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Dan L. Wheeler G joins in a candlelight vigil, sponsored by MIT Prajnopaya and Amnesty International, on Wednesday, Oct. 3. to protest the Burmese government’s crackdown on pro-democracy rallies.

Approximately 1,000 glass pumpkins were displayed for sale on the Kresge Oval on Saturday, Oct. 6 for the annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch. Proceeds went to the MIT Glass Lab.

A family examines a blown glass pumpkin at the annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch on Saturday, Oct. 6. Approximately 1,000 pumpkins were displayed for sale on Kresge Oval to benefit the MIT Glass Lab.

Flies cover the fruit in the slums outside Delhi, India.

Brian Wansink describes his study where he fed subjects with a constantly refilling bowl of soup. Wansink won this year’s Ig Nobel in Nutrition for studying the effects of visual cues on the amount of food eaten.

Professional Indexer Glenda Browne answers questions at the Ig Informal Lectures in 10-250 on Saturday, Oct. 6. Browne won this year’s Ig Nobel in Literature for her study of the word “the” and the ways it causes prob...

Ig Nobel Prize recipient Dan Meyer of Antioch, Tenn. swallows a sword in front of hundreds at the Ig Informal Lectures in 10-250 on Saturday, Oct. 6. Meyer is a professional sword swallower who co-authored a paper, “S...

With bold signs and fantastical costumes, parade marchers get their point across during the second annual HONK! festival which returned to Somerville and Cambridge this past weekend, ending on Sunday with a parade fro...

Ig Nobel laureate Kees Moeliker tells stories of famous dead birds at the Ig Informal Lectures in 10-250 on Saturday, Oct. 6. Moeliker won the 2003 Ig Nobel in Medicine for documenting the first scientifically recorde...

A child in the slums outside Delhi, India plays in the trash that is his playground.

Children in the slums outside Delhi, India overflow with laughter as they push for the prime spot in the photograph.

Tsumura of the Hungry March Band performs a trumpet solo in a spontaneous jam session after the second annual HONK! festival, which returned to Somerville and Cambridge this past weekend, ending on Sunday with a parad...

There was little subtlety when marchers expressed their feelings on political current events during the second annual HONK! festival, which returned to Somerville and Cambridge this past weekend, ending on Sunday with...

Bands in the HONK! parade bring energy and fun costumes to the streets during the second annual HONK! festival which returned to Somerville and Cambridge this past weekend, ending with a parade on Sunday from Davis Sq...