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This Three-Armed Robot Can Shake It Like a Bartender

The latest creation coming from the brains of developers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could potentially leave a lot of bartenders out of a […]

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MIT Will Use 300 Programmable Umbrellas to Light Up the Cambridge Skyline

More than 300 umbrellas retrofitted with multi-colored LED lights will be used to create an interactive light show on MIT’s campus as part of a […]

Surgery
Wellness

Waking Up During Surgery Not Uncommon

Waking up during surgery sounds like an irrational fear, but the scary part is it’s not that uncommon. In fact, experts estimate that it happens […]

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One Officer Dead After Multiple Standoffs with Police in Cambridge and Watertown

Update: The Watertown stand off appears to have resulted in the death of the first Boston marathon bombing suspect and led to a manhunt for the […]

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Will Cheaper Office Space in Kendall Square Drive Innovation?

On Monday night, Cambridge approved some new zoning requirements for 26 acres of MIT property in Kendall Square. The big news is that the city […]

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Is the Internet Sending Higher Education the Way of the Newspaper Industry?

MIT has led the way in pushing the higher education industry to embrace the digital revolution, but Michael Cusumano, a professor at MIT’s Sloan School […]

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MIT Students Not Enthusiastic About a Mass Email Prank

At around 1 a.m., MIT sophomore Delian Asparouhov sent an e-mail to his entire campus impersonating MIT President L. Rafael Reif and alleging that Wednesday classes would […]

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MIT to Release Redacted Documents in Aaron Swartz Case

MIT President Rafael Reif released a statement today announcing the university’s decision to release documents pertaining to the Aaron Swartz case. On Friday, lawyers representing […]

Salt
Wellness

Research Says Salt is Connected to Autoimmune Disorders

Salt photo via Shutterstock. You probably already knew that the excess salt in that bag of potato chips you’re munching on is a major contributor […]

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China Town

Chinese come to Boston, by and large, to see Cambridge and its universities. Boston wants these tourists to stay awhile.

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The MIT Hoaxster Alleged a Gunman Was Retaliating for Aaron Swartz

The person who sent in a false tip that a gunman was roaming the MIT campus Saturday morning alleged that the gunman was targeting MIT’s […]

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Reports of an MIT Gunman Were a Hoax

Cambridge police say that the initial report that a gunman was on the MIT campus with a rifle and body armor was a hoax. MIT […]

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EdX Expands Online Offerings

Image Credit: Viola Ng via Flickr EdX, the online collaboration that started between MIT and Harvard last May, and expanded to six universities in the […]

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Every College Student in Boston Spent the Storm Making the Same YouTube Video

Boston’s multitudes of college kids had a lot of time on their hands while snowed in by last weekend’s blizzard, and according to our calculations, […]

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Dear MIT: Please Make Us Snow Removal Flamethrowers

(Snow Melters on loan from Massport, photo via City of Boston) As Boston continues to dig out from Nemo, the city is facing an age-old […]