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Objects at MIT May Be Closer Than They Appear

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16 Jul
2016

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (or as the cool kids call it, MIT) is a bit of an anomaly as […]

Posted in MassachusettsTagged college, Infinite Corridor, MIT, MIThenge8,917 Comments

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

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11 Mar
2016

Mark Twain once gave us the line, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”  And while […]

Posted in MassachusettsTagged Boston, Christian, map, Mapparium, Massachusetts, projection, Science8,195 Comments

The House that Cy Built

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23 Feb
2016

For the self-identified members of Red Sox Nation, the century-old Fenway Park is indeed hallowed ground. Opening in 1912, the […]

Posted in MassachusettsTagged Avenue, Baseball, Boston, Cy, Fenway, Grounds, Huntington, Massachusetts, Northeastern, Red, Sox, University, Young9,325 Comments

So How Long is a Smoot, Anyway?

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17 Apr
2014

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MA – Man, I miss college.  It seems like every day (or night) of those four wonderful years […]

Posted in MassachusettsTagged Boston, Cambridge, Harvard Bridge, MIT, Oliver Smoot, Smoot7,683 Comments

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