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Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…
[Tonight I worked on a problem set in General Relativity until 4 AM ... sea in the sweet wet velvet of winter eve, I looked up and saw a beach ... , including a photogenic Bildungsroman in which I visit the beach and Mc -
Blog / Life after MIT
MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.
supernova can emit as much light as a whole galaxy. All in all, the two ... This morning, MIT alum Adam Riess '92 won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Adam Riess, MIT Class of 1992, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011 Riess -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Minesweeper Monday Episode One: Quantum of Solace Emulator
Hello everyone and welcome to episode one of Minesweeper Monday, a bit that I might never do again! In this episode I talk about Coffee and Radio and Movies and try for far too long to get an emulator of a game to -
Blog / Events
Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.
Last week, I promised you guys an update with photos of my Halloween costume. So, here I am as a duke: Note the plume in my hat. Hats with ... my friends in Senior Haus. Note the mural of Death (from Neil Gaiman -
Blog / MIT Life
We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.
[ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not actually so dumb that they don't know what snow is. Except for Keri. Who lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don't answer that.) Dear Bryan, I woke -
Blog / Events
Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn
I'll admit it -- the "soft core porn" reference in the excerpt for this entry was pretty cheap... but it worked, you pervert. Here are some ... . I love it! Yum. -
Blog / Miscellaneous
And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.
Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan ... the only remaining wookie. I must go now and weep gently. May my beard ... . Salvador, I thought you were the one... (P.S. Questions from last entry have -
Blog / Admissions
Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…
citizen. I have the particular patriotism of an immigrant, rooted in deep ... support for undocumented students, and, in this uncertain time, I wanted to ... conditions to work and study in the United States. This reevaluation has been -
Blog / Athletics
#funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF
been one of those things where the more I put in, the more I get out ... funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a ... - it was all very alluring and exotic to me. Growing up in sunny Los -
Blog / MIT Life
Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston
For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango. I ... was Red Mango, so my friends and I would call going to get frozen yogurt ... Avenue (living in East Campus, the closest dorm to classes, we have a -
Blog / Events
Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good
On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a -
Blog / Academics & Research
Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…
For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned ... microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine. Genetic ... the DNA into the nucleus, which Sid achieved by encapsulating the DNA in -
Blog / Admissions
Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.
Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT, and now that I have emerged from my first season of reading MIT ... Campus Preview Weekend (sign up now!) I’ve been working with our fantastic -
Blog / Admissions
A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!
, there are some good beaches right in Boston or its neighboring cities. I ... Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living -
Blog / About Decisions
Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.
from our wait list this year, and, if so, room for how many. Each year ... at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "yield") of greater ... you have submitted. We appreciate the time and effort you have put in to -
Blog / Miscellaneous
A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.
The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in ... spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
what a sunrise sounds like another one for your ears
) out by the sailing pavilion, there are some benches where you can sit with the road behind you and the river path in front, and watch the -
Blog / Admissions
Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT
Action admission decisions are made in mid-March. You can still apply for ... because we’ll be in committee making decisions about Regular Action ... things: You can now track the status of your financial aid application by -
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“That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....
To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing