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• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  validity of a method or a result. I was surprised, although I shouldn't have ... defending my methods against their criticism" is a nice description of what ... 't think of anithing But Nasa! So I Dicided to mak a book about Dinosaurs! So

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  kitchen of Random Hall had melted from a relatively-docile social hub into a ... slowly deep-fried our brains over the relentless course of 63 hours. Before me sprawled a miniature metropolis of snack foods inspired by the great

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  9 and course 7). Most of her course 9 classes have been of the cellular/molecular neurobiology type, because that's her field of interest and the obvious intersection of her two majors. It's also what a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  need to fax materials at this point. Use traditional methods of ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... Early Action deadline. We've been getting a lot of questions here in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  -scale method of dismantling prions, the proteins that cause mad cow disease ... , Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he ... spread via the common American practice of feeding rendered animal parts

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Every so often, during the Q&A portion of an MIT information ... hair-pulling by even the brightest students. But in the rare cases of ... students study science and engineering. This shows a lack of understanding of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  my favorite 30 seconds of the entire show (minimal spoilers present and ... scene, one of the antagonists appears and transforms into a titan. the commander of the protagonists sees this and shouts “keep on the lookout

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  Recitation: Friday 11 am Professors: H. Ploegh and T. Orr-Weaver Biology of cells of higher organisms: structure, function, and biosynthesis of ... . Commentary: We watched this video the first day of lecture. Possibly one of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  reviewed in one of two methods. The first method is through small peer review ... taken, it's important to discuss what those random string of numbers we rattle off mean. Here's a great explanation by a class of '13 about how the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  of time to work at the lab -- I'm scheduled for 16 hours per week this ... , just to give you an idea how a few of my friends and I are spending our ... (brain and cognitive sciences) 7.27, Principles of Human Disease. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  nature of the human mind? Much of our work uses a brain imaging method ... their talks, I'll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof. Nancy Kanwisher received her Bachelor Of Science in Course 7 (Biology) from MIT in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  responsibilities in the Admissions office and my assumption of said responsibilities for this period of 12 months.) By the way, my name is Chris too ... conclusion regarding their efficacy. I will say that mostly any method you use

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  batch came out underdone, but a friend gave me a different method and the ... stuff, but I'm not a huge fan of mayonnaise so I figured I could ... random songs with the names of Pokémon.  Right before

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  ://web.mit.edu/yourusername. Neither of these methods are foolproof, but they are good first checks ... The first wave of the Next Big Mailing (NBM) has been sent out (several hundred of them late this week; more will be mailed next week, be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  --i'll fix it) done the whole esplanade - fourth of july - fireworks - picnic ... , i see you MOSTEC...) driven a zipcar full of friends out to westford ... on netflix and suddenly it's august. i'm tired of macgregor's teeny

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of ... -foot building of limestone and glass, the largest research building on campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  from a rural or small town?". This is an iteration of one of the most ... consider {insert town name I have never heard of} a small town in their ... the inherent strengths of this experience. So this is where I come in

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  By Chun Li MIT students have often heard of the bitter joke that ... needs. What is leadership? Some say that it’s being the president of a ... recognizing that different people have different styles of leadership in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  , I stared blankly at a wall whenever I was hit with a wave of sadness. But when I felt a bubbling feeling of frustration build in my chest, I knew that a rush of tears would soon follow.  I went through a rush of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  /01/12/asia/gallery/taal-volcano-eruption/index.html[/caption] volcanic ... common was the mention of ash. there was a lot of ash, which the wind blew ... far without ash sticking to the windshield of your car. there was so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020