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Glowing Green Goo

Glowing Green Goo

Why we think all radioactive materials glow

May 14, 2017 | Brandon S.

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word “radioactive”? For many people, this word conjures up images of ominously glowing material. In the opening credits to The Simpsons, a running gag is Homer’s mishandling of a glowing green bar of radioactive material. As someone who works with a fair bit […]

Winter Is Coming

Winter Is Coming

The trick to dealing with New England weather

March 12, 2017 | Brandon S.

“California native picks MIT for the beautiful Boston weather.” This is a headline that you will never see in an MIT advertising brochure. Whenever I go back home to visit family in sunny SoCal, the most common reaction I get from people when I tell them I go to school here is, “Ooooh, so you […]