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Reintroducing Jessica Mitford, the Activist With a ‘Concrete Upper Lip’

Carla Kaplan’s biography “Troublemaker” focuses on the fierce political commitments of the journalist best known for “The American Way of Death.”
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Have you done a DNA test? This chatbot will talk to you about your results.

But Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences at the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, said that environmental factors far outweigh genetics for most people. 
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Why Being Grateful Makes Us Feel Great (A Thanksgiving Re-run)

In a re-run of a 2020 episode, Dr Laurie investigates this effect with Northeastern University’s Professor David DeSteno – author of “Emotional Success: The Power of Gratitude, Compassion and Pride.”   Show More
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New books this week: A tome on capitalism, a deep dive on crosswords and more

Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford, by Carla Kaplan.
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I got an epidural for all three of my births – none of them worked as expected

The main ingredient in epidural bags is the local anaesthetic, says Julie Steele, a certified registered nurse anesthetist and assistant clinical professor in the Nurse Anesthesia Program at Northeastern University.
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It’s time for a Gulf Coast shipbuilding renaissance. Here’s how

Stephen Flynn is a political science professor at Northeastern University, retired Coast Guard commander and founding director of the university’s Defense Industrial Base Institute.
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Leading Through Fear: Courage At All Levels

Dr. Curtis Odom is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University and the Managing Partner at Prescient Strategists.
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How Democrats Could Take Back Control of House From GOP Before 2026 Midterm

“Democratic control before the midterms remains remote but not entirely out of the question,” Costas Panagopoulos, a political-science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek. 
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How AI Is Changing Medical Malpractice and Hospital Risk

David A. Simon, an associate law professor at Northeastern University and co-director of the Amy J. Reed Collaborative for Medical Device Safety, spoke with U.S. News in November about setting standards for the responsible use of AI in healthcare and how to address AI medical malpractice. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.  
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Crossing borders and making (good) trouble, Jessica Mitford was a model for our times

Kaplan, a professor at Northeastern, had previously written about Zora Neale Hurston and, in “Miss Anne in Harlem,” about the wealthy white women who served as benefactors to writers in the Harlem Renaissance. 

An Auto Holy Grail: Motors That Don’t Rely on Chinese Rare Earths

Researchers at Northeastern University and other institutions are working to synthesize materials that have promising magnetic properties and are found only in meteorites.
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What historians have pieced together about the real Hamnet Shakespeare

The twins’ specific birth date does not appear in any surviving documents. Daniel Swift, associate professor of English at Northeastern University London, says “this is entirely standard for the Elizabethan period,” which saw baptisms as more “significant” than births.