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How real could virtual reality become?

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. 
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The Northeastern women’s hockey team has won 13 in a row, and now it is ranked No. 1 in the nation

The Northeastern women’s hockey team took the top spot in the DCU/USCHO Division 1 women’s poll on Monday. Last week, the Huskies posted victories over Boston College and Boston University to improved to 21-2-1. In their last 20 games, they are 19-0-1 and have won 13 in a row.
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Go inside Northeastern University’s underground network of tunnels

The brutally cold temperatures can make getting around outside difficult in Boston. But if you’re a student at Northeastern University, a series of tunnels can make the walks a little more bearable. “It all got started right in Richards Hall. This was the first building that we built on our main campus,” said Mark Boulter, […]
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3 ways to safely defrost ground beef

Defrosting ground beef properly ensures you steer clear from potential harmful bacteria. Dr. Darin Detwiler, a food regulatory expert and professor at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, says that “there will never be an end to pathogens in our food, but we can change the culture around the future of food safety.”
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Kamala Harris arrives in California for an aerial tour of wildfire damage and to announce $1.3 billion for U.S. Forest Service – after allies told her to take more public role to help fight back against dire polls

But Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science at Northeastern University, said Harris was limited in what she could change.
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Russian threat to Ukraine could push Finland, Sweden to join NATO

“NATO was created to counter the now defunct Soviet Union. A condition for ending the Cold War was for NATO to desist gobbling up countries in Russia’s sphere of influence. Hawks want to pretend that Russia is not genuinely concerned by NATO expansion, but this is not a serious argument,” Max Abrahms, international security expert […]
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Gun-ownership in America is diversifying, because of safety fears

Of the 7.5m Americans who bought firearms for the first time between January 2019 and April 2021—as gun-buying surged nationwide—half were female, a fifth black and a fifth Hispanic, according to a recent study by Matthew Miller of Northeastern University and his co-authors. 
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China-Based Auditors Pose Risks for U.S. Companies, Study Shows

Auditors in countries with a weak rule of law, such as China, “may be more likely to misunderstand or misapply the lead auditor’s instructions and it may be difficult to trust their work,” said Jenna Burke, an accounting professor at the University of Colorado Denver, who wrote the study with Rani Hoitash of Bentley University […]
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Lawmakers Plan Legislation to ‘Ban Surveillance Advertising’

The legislation is supported by a spread of organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC); companies such as search engine DuckDuckGo and privacy-focused services provider Proton; and academics including Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Joan Donovan, research director at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center […]
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Why Massachusetts has a ‘culture of caution’ on clemency and commutations

Daniel Medwed, Northeastern University law professor and GBH News legal analyst, joined host Henry Santoro on Morning Edition today to discuss why clemency in Massachusetts is so rare. 
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Misinformation is fueling the overdose crisis

John Messinger is a Harvard Medical School student interested in the intersection of addiction treatment and policy and a member of the Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law. Leo Beletsky is a professor of law and health sciences and is the faculty director of the Health in Justice Action Lab […]
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Why Joe Biden’s bid to restore scientific integrity matters

“We were very concerned about the possibility of data loss,” says the EDGI’s co-founder Sara Wylie, a researcher studying large-scale environmental-health issues at Northeastern University in Boston.