Leo Beletsky, professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, remembers when 12,000 deaths in the US were considered “absolutely catastrophic” – compared with more than 100,000 now.

“I don’t think we will see immediate, significant economic impacts…but over the course of weeks, if the strike lasts that long, we can begin to see prices rise and for there to be some shortages in goods,” said Seth Harris, a professor at Northeastern University and a former White House adviser on labour issues.

No one is immune. “We just don’t have the time, the cognitive resources or even the motivation to literally fact-check every piece of information that comes our way,” says Briony Swire-Thompson, director of the Psychology of Misinformation Lab at Northeastern University.

If the strike drags on, “I think it will have a political impact,” said Seth Harris, Biden’s former top labour policy adviser, now a senior fellow at Northeastern University’s Burnes Center for Social Change.

“Football is the most popular sport in America, and by showing that they love and care about the sport, candidates can try to make a personal connection with ordinary voters and to show them that they are just like them,” said Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University.  

“It’s the most conclusive, definitive loss by a vice presidential candidate in any debate ever,” said Northeastern University’s Alan Schroeder, who has written an authoritative history of the high-stakes political match-ups. And yet, just a few weeks later, Bush and Quayle romped to victory.

It’s an initiative of Northeastern University that will focus on breakthrough technologies to address the climate crisis. Among the companies cropping up here are SeaDeep, which uses advanced computer vision and machine learning to map, explore, and monitor underwater resources