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Three of a kind

Nov 20 2009

On the surface, English, Japanese, and Kinande, a member of the Bantu family of languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have little in common. It is not just that the vocabularies of these three languages are vastly different; many of their rules of grammar diverge too.Consider that in English, verbs must agree with their subject: We say, “I write,” or “he writes.” But Japanese has no need for...

Liquid battery big enough for the electric grid?

Nov 19 2009

There’s one major drawback to most proposed renewable-energy sources: their variability. The sun doesn’t shine at night, the wind doesn’t always blow, and tides, waves and currents fluctuate. That’s why many researchers have been pursuing ways of storing the power generated by these sources so that it can be used when it’s needed.So far, those solutions have tended to be too expensive, limited to only certain areas, or difficult to...

Potpourri Blog Post

Nov 21 2009

Coming off of a state-of-mind-altering weekend in Maine with people from the dorm, I knew a full Pre-Thanksgiving week of MIT won’t be pretty.

It was pretty ugly. Checkout the iCal for this past week.

[Calculus pset x4, Chemistry Pset, Final Paper Proposal, Seminars x2, Taekwondo x2, Physics Quiz, CLASSES!!!]

For the moment, I have no profound thesis for a profound blog post, so I’ll go ahead and zoom in on some the...

EA Update: App Tracking & More

Nov 18 2009

The Records Office has processed all application components received for EA applicants; the current status of your application is now shown on your MyMIT application tracking.

MyMIT Application Tracking

This is a good time for you to check up on the status of your application components. The Application Tracking will show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the following: Application Part 1, Application Part 2, Secondary School...

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