Injured workers have little recourse against rogue employers. A new bill could change that. Workers’ comp lawyers will generally only take cases involving injured workers who have been fired for filing claims, and those are difficult to prove, said Emily Spieler, a recently retired Northeastern University labor law professor specializing in workers’ compensation.
Misinformation roiled the 2016 and 2020 elections. Here’s what to expect as 2024 races heat up. “If this is the kind of thing we’re going to see from a no-hope, no-chance campaign in New Hampshire, think what we’re going to see when there’s actual stakes,” said Laura Edelson, an assistant professor at Northeastern University who studies misinformation.
Popular Mechanics A ‘Ghost Lake’ in California Has Disappeared for the Fifth Time Since 1890 “Most of the news coverage about this time talked about it as catastrophic flooding,” Vivian Underhill, a former researcher fellow at Northeastern University, said in a statement to the school’s news division. “And I don’t want to disregard the personal and property losses that people experienced, but what was not talked about so much is that it […]
Inc.com Learning These 8 Terms for Different Types of Relationships Will Instantly Boost Your Emotional Intelligence According to research by Northeastern University psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett and other experts, expanding your vocabulary for feelings and experiences helps you recognize and express your emotions better, and also better understand the emotions of others. And when you have a more specific sense of the feelings you are dealing with, you can make better decisions about how to respond.
What to Know About the EPA Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water and Your Health “It is really one of the broadest categories of chemical ever used, so that does make it very exceptional,” said Phil Brown, an environmental sociologist at Northeastern University in Boston who has studied the chemicals.
The Independent Total solar eclipse 2024 highlights: Rare phenomenon darkens North America’s skies ‘A few minutes of cosmic perspective’ Monday 8 April 2024, Anthony Cuthbertson: We’ve heard from astrophysicist Jonathan Blazek from Northeastern University in the US, who says that even those not directly beneath the path of totality will have the opportunity to gain
Axios Exclusive: Civil rights group taps AI advisory council The council also includes academics from Haverford College, Brown University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, GW Law School, University of California, Berkeley and Northeastern University.
Boston.com What do prosecutors have to prove to convict Karen Read of second-degree murder? “With crimes like this, you really have to prove three things: You have to prove the action, you have to prove that the action then caused a result, and you have to prove that you acted with a particular mental state that you had a particular culpability,” explained Daniel Medwed, a criminal law professor at […]
The Globe and Mail How online reviews got gamed In our very first episode, we tackle the fake review economy: how online reviews got corrupted and if we can ever trust them again. Our guest is Joseph Reagle, an associate professor at Northeastern University and the author of several books, including Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web.
Politico AI forecast: Cloudy with a chance of measles That’s the goal of a project from U.S. biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks and Northeastern University researchers with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: to develop a measles forecasting model that uses AI, Ginkgo announced today.
Parrots can play tablet games for enrichment. Now researchers are studying how to improve them for birds to use “A lot of animals in managed care, in zoos, in homes, they interact with technology on a daily basis. They see the screens that we use. Sometimes they use some as toys,” said Kleinberger, an assistant professor of humanics and voice technology at Northeastern University in Boston.
The death of veteran reporter Fred Hanson is another blow to community journalism “It’s almost impossible to replace the experience that people like Fred Hanson have,” said Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University. “With his demise, just an unbelievable amount of institutional knowledge goes with him.”