Darin Detwiler, an associate professor of food safety and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University, said that “in a way, it’s good” that Trader Joe’s recalls are so public and transparent because “it’s a sign that things are working.”

“Blue moons look like any other full moon. However, this Wednesday’s full moon is extra special. In addition to being “blue,” it is also this year’s ‘supermoon,’” Jacqueline McCleary, an assistant professor of physics at Northeastern University, said by email Monday.

“Would-be serial killers, they might commit crimes, but they get caught before they achieve that status,” said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University.

This year has been the worst recorded for mass-shooting incidents in the U.S., according to Northeastern University’s database, with 33 by mid-August.

“Very little factual information is out there. I think this is one of the biggest issues,” says Ozlem Ergun, a mechanical- and industrial-engineering professor at Northeastern University and an expert in pharmaceutical supply chains.

By Luke Landherr. The writer is the COE Distinguished Teaching Professor and associate chair of undergraduate studies in the department of chemical engineering at Northeastern University.

By Alauna Safarpour, Postdoctoral Fellow, Network Science Institute, Northeastern University.

American guns are concentrated in a tiny minority of households: just 3 percent own about half the nation’s guns, according to a 2016 Harvard and Northeastern University study. They’re called “super owners” who have an average of 17 guns each. 

Chief among these researchers is Lisa Feldman Barrett, distinguished professor of psychology at Northeastern University. 

In 2018 a group of researchers from Northeastern University analysed almost eight years’ worth of New York Times bestsellers and observed a few general patterns. 

As of Monday, there have been at least 33 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2023, leaving at least 163 people dead, not including shooters who died, according to a database maintained by the AP and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

As of Monday, there have been at least 33 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2023, leaving at least 163 people dead, not including shooters who died, according to a database maintained by the AP and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.