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  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you ... the axolotl does not metamorphose, its cells are capable of reverting to ... , in essence, the closest thing in nature to a fountain of youth

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Personal Projects

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  lot simpler than it actually was. Took me forever to nudge the slates of ... had began to float out of the gravel it was buried under since I hadn ... by the shore, wash it, boil it for a while to get rid of anything it

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  the bible to free food, free stuff, parties, meetings, and other activities that spanned the course of the four days. Have nothing to do? Look ... all amazing- driven, motivated, really smart, and fun to be around. The

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  the video store but which ultimately end up losing out to likes of ... connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War ... climactic finale, the suppression of the black threat to white society by the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  more often talk about aspects of MIT that are freely offered to the world ... field. The Bhutan book is a byproduct of four such trips from 1988 to 2002 ... round-the-world voyage, and came back to present his theory of evolution

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  (since last year.) All of the furniture has been moved to the edges of the ... rent for the few weeks we are here. Yes, I am one of them—I got to campus ... of my biggest reasons for choosing MIT. But back to the scene at hand

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  was the research assistant to the niece of my old Robotics mentor (woo ... impending school year; the end of August is coming up soon (how is this possible? Did July even happen?) and that will mark the end of my 19th summer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  . So, I thought I'd post a few up here. To spare you the trouble of ... people or the world, and that I'm not smart enough to pursue what I want to ... understand the goal of the admissions committee: they want to pick 1,000 kids

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  witnessed many of you struggle to make sense of the pain and disappointment of ... , many of you went out of your way to remind us that mutual respect is the ... return to the regularly scheduled soapbox, I call for a moment of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  of how I could use the course material to design it. Stress, beam ... , enjoying life independent of the work load; and three, getting to know ... !) - published a letter to the editor from Folkers E. Rojas on February 28th that I

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  . The format for the evening will be each of the representatives to ... that the average number of schools people are applying to is pushing 15 ... Cambridge MA. It's a 10 minute walk across the bridge to Boston, and many of

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  Dartmouth on the bus to visit and I gave him the grand walking tour of Boston ... Laura and I have the same birthday. What's the probability of that ... the lack of meaningful updates recently; my life has been tremendously

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  learn to adjust to all sorts of settings. I came to the third dinner with ... (sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year) How I Learned to Stop ... loved the niche I found here, and stayed because of my friends, my hall

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  whole thing. There will be plenty of time to go crazy and lose sleep once ... handles research with freshman. Do they get to use the same facilities as ... any of the despartments?" So UROPs are pretty cool, or so I'm told

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to ... with bodies of water. The Charles River has been a silent witness to a ... answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything." It

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  ."]Dormspam[/annotation] asking students how much they spend monthly to see the cost of MIT outside ... the aquarium, museum of science, and the Maseeh Boat Cruise come to mind ... our collective dismay, there is another side of the coin: spending money

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  to Jenny's playlist and let it help you escape the samsara of the ... ."]psychoanalyzing the bloggers[/annotation] long enough to tell you that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2028 will be released Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  to the student center for breakfast. Surprisingly, my only gaffe of the ... to the far end of the tent so that I could deposit my belongings before ... together in front of his chest, fingers to the sky. He grasped each panelist

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first questions was about why I wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Amidst ... was still excited to learn more.  Over the course of four weeks, I got

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  attain any of the most common ambitions people have. do i want to become ... response to the question, but i’m pretty sure it was a combination of “not ... that maybe the idea those characters represent - of wanting to do things

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022