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Buy angry. Be happy.

New research shows that angry customers stick to their goals, which “can actually lead them to make better decisions, easier decisions, and more satisfying decisions,” says Alexander DePaoli, an associate teaching professor of marketing at Northeastern who co-authored the research.

Why does China have Uighur ‘re-education camps’? And are they really shutting down?

Eight ‘dad jokes’ that will make you laugh (or cringe)

Strap in. Game on.

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They want to report on the stories that major media outlets have overlooked

The Scope, a digital magazine at Northeastern, produces stories written by students who cover pressing issues in the Greater Boston area, including gentrification, gender inequality in science, and a lack of access to healthy food.
- by Irvin Zhang August 16, 2019
Human trafficking in the US is a much bigger problem than we think

New research by Amy Farrell, a Northeastern University professor who studies human trafficking, shows that obstacles at nearly every level of the reporting process have likely resulted in crime statistics that are much lower than reality.
- by Molly Callahan August 16, 2019
Can the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo be stopped?

The second-largest Ebola outbreak on record has been raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo for over a year. The use of disease-forecasting models and distribution of an experimental vaccine have helped, but civil unrest in the area makes containing the outbreak a challenge.
- by Laura Castañón August 14, 2019

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Eight ways to get involved on Northeastern’s Boston campus

Perform for the Pep Band. Put your strength to the test for the indoor rock climbing club. Build an off-road vehicle.
- by Cam Sleeper August 14, 2019

Space Week: Remembering the moon landing 50 years later

Saturday, July 20, marked the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. News@Northeastern took a look back at the technological breakthroughs, the political decisions, and the feats of daring that made the landing possible; the lunar landing itself; and what the future might hold for space exploration. Northeastern’s Archives and Special Collections is the exclusive home of The Boston Globe’s Library Collection, and we used those images to highlight the space program and the university’s role in space exploration.

The space age takes flight

by Gregory Grinnell, Laura Castañón and Hannah Moore July 12, 2019 Twitter Facebook

In 1865, Jules Verne published From Earth to the Moon, a novel in which characters attempt to build a cannon large enough to lob three people up to our nearest celestial neighbor.

Shooting for the Moon

by Gregory Grinnell, Laura Castañón and Hannah Moore July 15, 2019 Twitter Facebook

It was 1961 and the United States was in the uncomfortable position of playing catch-up with the Soviet Union.

July 20, 1969

by Gregory Grinnell, Laura Castañón and Hannah Moore July 18, 2019 Twitter Facebook

On July 20, 1969, just after 8:15 p.m. on the East Coast, the American lunar module “Eagle” landed on the surface of the moon. Six hours later, Neil Armstrong was the first human being to set foot on a celestial body other than Earth.

After The Moon

by Gregory Grinnell, Laura Castañón and Hannah Moore July 16, 2019 Twitter Facebook

NASA had a lot of questions to answer before it could send astronauts to the moon. Were there harmful effects from being in space for too long? Could astronauts work outside their capsule? How would two spacecraft detach from each other and later reconnect in flight?

Mars and beyond

by Gregory Grinnell, Laura Castañón and Hannah Moore July 17, 2019 Twitter Facebook

Northeastern students and faculty reflect on the role of humanoid robots in deep space exploration, sending humans to Mars, and the need for reusable spacecrafts.

Space Race 2.0?

by Molly Callahan July 11, 2019 Twitter Facebook

Space exploration “has always been about international cooperation and the betterment of humanity,” says Mai’a Cross, a professor at Northeastern whose newest research focuses on the international collaboration that fostered the Space Race of the 1960s. But some politicians and military officials describe space missions as necessary in order to “prepare for war in space,” she says.

Can you guess which of these items came from the space program? We tried.

by Cam Sleeper July 18, 2019 – 4:04pm Twitter Facebook

Laptops or barcodes? Sneaker insoles or lava lamps? Wireless headphones or GPS? See if you can do better than we did.

They know what astronauts are going to need once we put them on Mars

by Laura Castañón July 15, 2019 Twitter Facebook

A drill to extract frozen water from beneath the planet’s surface. A rover to accompany astronauts as they work. The Northeastern students who designed and built this technology recently showcased their work at Boston’s Museum of Science.

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