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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Goodbye Ketchup Woes: MIT Introduces Non-Stick Condiment Bottle Coating

    Ketchup bottles can get a little annoying. You're always struggling to shake the stuff out and even plastic squeeze bottles won't do the trick sometimes. Some guys over at MIT have it all figured out. They've created LiquiGlide, a "super slippery" coating that will make stuff like ketchup and mayo ... More >>

  • Books

    March 28, 2012

    Spring Guide 2012: Granta Eyes the African Short Story

    Continental rift

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Mayor Bloomberg: 'Double the Class Size With a Better Teacher Is a Good Deal for the Students'

    Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday at a conference at MIT that if he had it his way, he'd slash half the teaching staff of city schools. CBS doesn't have a whole lot of context for the quote, but read it and weep: "If I had the ability to just design the system and say ex cathedra this is what we're g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Bloomberg Claims NYPD "7th Biggest Army in World" ... Um, That's Totally Wrong

    In the annals of political rhetoric, there are lies, damn lies and exaggeration. Well, according to Politicker NY, Mayor Bloomberg dropped himself into the third category during a speech at MIT last night, when he claimed, "I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the wor ... More >>

  • Film

    September 21, 2011

    In Search of God: L.A. Party Girl Travels to India, Asks Life's Big Questions

    In the annals of political rhetoric, there are lies, damn lies and exaggeration. Well, according to Politicker NY, Mayor Bloomberg dropped himself into the third category during a speech at MIT last night, when he claimed, "I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the wor ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 31, 2011

    Why Do Cholos Look So Spic & Span?

    In the annals of political rhetoric, there are lies, damn lies and exaggeration. Well, according to Politicker NY, Mayor Bloomberg dropped himself into the third category during a speech at MIT last night, when he claimed, "I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Meat Prices Could Shoot Up 7 Percent This Year; Upscale Supermarkets Hit China

    The floods, droughts, storms and tornadoes that hit the United States in April and May could mean a severe spike in food prices, including a 7 percent increase in the price of meat over the next year. [NPR] Deliverymen for Chinese restaurants are increasingly using electric bicycles--much to the ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Peter Thiel Announces 2011 '20 Under 20' Fellows, but Why So Few Women?

    ​Meet Peter Thiel's Fellows: a handsome selection of the finest innovators under 20 years old. And by handsome, we mean 18 of them are boys, two of them are girls. But is anyone really that surprised of the ratio? Probably not. (Back to that later). Thiel's 20 Under 20 were selected based on a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Bradley Manning Charged With 'Aiding the Enemy'

    ​U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, 23, who has been locked in solitary confinement for ten months, under conditions that some argue count as torture, has been hit with 22 military charges for his involvement in allegedly passing secret U.S. diplomatic cables to Julian Assange's WikiLeaks organizat ... More >>

  • Film

    March 2, 2011

    One-Size-Fits-All '80s Nostalgia in Take Me Home Tonight

    ​U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, 23, who has been locked in solitary confinement for ten months, under conditions that some argue count as torture, has been hit with 22 military charges for his involvement in allegedly passing secret U.S. diplomatic cables to Julian Assange's WikiLeaks organizat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Your Week In Nightlife, Starring Blaqstarr, Kode9, Classixx, And Nomi Ruiz

    ​It is freezing outside, there's no doubt about that. And while we know it's almost impossible to leave the comfort of your toasty apartment, the weekend's dance schedule demands it. A mix of disco, Latin grooves, African drums, dub wars, and dubstep awaits, alongside a club-king-turned-r&b-si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Sadness Is Contagious, But Don't Worry: That Case of the Discontents Will Only Last You Five Years or So

    Hang in there for a few more years, Chris.​Not only is divorce potentially contagious, so are feelings. Which explains why when you're around someone who bitches and moans all the time, you want to start bitching and moaning (probably about them), too! Sadness begets sadness, and happiness bri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2010

    WTF is ROFLcon?!

    ​If you have the internet, especially on your phone, you might spend some time on Twitter. And if you're not completely consumed in this whole Nerd Prom thing, maybe you noticed another hashtag all up in your feed on Friday and Saturday. No, not about the weather, though it is beautiful in New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Sam Roweis, NYU Professor and Math Star, Leaps to Death

    ​37-year-old math wizard Sam Roweis had an impressive resume -- Cal Tech, MIT, a "rising star" at the University of Toronto, Google; tons of grants, fellowships, and honors. He joined the NYU faculty as an associate professor in the Vision Learning Graphics Lab of the Computer Science departm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Who the Internet Thinks You Are

    ​ This is eerie. You plug in your first and last name, and this web app gives a picture of how the internet sees you. The website, created as part of an MIT art installation Metropath(ologies), is meant as a critique of data mining efforts by Google, Netflix, and the U.S. Government. In a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Bones' Beat: Destroy All Monsters at Printed Matter

    Any even slightly exhibitionistic art student knows the ground rules to starting a band: do some serious hanging out, pick a name, make a noise, and bring that noise with supreme gusto to a group of people in a basement or a cafeteria. It's simple and satisfying. Perhaps one in five art school ban ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Secret Science Club Gets Some Love

