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No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage

Regions vulnerable to wildfires can take steps to better prepare, such as changing neighborhood designs and enacting policies that require residents to clear brush and debris, said Daniel Aldrich, a Northeastern University professor who focuses on disaster resiliency and recovery.
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Was Donald Trump’s historic sentence too harsh or too lenient? It depends who you ask

Nikos Passas, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University and leading expert in corruption and white-collar crime, said Trump’s “unconditional discharge” raises questions about the impartiality of the judicial system. 
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Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment

This sliver of opportunity was narrow but clear, Sam Scarpino, an infectious-disease modeler and flu researcher at Northeastern University, whose team has been closely tracking a timeline of the American outbreak, told me. In hindsight, “realistically, that was probably our window,” he said. “We were just too slow.”
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Meta’s move to end fact-checking reflects turn toward freewheeling internet

“This move by Meta is definitely part of a larger trend, with fact-checking undergoing some headwinds globally,” John P Wihbey, associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University, told Al Jazeera.
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Why am I always interrupting people?

During an interview with Karen Quigley, a psychology professor at Northeastern University, I realize another factor may be causing me and my friends to interrupt each other more.
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Meta is making it easier for extreme speech to spread unchecked

That could all silo people into their own communities, so users are more likely to echo — rather than challenge — viewpoints, said Laura Edelson, a former Justice Department official who is an expert on algorithms at Northeastern University. “We will get more extreme rabbit holes,” she warned, “and that is a recipe for more […]
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On climate change, are universities part of the problem or part of the solution?

Op-ed by Jennie C. Stephens, a professor of climate justice at Maynooth University in Ireland and professor of sustainability science and policy at Northeastern University in the US.
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What it will take for TikTok to survive in the US

Sahar Abi-Hassan, an assistant professor in political science at Northeastern University who studies the behavior of the Supreme Court, says the court might side with TikTok for several reasons, including its historical hesitance toward restricting speech. But she finds it more likely that the court upholds the law.
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L.A. wildfires: ‘Cascading disaster’ unfolding as water hydrants run dry

Hydrants are running dry in LA. Northeastern University professor Daniel Aldrich explains how L.A.’s water shortage is fueling the Palisades Fire, creating what he calls a ‘cascading disaster’.
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The Washington Post’s identity crisis

Op-ed written by Jill Abramson, who currently teaches at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism.
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Cornbread Mix Recall As FDA Sets Highest Risk Warning

Dr. Darin Detwiler, professor of food policy and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University, told Newsweek: “The public should take Class I recalls very seriously and avoid using the affected products.
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Implications of Apple AI generating false news summaries

The hallucinated summaries are also an embarrassment for the iPhone maker, said Michael Bennett, AI adviser at Northeastern University.