The debate over whether the state ought to recognize gay marriages has thus far focused on the issue as one of civil rights. Such a treatment is erroneous because state recognition of marriage is not ...

Great warriors had coup d’oeil in abundance. Great warriors used it to predict what the opponent would do. Alexander the Great called it his “hope,” Caesar called it his “luck,” and Napoleon called it ...

Ever since Rent burst onto the Broadway stage five years ago, fans of Jonathan Larson’s Rent have been clamoring for more. The hip, colorful retelling of Puccini’s La BohÈme was notable for being one ...

On Thursday, Nov. 16, MIT’s Chinese Students Club sponsored a screening of “A Moment With You,” by the amateur group Wongfu Productions. Although the large crowd was primarily composed of Asian ...

Dr. Evil clutched his heart as though it had been pierced by an arrow. Trembling, he fell to his knees on the floor of the crowded stuffy room, all eyes watching him. The Mexican Multiplier threw up ...

Enigma’s latest album, Love Sensuality Devotion -- The Greatest Hits proves to be a delightful mix of electronic and new age music. In addition to the collection of past hits, Enigma's latest single ...

Nearly 80 departments and labs will host a total of 380 activities in 170 spaces around campus for 20,000 visitors on April 23 in an open house to commemorate the 100th anniversary of MIT’s move to ...

The SARS virus, which has killed 774 people worldwide, has long been known to come from an animal. Now two scientific teams have independently identified the Chinese horseshoe bat as that animal and ...

Director Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) and actor Tom Cruise took time out to talk to The Tech about their latest venture, Vanilla Sky. Throughout the interview, Cruise found it in his ...

Whenever I hear someone lecturing about the “root causes” of terrorism in the Middle East, I know I am probably about to be told that Israelis are themselves to blame for being murdered by terrorists.

As our world spins into a digital cataclysm, those silver-haired wonders we call grandparents (and sometimes parents) are left behind the technological divide. Despite the best laid plans of software ...

Professor August F. Witt, a longtime faculty member in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, died Oct. 7 of gastric cancer. He was 71. Witt was known not only for his research in ...