    The Christian Science Monitor calls it "a nightclub for nerds," but that's sort of a rave for Brooklyn's Secret Science Club, which for years has been making science talks fun. One mailing for an astrophysics lecture, for example, was headlined, "Strap on your rocket pack! The Secret Science Club is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Bones' Beat: The Art Dealers Association of America's Art Show

    This week Bones, intrepid art-world raconteur, lives down his old bad days as a louche art dealer at The Art Dealers Association of America's disastrous Art Show. Holger ThossCourtesy ADAA At the apogee of the last decade's art market boom, a decently connected dealer needed exert only a little ef ... More >>

  • Art

    February 25, 2009

    Louise Nevelson's 'Dawns and Dusks'; Aimé Mpané at Skoto Gallery; The Bruce High Quality Foundation

    This week Bones, intrepid art-world raconteur, lives down his old bad days as a louche art dealer at The Art Dealers Association of America's disastrous Art Show. Holger ThossCourtesy ADAA At the apogee of the last decade's art market boom, a decently connected dealer needed exert only a little ef ... More >>

  • Books

    February 25, 2009

    Cabinet Magazine Hopes Its New Home Catches Fire

    This week Bones, intrepid art-world raconteur, lives down his old bad days as a louche art dealer at The Art Dealers Association of America's disastrous Art Show. Holger ThossCourtesy ADAA At the apogee of the last decade's art market boom, a decently connected dealer needed exert only a little ef ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey May Not Actually Be The Future of Storytelling

    This week Bones, intrepid art-world raconteur, lives down his old bad days as a louche art dealer at The Art Dealers Association of America's disastrous Art Show. Holger ThossCourtesy ADAA At the apogee of the last decade's art market boom, a decently connected dealer needed exert only a little ef ... More >>

  • Art

    October 1, 2008

    Stan VanDerBeek at Guild & Greyshkul; Diana Al-Hadid's 'Reverse Collider'; Josef Koudelka at Pace MacGill

    This week Bones, intrepid art-world raconteur, lives down his old bad days as a louche art dealer at The Art Dealers Association of America's disastrous Art Show. Holger ThossCourtesy ADAA At the apogee of the last decade's art market boom, a decently connected dealer needed exert only a little ef ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 23, 2008

    Stan VanDerBeek

    This week Bones, intrepid art-world raconteur, lives down his old bad days as a louche art dealer at The Art Dealers Association of America's disastrous Art Show. Holger ThossCourtesy ADAA At the apogee of the last decade's art market boom, a decently connected dealer needed exert only a little ef ... More >>

  • Theater

    April 15, 2008

    Untitled Mars: Lost in Space

    Jay Schleib's beguiling, perplexing trip to the red planet

  • Books

    December 12, 2006

    Meet Your Greens

    Inspiring eco-solutions from Al Gore and friends

  • NYC Life

    September 20, 2005

    Don't Call it 'Project Runway, the Art Exhibit'

    A Soho gallery turns fashion studio, for one week

  • Music

    July 12, 2005

    Laptop for Desktoppers

    Music so unlikely it could be written and performed rather than researched and found

  • Art

    January 4, 2005

    Game On!

    Will more professors develop video games for their classes?

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2004

    It's the Stupid Economy

    Will more professors develop video games for their classes?

  • News

    September 14, 2004

    Walking the Edge

    NYU confronts its suicide problem with counseling and a questionable questionnaire

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2004

    Math Destruction

    NYU confronts its suicide problem with counseling and a questionable questionnaire

  • News

    June 10, 2003

    An Informed Citizenry

    Telling Trend Takes Hold

  • News

    May 27, 2003

    It's Nucular

    Republicans Plan a Hydrogen Economy—at Your Expense

  • News

    March 4, 2003

    The Wagers of War

    Web Site Takes Bets on When Iraq Attack Will Start

  • News

    November 12, 2002

    War Games

    New Media Finds Its Place in the New World Order

  • NYC Life

    September 3, 2002

    Rallying the Troupes

    Young Directors Take Charge

  • Books

    September 3, 2002

    Tibet or Not Tibet

    Young Directors Take Charge

  • News

    November 13, 2001

    Going Ballistic

    Pentagon Fires on Critical Scientist

  • Books

    April 10, 2001

    The Flack Catchers

    Pentagon Fires on Critical Scientist

  • Art

    August 1, 2000

    The Bilbao Effect

    Marquee Architects Draw Mixed Reviews on Campus

  • News

    January 11, 2000

    BattleBot Galactica

    Marquee Architects Draw Mixed Reviews on Campus

  • News

    December 21, 1999

    Quantum Leap

    Dr. Randell Mills says he can change the face of physics. The Scientfic Establishment thinks he's nuts.

  • Long Island Voice

    November 23, 1999

    Pure Play

    Dr. Randell Mills says he can change the face of physics. The Scientfic Establishment thinks he's nuts.

  • News

    November 16, 1999

    Pure Play

    At the re:play Conference, the Gaming World Longs for Legitimacy

  • News

    June 1, 1999

    Cyborg Dreaming

    Darling, These Shoes Would Look Fabulous With That Computer You're Wearing!

  • NYC Life

    October 27, 1998

    Since 1985

    Two-Bedroom Loft Co-Op

  • News

    September 15, 1998

    Radical Robots

    Building the Electronic Future Out of LEGO

  • News

    December 16, 1997

    Ground Zero

    Building the Electronic Future Out of LEGO

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