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Tragedy befalls the poor people of Gifford City, which is modeled after Boston.

The Gifford City bridge is modeled after the Harvard Bridge, featuring Smoot marks.

The Gifford City turntable allows trains to be stationed in the roundhouse when not in use.

Molds used to cast the bridge across the Green River on top of the final display, which is detailed with hand-laid tracks.

A scene in Middle Heights, which is located in the middle of one of the helical portions of the track.

A protester at Occupy Boston tries to capture what he sees as the absurdity of the state of the nation by being absurd and ironic himself.

Occupy Boston protesters organize into small groups for discussion. By 8 p.m. on Friday, approximately 2000 people had arrived at Dewey Square for the event.

Scooterdude, angry with the lack of media coverage for Occupy Wall Street, tries to spread the message of the protests in New York. He can often be found riding or windsurfing his scooter around Boston.

Elizabeth A. Dethy ’15 charges through Endicott College’s offense during the field hockey game on Tuesday. The Engineers won 2-1.

A human target stands on stage as people throw paper airplanes across Sanders Theatre, a long time tradition of the Ig Nobels.

Daniel Rosenberg executes an experiment involving oscillating metronomes on top of soda cans during an Ig Nobel Moment of Science.

Daniel Rosenberg performs a chemistry experiment during an Ig Nobel Moment of Science. The theme for this year’s Ig Nobel Ceremony was chemistry.

Dan Meyer, the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, returns to Thursday’s ceremonies to perform a sword swallowing encore.

Marc Abrahams, the director and producer of the Ig Nobels, introduces Miss Sweetie Poo Liraz Brand. Miss Sweetie Poo is responsible for keeping the ceremonies running on time. If a guest’s speech goes over time, she w...

FAST LIGHT lit up the Charles River last May in the culmination of a semester of art installations around campus, as seen in this file photo. Idea Bank commenters have asked for the spirit of FAST installations to con...

MIT150 Idea Bank posters have suggested that MIT should hold open houses more often. In this April file photo, a team from the Research Laboratory of Electronics help open houses guests build a simple DC motor in the ...