Tag: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1869 MIT Entrance Exam Paper Goes Viral For Being Too Easy, Can You Crack It?

October 2, 2024 admin

With an acceptance rate of just 4%, MIT is extremely hard to get into. New Delhi: A question paper from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s entrance exam from 1869 has recently gained attention on social media for being “surprisingly easy.” The paper, dated June 1869, released eight years after the institute’s founding. It was shared…

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Police dismantle pro-Palestinian tents at MIT as protests continue

May 10, 2024 admin

Signs and flags are pictured at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the lawn of the Stratton Student Center campus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Police dismantled a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology early Friday and moved to clear protesters…

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Scientists document remarkable sperm whale ‘phonetic alphabet’

May 8, 2024 admin

The various species of whales inhabiting Earth’s oceans employ different types of vocalisations to communicate. Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using bursts of clicking noises — called codas — sounding a bit like Morse code. A new analysis of years of vocalisations by sperm whales in the eastern Caribbean has found…

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Pro-Palestinian protesters retake MIT encampment, occupy building at Rhode Island School of Design

May 7, 2024 admin

A Monday deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to leave an encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology cleared many demonstrators only to have the site retaken while protesters at the Rhode Island School of Design began occupying a building in the ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war. At MIT, protesters were given an afternoon deadline…

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