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Christopher Knittel, associate dean for climate and sustainability, said academic research had found that the Jones Act, a maritime law that restricts the way oil is shipped within the United States, added about 1.5 cents to the cost of gasoline. "It's not a huge number, but adds up given how much gasoline we consume," he said.

Christopher Knittel, associate dean for climate and sustainability, and co-author wrote: "Your electricity bill has become a political lightning rod. As rates climb, politicians and pundits have rushed to assign blame, with renewable energy policies often cast as the culprit. But new research points to a more nuanced story. Clean energy resources that cut emissions are not the reason electricity bills are rising. The problem is not renewables themselves; it is how they are paid for."

In a recent research paper, "Measuring by Executive Order," professor Roberto Rigobon and co-author pointed out multiple distortions in statistics along with the absolute need for reliable data.

In this episode, Professors Nelson Repenning and senior lecturer Don Keiffer discussed their book, "There's Got to Be a Better Way: How to Deliver Results and Get Rid of the Stuff That Gets in the Way of Real Work."

While speaking at the EmTech Europe 2026 conference, senior lecturer Paul Cheek expressed the belief that AI will start and run companies, with AI agents taking on roles equivalent to those of a CEO, processing data and rearranging priorities at regular intervals.

The U.S. is relatively insulated from natural gas price shocks due to the strikes on Iran's gas fields because the U.S. is a big producer and doesn't have enough export capacity to fully link itself to Asian and European markets, professor Catherine Wolfram told ABC News. Countries like Japan, Korea and the Europeans who are dependent on imports will take a big hit to their supply as a result of the attack on South Pars, she said.

Principal research scientist Andrew McAfee said: "Thanks to the phenomenal technological advances of recent years, we have the tools to pursue two goals simultaneously: improving the human condition and preserving nature. This is especially true with the development of artificial intelligence. I am convinced that it will extend and accelerate this momentum of improving the quality of human life and protecting the environment. This makes me deeply optimistic."

Professor Andrew W. Lo and co-author wrote: "Across pharma and academia, an estimated 5,000+ shelved drug candidates were discontinued for reasons unrelated to safety or efficacy. Each represents a potential therapy for conditions that, in many cases, have no approved treatment at all. Industry stakeholders have a unique opportunity to collaborate on identifying these compounds. Aligning these assets with capable and motivated partners will benefit both drug developers and patients."

In this podcast episode, professor of the practice Gary Gensler and other guests discussed the economic effects of the Iran war. "We're going to have higher prices for agriculture in the fall because the fertilizer pricing has doubled in the last few weeks, and this is spring planting time," he said.

According to a recent study by professor Kate Kellogg and co-authors, we might be overestimating our ability to spot check the content that LLMs produce — and underestimating how vulnerable we are to being manipulated by them. "We need to shift from thinking about LLMs as over‑agreeable followers to recognizing them as interaction‑sensitive persuaders that can resist, redirect, and overpower human judgment," said Kellogg in this Q & A interview.