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Arts & Entertainment

Mark Wahlberg Is Producing a Reality Show Starring MIT Students

It’s not even a joke anymore: A&E is gradually turning into the Wahlberg Network. Deadline has reported that Mark Wahlberg is producing yet another Boston-set reality show […]

City Life

MIT Bitcoin Club Is Dropping $100 of Digital Currency Into Students’ Pockets

Two MIT students want to make sure that every undergraduate on campus—all 4,500 of them—has some digital money once the fall semester begins. On Tuesday, members […]

City Life

Boston’s Next Tech Gold Mine

The region’s newest multibillion-dollar industry is massive and invisible. It is a tech revolution that is silently and stealthily connecting companies to us in ever-more-cunning ways. And it may be the one enterprise that locks in Boston’s hegemony over tech for years to come.

Wellness

MIT’s 18th Annual Ballroom Dance Competition Is This Weekend

Ballroom dance isn’t just about the fancy costumes; it’s also good for the body and mind. The social aspect of working with a partner, the […]

City Life

MIT Groups Insist That Bitcoin Is the Way of the Future

Even though Massachusetts officials recently warned residents about the possible risks when buying and using crypto-currencies, and told them to stick to traditional methods of payment […]

City Life

MIT Students Hung Thousands of Paper Cranes in Memory of Officer Sean Collier

On Friday, April 18, the MIT community took the day to remember Officer Sean Collier, who was shot and killed last year by the alleged […]

City Life

Throwback Thursday: When MIT Was Founded

We remember the year 1861 in American history largely because it marked the start of the Civil War. But up here in Massachusetts, the era […]

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Wellness

Coughs and Sneezes Float Farther Than You Think

Dr. Oz once filmed an episode where he had a machine that mimicked the effect of a sneeze with dyed powder. He placed a dummy several feet from the sneeze machine in order […]

City Life

Visualizing Cambridge’s Bike-Crash Data

As winter makes way for spring, Hubway stations reopen, and biking season pedals into full-force, it’s important for cyclists to be informed about which streets […]

Arts & Entertainment

MIT Students Will Run in Their Undies to Raise Money for Officer Collier Scholarship

Students from MIT will strip down to their skivvies in a strange but heartfelt tribute to Officer Sean Collier, who was killed last year during […]

Arts & Entertainment

The ‘Sleeping MIT Students’ Blog Is Exactly What It Sounds Like

This in-depth chart shows when students from MIT are typically asleep, at least according to a survey conducted by the school’s paper of record. But […]

Wellness

Living Proof Launches Its First Skin Care Product

Inside a lab in Cambridge, scientists in white coats are huddled behind a microscope, intently searching for the discovery that may one day smooth your […]

Arts & Entertainment

MIT Collecting Paper Cranes to Honor Officer Sean Collier

An independent group from MIT is trying to rally the community at the school—and beyond—to make as many paper cranes as possible for a special […]

City Life

Can MIT Help Solve the Mystery of Bigfoot?

Matt Knapp thinks that Bigfoot research is a mess right now. “The facts are that in terms of progress, the Bigfoot research community has ultimately […]

City Life

Marathon Survivor Dances for the First Time Since April Attack

  A Boston Marathon bombing survivor that lost one of her legs in the April attack got the chance to dance again with the assistance […]