Do the RUBICK with Ty Law

Mathworks, the Museum of Science, and retired NE Patriot Ty Law will host a Rubick's Cube competition this Saturday (11/19) at the MOS.  Details from the press release are blindly posted at MarketWatch, which apparently does not even edit for relevance before posting PRs.

You can watch competitors turn their cubes while Ty Law opines on the similarities between football and "The Cube."

Nicholas Negroponte Speaks

Co-founder of the MIT Media Lab Nicholas Negroponte spoke today as part of the Boston Book Festival and was interviewed by the Boston Herald: http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view.bg?articleid=1373390

If you missed the talk and want to catch Negroponte, 826 Boston is holding a benefit with him as a featured speaker: http://826boston.org/blog/883/save-the-date-826-bostons-books-for-breakfast-november-16th

Raytheon and Museum of Science Advance STEM Education

Raytheon and the Museum of Science strengthen their relationship and commitment to STEM education by graduating honorary engineers: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/raytheon-and-museum-of-science-graduate-middle-school-students-as-honorary-engineers-131872593.html

Harvard RA Second-Guesses Steve Jobs's Healthcare

In what may be the most speculative blog post ever written, a Fulbright scholar and research associate at Harvard Medical School (but apparently not a Dr. as the article refers to him as Mr.) suggests that the use of non-traditional medicine shortened Steve Jobs's life:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/14/blackwell-on-health-did-use-of-alternative-medicine-cut-short-jobs-life/

Bridgewater State Gets New Science Building

Harvard is not the only local University building new buildings:

http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-15/news/30160902_1_first-phase-science-and-math-biology-lab

Heart Failure Conference Begins Today

The 15th Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America begins today, with a local researcher as the Distinguished Lecturer: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/christine-e-seidman-to-give-5th-annual-distinguished-lecture-in-basic-science-at-heart-failure-society-of-americas-15th-annual-meeting-2011-09-18

X-Ray Thieves Beware ...

... the HUPD is on the case: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/9/16/newburyport-mitchell-huhs-xray/