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Four recent robberies have occurred in the areas just north of the MIT campus, probably committed by the same suspects, police say. The first two robberies, last week Friday occurred within 45 minutes of each other, a...

Novartis has leased the above four pink lots from MIT for at least sixty years; they are just across the street from Novartis’ existing sites at 186, 220, and 250 Massachusetts Avenue.

For Halloween, hackers installed a giant black widow spider in Building 6-C on Thursday morning. Little spiders scattered along the Infinite and on the first floor of 6-C directed visitors to this spider’s hiding place.

Rock Band 3, which will be released on October 26 in North America, features a new keytar and a more realistic guitar for the game’s “Pro Mode.”

Professor Susan Lindquist of the Whitehead Institute was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Obama on Friday. Lindquist is one of six MIT faculty members to have received this honor.

Benoit Mandelbrot, best known for his work with fractals, died last Thursday at the age of 85.