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Meet ‘Neptune’, the blue lobster, from Northeastern University

Northeastern University has created a YouTube video documenting the lobster’s, named Neptune, journey and the local high school students who visited the Marine Science Center to see the unique crustacean.
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Sports Betting: America’s Big Gamble

Dr. Harry Levant, Mark Gottlieb, and Richard Daynard of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University featured on The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper to discuss sports gambling.
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How Disinformation About the Minnesota Shooting Spread Like Wildfire on X

“X’s feed algorithm is fully designed to maximize engagement, even negative engagement,” says Laura Edelson, an assistant professor in the computer sciences college at Northeastern University who specializes in tracking disinformation online. “In these conditions, conspiratorial, extreme content tends to perform very well. And when you couple that with the fact that with X’s significantly […]
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Why AI labs struggle to stop chatbots talking to teenagers about suicide

Researchers at Northeastern University have said they were able to bypass — or “jailbreak” — existing safeguards in ChatGPT, Claude and Google’s Gemini to generate graphic self-harm and suicide instructions by telling models that the queries were “hypothetical” or for “academic” purposes. Highlight
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A let-off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means

“[T]hose were the mechanisms for gaining share, for preventing the emergence of new competitors, and for monetizing its search monopoly,” said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University.
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Mr. Trump, Stop Pushing India Away | Opinion

The U.S.-India relationship “seemed poised to strengthen in Trump’s second term,” said Max Abrahms, a professor of political science at Northeastern University and a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. 
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Why does everyone in Boston move on September 1?

Experts like Barry Bluestone, a professor emeritus of political economy and the founding director of the Dukakis Center at Northeastern University seem to think these students are responsible for the Sept. 1 move-in date.
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It’s Google’s world. Regulators are just living in it.

The judge presiding over the case before the ‘rocket docket’ — 81-year-old Leonie Brinkema — “could actually be persuaded that a divestment would work in that context,” said Elettra Bietti, a professor at Northeastern University.
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RFK Jr. Clashes With Lawmakers Over COVID Vaccine Cuts, CDC Shakeup

“Each year has been different, so in some ways, this is more of the same,” Sam Scarpino, a professor of health sciences at Northeastern University, told The Guardian.
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Viral video captures firstborn crashing baby’s giggle session with a laugh no one will forget

Psychologists suggest that sibling rivalry and attention-seeking behaviors are common as children navigate their roles within the family. Laurie Kramer, a professor at Northeastern University, notes that siblings between ages 4 and 8 can have up to eight fights an hour. 
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Google ruling shows how tech can outpace antitrust enforcement

Now, Big Tech companies facing antitrust lawsuits are likely to use the ruling to their advantage, said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University. “I think this gives an avenue, rightly or wrongly, for some of the other companies that are in the crosshairs to say that technology has made antitrust arguments irrelevant,” he […]
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‘Slap on the wrist’: critics decry weak penalties on Google after landmark monopoly trial

“There’s a reason Google’s stock jumped after this ruling was released,” said Christo Wilson, a Northeastern University computer science professor who has conducted research on Google’s monopoly. “It is a historic misfire that fails to meet the enormity of the finding that Google is a monopolist in online search.”