fascinating combination of space science, genetics, and evolutionary biology." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... @mitpress.bsky.social #BecomingMartian #BookReview

"A dizzying list of ways in which AI could be used in politics, lawmaking, government operations and the judiciary, as well as how each of these uses could go wrong." Gideon Lichfield reviews "Rewiring Democracy" for @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... @glichfield.bsky.social

Know someone interested in AI, evolution, and neuroscience? My book “What Is Intelligence?” (@mitpress.bsky.social & Antikythera) is on sale for the holidays—15% off through 12/15. Use code MITP15: bit.ly/4pTVv9t

If you speak whale, you may know that sperm whales communicate with click vocalizations that they group into units called codas. A new study in @openmindjournal.bsky.social shows that within these codas appear to be vowels & diphthongs, used similarly to humans: direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

"A generally uncomplicated and pleasurable read ... pitched perfectly for the curious general reader and even for those dipping their toes into popular science for the first time." @dreochapman.bsky.social reviews James Riordon's "Crush" for @physicsworld.bsky.social:

A great little piece on the depiction of the human in raced/gendered/linear ways in evolutionary education at the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...

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"[Russell and Patterson's] persuasive account illustrates how tentative conclusions proclaimed by the powerful can harden into orthodoxies." — @newyorker.com Honored to see "The Weaponization of Expertise" among The New Yorker's best books of 2025: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204959...

Once "fully hypnotized by hemispheric dichotomies," @gregoryhickok.bsky.social shares how meeting his colleague David Poeppel led to them developing the theory for bilateral speech perception. An excerpt from "Wired for Words" via @thetransmitter.bsky.social:

"In 14 short, lucid chapters, their new book offers a framework and examples designed to activate the agency most people don’t realise they have." @theconversation.com reviews Somebody Should Do Something. @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Kitsune no Yomeiri: The day that foxes have their wedding ceremony Sanbaine: A sudden evening storm that occurs so quickly, one has no time to make even three bundles of rice 20 Japanese Words for Rain: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/20-japanese-...