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When will you die? Meet the ‘doom calculator,’ an artificial intelligence algorithm

“The whole story of a human life, in a way, can also be thought of as a giant long sentence of the many things that can happen to a person,” the paper’s author, Sune Lehmann, a professor of networks and complexity science at the Technical University of Denmark, said in Northeastern Global News, a university news […]
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Biotech bound: For blue-collar apprentices, biomanufacturing can be a ticket to the middle class

About a dozen workers, many without four-year college degrees, gathered at Northeastern University’s campus in Burlington for a four-month training program sponsored by the nonprofit Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation, or MassBioEd. In a field better known for brainy PhDs peering into microscopes, they were a class of eager novices.
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New AI Model Predicts Potential Lifespan And It Is Eerily Accurate

Despite its predictive power, researchers recommend using Life2vec only as a foundation tool for upcoming work rather than an end in itself. According to Tina Eliassi-Rad, who is a professor at Northeastern University, US, the tool shouldn’t be used for predictions on real people.
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Researchers say new AI model may predict human lifespan

“Even though we’re using prediction to evaluate how good these models are, the tool shouldn’t be used for prediction on real people,” says Tina Eliassi-Rad, a professor at Northeastern University, US.
Business Insider

2023 proved that airline nightmare stories are a recipe for viral success

John Wihbey, a media and technology professor at Northeastern University, told Business Insider that plane videos are especially “compelling” and compared them to a “reality TV thing that is actually real-life. He also believes that this genre of content is likely being algorithmically boosted by platforms like TikTok because it’s become so popular and engaging.
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Workers wrested a seat at the table on AI this year. Will it be enough?

“Education and dialogue are the best starting places,” said Seth Harris, a law and policy professor at Northeastern University who was President Joe Biden’s top labor adviser until last year. “Workers must have power in any relationship that involves them sitting down to discuss difficult topics.”
London Review of Books

Talk of Genocide

There are currently two conversations taking place about genocide with regard to Israel and Palestine. One is a proper legal and political discussion about the killing of more than twenty thousand people and the destruction of vast swathes of the Gaza Strip.
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The Top Ten Ocean Stories of 2023

This year, scientists at Northeastern University made a synthetic version of xanthommatin that can be mixed with titanium dioxide to create a solution that changes color between red and yellow when exposed to light. According to the researchers, this technology could be used for artwork that changes or as an environmentally friendly alternative to regular paint.
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Here’s No. 1 thing mentally strong couples ‘never’ do, says relationship therapist of 20 years

Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, clinical social worker and instructor at Northeastern University. She is the author of ”13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do″ and ”13 Things Mentally Strong Couples Don’t Do.” Her TEDx talk “The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong” is one of the most viewed talks of all time.
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A noxious weed threatens the CT River. Students created a device to join effort to eradicate it.

The multi-million dollar threat to the lower Connecticut River from the invasive aquatic weed hydrilla has attracted attention from around the country, as scientists work on ways to contain it. Now, a group of engineering students from Northeastern University in Boston are developing a remote method of tracking its spread
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Northeastern scientists build AI that can predict a person’s life (and death)

The popular artificial intelligence app ChatGPT can do many things, but it can’t tell you how long you’re going to live. Not yet, at least. But now a team of scientists at Boston’s Northeastern University and in Denmark say they’ve built an experimental AI system that can predict the patterns of a person’s life with disquieting […]
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Holiday crowds — and labor unrest — descend on Logan Airport

“The cause of the traveling public’s frustration is the same as the cause of the workers’ frustration,” said Seth Harris, a senior fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University and former labor adviser to President Biden.