Scientific American Something to grapple with: How wily lyme disease prowls the body Very few other bacteria can bring on such a variety of symptoms or infect such hard-to-reach tissues, says Kim Lewis, a professor of microbiology and director of the Antimicrobial Discovery Center at Northeastern University. “Bacteria that cause syphilis, meningitis and leptospirosis are some examples, but they have one or two target organs,” says Lewis, who […]
The first week back to school: 5 tips for parents The first day back to school is rife with anxiety for kids and teachers alike. Parents can often be forgotten in our flurry of writing and intentional planning for that back to school after summer vacation transition of our students and teachers. But if we are to take seriously our belief in the parent/school partnership […]
Daily Mail Does Free range chicken really taste better? Knowing how an animal was raised can trick our taste buds ‘We show that what you feel very directly influences not only how you interpret what you see but also very literally what you see,’ said Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett, an expert in the psychology of emotion at Northeastern University, in Massachusetts. ‘We call this ‘affective realism’ – the tendency of your feelings to influence the […]
New York Magazine Why humanely raised meat tastes better People who buy more humanely raised meat obviously do so for moral reasons. But there’s more going on with these labels than the objective information they convey. A long line of research suggests that the way we taste food and drink is affected by all sorts of factors that aren’t tied directly to its taste […]
New York Post The best graffiti across all of America Following the 2009 arrest of famous street artist Shepard Fairey for illegal tagging — while a local museum hosted an exhibit of his work — [Boston’s] strict approach to the form seems to be giving way to more relaxed dealings. Fun and unusual projects are popping up all over town, including the work of an artist […]
Boston Magazine Study: Where your meat comes from matters You know that guy, the one peppering the waiter with a million questions about the meat he’s about to eat? New research from Northeastern and Tufts says you should be that guy. The study, published Wednesday in PLOS ONE, found that people who’re told they’re eating humanely raised meat prefer it to meat they’re told came from a […]
They met on a dating site and went bowling. It was a setup, police say, and now he’s dead. And on dating sites, would-be scammers have a trump card: People are irrational when they’re looking for love. “Romance is by definition quite irrational,” Jack Levin, co-director of Northeastern University’s Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, told The Post. “And the smartest person can be taken in during the early stages of the dating process. Except […]
Washington Examiner Can Trump master ‘the art of debate?’ Alan Schroeder, a journalism professor at Northeastern University and author of Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trail, said history has proven conventional wisdom true: practice makes perfect when it comes to the art of debate. “I think to go into a general election debate without adequate preparation is really foolhardy and to look […]
Ozy Is America due for a one-term president? In the broad scope of American history, second-term presidents are not all that common: Almost two-thirds of presidents in the past 200 years have not been reelected. But in more recent history, the failed one-termer is a far rarer creature. Of those presidents seeking reelection since World War II, only Bush and Jimmy Carter have […]
Diverse group of Boston officers chosen to wear body cameras A racially diverse group of 100 Boston police officers assigned to wear body cameras in a pilot program come from districts across the city, with some from the city’s high-crime neighborhoods, areas heavily populated by students, and districts trafficked by tourists. The officers — who are scheduled to begin training Wednesday — were selected by […]
When the cook calls in sick, there’s no need to panic The company president, who was a graduate student before starting Jobletics, credits the Venture Accelerator at Northeastern University for helping him launch the business. He says the student-run program helped him “think about a more efficient way to control the variability when it comes to staff.” The Jobletics app has been live for about five […]
WGBH 25 years ago, the web was a place we’d visit. Now it’s just the way we live. The web—or, as we used to call it, the World Wide Web—is 25 years old this month. On August 6, 1991, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who had outlined his idea for the web two years earlier, published the first website. It was, as the Telegraph put it, “a basic text page with hyperlinked words that connected […]