A growing number of science and math students who are pursuing master’€™s degrees but are not interested in going on for doctorates are choosing instead professional master’€™s degrees that require them to work in the industry in order to graduate.

It’s like a Hollywood political thriller come true: a handful of people lurking in the shadows, controlling the minds of millions. New research reveals that it’€™s possible for a few individuals to enslave an entire network, even if they aren’t highly connected themselves.

On April 20, Lafe Solomon, the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued a complaint against Boeing. Two years ago, the company had announced it was transferring the production of 2,000 airplanes from a unionized plant in Puget Sound, Washington, to a non-union plant outside Charleston, South Carolina. According to Solomon’s […]

The Boston Landmarks Commission voted Tuesday against upgrading the historical significance of the Huntington Avenue YMCA, paving the way for the construction of a dormitory where the building’s gym now stands.

What can science reveal about our “€œcharacter”€ -€” that core of good, or evil, that shapes our moral behavior? The answer, according to a new book, is that there may not be much of a core, after all. In “Out of Character,”€ scientists David DeSteno and Piercarlo Valdelsolo argue that how we think about character […]

During games, he barks instructions from the bench with the delicacy of an 18-wheeler grinding its way uphill. With reporters, he’s unfailingly polite but seldom makes eye contact. He comes across as shy and earnest, preferring to cede the stage to his players. His boss, Chicago Bulls general manager Gar Forman, says he likes to […]

Two CPR-trained Northeastern University undergraduates recently saved the life of a school employee who collapsed at a field in Brookline.

In the wake of new intelligence pointing a possible attack on railways in the U.S. New York Senator Charles Schumer has proposed a ‘no ride list’ to protect passengers. So what do train riders think?

This is a town filled with diehard basketball fans trying to escape the bad news, and failing.

At a conference last summer, Bill Gates predicted that “place-based activity in college will be five times less important than it is today.” Noting the ever-growing popularity of online learning, he predicted that “five years from now, on the Web – €”for free – €”you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world. […]

In a constantly changing world, it sometimes seems that our only anchor is personal character. Strip away fashion, politics, and pretense, and what’s left is the true grit at the core of every person, forged early in life, that gives us the gumption to win elections or the weakness to succumb to temptation. But put […]

The tree-climbing seemed a bit much. So did the flag-waving, the “U.S.A.” €™-chanting, and the whooping in the streets. The celebrations, at the news of Osama bin Laden’s death, felt inappropriate somehow. Yes, America’€™s youth deserved a release. On the other hand, someone had died.