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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.
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.
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.
Hartford Courant
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
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 […]
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.
More colleges are opening branch campuses in fast-growing cities
Northeastern University in Boston has been particularly aggressive in opening campuses with programs not otherwise widely available, in cities including Oakland, Calif., Portland, Maine, Charlotte, Miami, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver.
Christian Science Monitor
As disasters grow in scale, is government aid fairly distributed?
Stephen Flynn, founding director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University, describes FEMA as an operational agency. “It’s all about the paperwork that allows the federal government to pick up the cost of getting water, getting shelter, and getting things put back together again,” he says.
2023 was the year return-to-office died. Experts share remote work trends expected in 2024
Barbara Larson, an executive professor of management at Northeastern University, said too many companies have been focused on the number of days spent out of the office and not how to manage employees while they’re away. For her, “that’s the clear next step.”
Iceland Volcano Disruption Could Be ‘Days Weeks or Months,’ Scientist Warns
So how long will this eruption last? Daniel Douglass, teaching professor in marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center, believes it could be weeks, or even months, before it stops.
Business Insider
Realtors face billions in damages for overcharging home buyers and sellers
As John Kwoka, an economist and antitrust researcher at Northeastern University, told me: The incentives aren’t aligned.
Iceland volcano erupts after weeks of warnings and a town’s evacuation
But those particles would need to be spewed high into the atmosphere to have any climate impacts, said Daniel Douglass, a professor at Northeastern University who has studied past climate changes. There, they can linger for months, but closer to earth, they quickly fall to the planet’s surface.