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Tech Times
Apple AirTags Are Becoming Dangerous: Researchers Reveal Why You Should Be Concerned
A group of researchers at Northeastern University have raised concerns about the potential misuse of Apple AirTags for stalking and harassment.
Giant sloths and woolly mammoths: Mining past creatures’ DNA for future antibiotics
“Essentially, it’s a time machine,” said Kim Lewis, who develops new antibiotics at Northeastern University and is not involved in the work.
CBS Boston
Keller @ Large: Is Meta lawsuit a necessity or a violation of free speech?
Northeastern University Journalism Professor Dan Kennedy is no Zuckerberg fan, and he says, “There’s definitely substance,” to the legal action. But he also suggests the suit may run afoul of free speech protections.
Is de-extinction only a pipette dream? This startup has a big, expensive plan to find out.
“Having mammoths isn’t going to solve any of those problems,” says Ronald Sandler, director of the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University.
Portland Press Herald
The Roux Institute’s pitch competition tackles workforce challenges
The Roux Institute at Northeastern University has now held nine summits that ask Mainers to collaborate and pitch solutions to problems facing the state.
Gay Community News at 50: The queer outlet that went from Boston to the world
GCN’s archives have been digitized by Northeastern University’s Archives and Special Collections, with nearly every issue available online.
Chicago Reader
Maus in wartime
Chute was an English professor at the University of Chicago when Spiegelman’s MetaMaus, which she worked on with him for six years, was published in 2011; she’s now at Northeastern University.
Don’t expect the government to save us from misinformation
Evan Selinger is a professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology and an affiliate scholar at Northeastern University’s Center for Law, Innovation, and Creativity.
The Scientist
Differentiated Stem Cells Can Kickstart Fertility in Mice
Jonathan Tilly, a reproductive biologist at Northeastern University who was not involved in the study, noted that previous studies had already shown that stem cells can be used to help real and artificial ovaries function.
Dumped in cellar hole 50 years ago, badly burned body has never been identified
“DNA technology didn’t emerge until the 1980s, which some people call a form of ‘genetic fingerprinting,’ so that is the big game changer when it comes to posthumous identification these days,” said Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University.
Giorgia Meloni’s scorecard: What has the Italian PM achieved during her first year in government?
“She’s introduced tax benefits and checks for families proportionally to the number of children that they have,” Marianna Griffini, Assistant Professor at Northeastern University London and an expert in Italian politics, told Euronews.
Mirror
Food poisoning warning around eating Jack-O-Lanterns after carving them
“You use a pumpkin as an ingredient or as a decoration, but not as both,” said Darin Detwiler, a professor of food policy at Northeastern University and author of “ Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions.” It turns out that leaving out your pumpkin for days allows bacteria to grow on the vegetable, which may cause food poisoning.