The Boston Globe reported that Rollerama, a pop-up roller skating rink at Kendall Common, has become a “corner of liveliness” this summer, providing the public with free fun and art in the form of a new mural by Massiel Grullon.

Collagen has been found in dinosaur fossils up to 195 million years old. In a new study, chemists offer an explanation for how this protein can survive so long: an atomic-level interaction prevents its bonds from being broken down by water.

“I had a lot of opportunities presented to me that made me ask, ‘Why me?’” says biology PhD student Oscar Molina, a first-generation college graduate. “I recognize that they were super valuable, and that’s why I should deliver that back to other people.”

The Washington Post reported on a quest by David Rush ’07 to set as many Guinness World Records as possible. He now holds more than 181 world records — in everything from juggling blindfolded to balancing 101 toilet paper rolls on his head.

Generations of MIT students have attended lectures and movies in 26-100, but since 2018 they’ve embraced what’s become another quintessential experience just across the hall: picking up a banana in 26-110, now better known as the MIT Banana Lounge.

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