The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag.gif The Tech http://tech.mit.edu/ http://tech.mit.edu Headlines from The Tech, MIT's Student Newspaper en-usCopyright The Tech 1881-2013 Events May 14 - May 20http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/events.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/events.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life THE SECRET LIVES OF RESEARCHERS: Don’t be afraid to ask http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N24/questions.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N24/questions.htmlBy Emily A. Moberg
STAFF WRITER
The Internet is littered with quotes about how it’s the great questions and not the great answers that are important and shape history, science, and the universe as a whole. It’s not as if I had never thought about it; really, I had. I had just assumed this was talking about my research questions, the big important questions I could spend a lot of time crafting. I assumed those were the questions I was being judged on. ]]>Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life ASK A-THEIST: Is there an absolute right or wrong? http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N24/rightwrong.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N24/rightwrong.htmlBy Aaron Scheinberg and Stephanie Lam
STAFF WRITERS
Ask A-theist is a column by Aaron Scheinberg G, an atheist, and Stephanie Lam G, a Christian, which uses contrasting worldviews to explore questions and misconceptions about philosophy and religion. This week, Stephanie chose the question. Send us the burning questions you have always wanted answered by an atheist or Christian (or both), and we’ll tackle them!]]>Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life Events May 7 - May 13http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N24/events.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N24/events.htmlTue, 7 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life THE SECRET LIVES OF RESEARCHERS: 50 minutes of anxiety http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N22/lecture.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N22/lecture.htmlBy Emily A. Moberg
STAFF WRITER
Sitting in class, 50 minutes always seemed like a lifetime. I never thought it could feel longer after leaving undergrad. ]]>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life Events Apr 30-May 6http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N22/events.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N22/events.htmlTue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life THE SECRET LIFE OF RESEARCHERS: The importance of adaptations http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N20/planktoncsf.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N20/planktoncsf.html
By Alexis D. Fischer
“Did you know,” I said to the eight-year-old boy in a Red Sox cap, “that about 50 percent of the oxygen in our atmosphere comes from the ocean by way of the tiny, drifting marine animals and plants called phytoplankton? So for every second breath you take, thank the plankton!”]]>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life Events apr. 23 – apr. 29 http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N20/events.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N20/events.htmlTue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life SCIENTIFIC IMAGE: Changing the face of the nuclear engineer http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/ansconference.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/ansconference.html
By Samuel Brinton
Students of nuclear science and technology learned from experts in the field, presented their unique research, and captured on video what it means to be a nuclear scientist or nuclear engineer last week at the 2013 American Nuclear Society Student Conference. The first ever “I’m a Nuke” videos will be featuring nuclear science and technology students from across the world who participated in the conference hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Section of the American Nuclear Society.]]>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life THE SECRET LIFE OF RESEARCHERS: Chasing salt http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/chasingsalt.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/chasingsalt.htmlBy Alec Bogdanoff Gripping the desk as waves rock the ship back and forth, it is occasionally hard to sit upright at sea, let alone walk about the ship. I have strapped my chair to my desk with a bungee cord to keep me from sliding across the lab. A few minutes ago a large wave washed across the stern of the ship and sent salt water into the lab. Some of our equipment got wet, but nothing too bad. ]]>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life ASK A-THEIST: Why claim one religious authority? http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/worldviewauthority.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/worldviewauthority.htmlBy Aaron Scheinberg and Stephanie Lam
STAFF WRITERS
Ask A-theist is a column by Aaron Scheinberg G, an atheist, and Stephanie Lam G, a Christian, which uses contrasting worldviews to explore questions and misconceptions about philosophy and religion. This week, Aaron chose the question. Send us the burning questions you have always wanted answered by an atheist or Christian (or both), and we’ll tackle them!]]>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME: Leaping into the unknown http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/tanyapiphi.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/tanyapiphi.htmlBy Tanya Liu “JUST DO IT!” rang the screeches from far off in the distance. As I teetered over the edge of the stone cliff and peered out at the water below, I could see the jagged outlines of the sharp rocks lurking below the surface. I wasn’t very keen on getting too friendly with those rocks, and their closeness did little to appease the nervous, bubbling feeling in my stomach. ]]>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life Events Apr 16- Apr 22http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/events.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N19/events.htmlFri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life Events Apr. 09 - Apr. 15http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N17/events.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N17/events.htmlTue, 9 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life