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A memorial was placed on the Harvard Bridge for Joe Gage, a man who jumped into the Charles River in the early morning of New Year’s Day. A search was conducted by the Cambridge Fire Department, Boston Fire Department...

Bird examines Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera, also known as Allegory of Spring, as an example of allegory (#34).

Infographic by Anthony Yu

La trahison des images (The Treachery of Images), by René Magritte, is another work Bird discusses in “word as image,” which has evolved from ancient hieroglyphics to surrealist humor. The text below the pipe reads, “...

Hackers decorated Lobby 7 with a dragon and a Mayan calendar on Dec. 17, 2012. MIT’s finals week ended on the same day as the “End of the World,” according to interpretations of the Mayan calendar.

A Quest Diagnostic building in Central Square was one of many properties that have recently been sold in Cambridge, MA.

Aaron Swartz was found dead on Friday, January 11. He was 26 years old.

Two MIT websites were compromised with a message signed by Internet activist group Anonymous late Sunday. The message called for reform of “computer crime laws,” reform of “copyright and intellectual property laws,” g...

Two MIT websites were compromised with a message signed by Internet activist group Anonymous late Sunday. The message called for reform of “computer crime laws,” reform of “copyright and intellectual property laws,” g...