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Tuesday, December 30th, 2014
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| 4:48p | Top tweets of 2014 At MIT, 2014 was rich in innovation, discovery — and fun. Accordingly, the Institute’s Twitter followers — currently numbering more than 172,000 — responded enthusiastically to updates from MIT and from its many alumni and affiliates. Stories about campus life — from Commencement to President L. Rafael Reif’s #IceBucketChallenge to the student-built roller coaster that greeted incoming freshmen in August — added extra flavor to the year’s 140-character musings. Among the 20 most popular individual tweets from @MIT this year were updates on the robotic cheetah developed by MIT researchers; a next-generation spacesuit from MIT aerospace engineers; and Tetris-shaped tater tots in the Stratton Student Center (Building W20). Here are our top tweets of 2014, measured in retweets and favorites, in chronological order: We love π
Happy birthday, MIT!
An intriguing hypothesis from MIT Professor Max Tegmark
Flying car developed by MIT alumni takes a giant leap
MIT researchers simulate the universe since the Big Bang
Congratulating Jeopardy! champion Julia Collins MEng ’10
Looking forward to wireless charging technology on Tesla’s birthday
Tetris-shaped tater tots debut at MIT
How to slice the perfect Möbius bagel
Predicting an earthquake near Istanbul
Robo-cheetah loses its leash
Will we go to Mars in these?
Top spot in the QS World University Rankings
A “new” Asimov essay in MIT Technology Review
Happy #MoleDay!
Cheering on an historic #CometLanding
Exploring a landmark publication with MIT’s OpenCourseWare
We can all be thankful for puzzles
Working together with #OneMIT
Mapping connections through language
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