Apparently the article was, in fact, trolling with inaccurate speculative 'information.'
The deleted post was a "Dear Colleagues" letter written by an MIT chemistry faculty member. It's the same letter posted here:
https://old.reddit.com/r/labrats/comments/1w1ukrv/mit_studen... ("A message sent out from the chair of the department of chemistry...")
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The deleted post was a "Dear Colleagues" letter written by an MIT chemistry faculty member. It's the same letter posted here:
https://old.reddit.com/r/labrats/comments/1w1ukrv/mit_studen... ("A message sent out from the chair of the department of chemistry...")