Peter Dizikes

Writer

MIT

Peter Dizikes writes for MIT News and MIT Technology Review at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His writing covers social sciences, humanities, and business, with many stories involving the history of science and science policy. Dizikes has reported and written articles for The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon, Slate, Seed, Nature, and other publications. He was an editor/writer for ABCNews.com and for Time, and frequently wrote features on education and also produced articles for university publications. Special projects included writing an educator’s guide to evolution accompanying NOVA’s acclaimed documentary, Judgment Day.

Tue, 11/23/2010 - 04:30

Observing the Observers MIT study show's how people make even life-and-death decisions based on observation and inference

Tue, 01/07/2014 - 16:40

A kidney transplant is a lifesaving operation—and yet every year in the United States, about 10 percent of donated kidneys go unused, after being rejected by multiple potential recipients. Why is this? According to Juanjuan Zhang, an associate…

The 6-Percent Solution Corporations can reduce greenhouse-gas emissions through better planning

Tue, 11/23/2010 - 04:30

Nearly 6 percent of greenhouse gases generated by humans are due to the flow of products to consumers. David Simchi-Levi, a professor in Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Engineering Systems Division and Department of Civil and…