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The Weather Channel

California Heat Roasts Mussels in Their Shells in Mass Die-Off

Those factors led Northeastern University marine ecologist Brian Helmuth to tell Bay Nature that the internal temperatures of the mussels killed could’ve easily topped 100 degrees.
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Power Up: Busing is still happening. And 2020 Democrats are divided on what to do about it.

Studies conducted early this year by Northeastern University and FiveThirtyEight, respectively, found that the female candidates have received more negative coverage in the news media than their male rivals, and have had a harder time breaking through in cable TV and viral moments (unless you count Trump evoking the massacre at Wounded Knee to mock […]
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Mussels Cooked To Death In Their Shells In Unusual Heat On Northern California Shore

Northeastern University marine ecologist Brian Helmuth told Bay Nature that on a day so warm, a mussel’s tissues glued to a rock out of water might rise to 105 degrees. “They were just literally cooking out there,” he said.
Vogue

Madam President? Five Candidates on What It Will Take to Shatter the Most Stubborn Glass Ceiling

Studies conducted early this year by Northeastern University and FiveThirtyEight, respectively, found that the female candidates have received more negative coverage in the news media than their male rivals, and have had a harder time breaking through in cable TV and viral moments (unless you count Trump evoking the massacre at Wounded Knee to mock […]
The Science Times

New Species of Shipworm Found in the Philippines Surprisingly Eats Rocks

“We want to look at the symbionts, the bacteria that live inside these animals to see if they are providing any nutrition, and this is an area of research we are currently focusing on,” said Reuben Shipway, the lead author of the study and a post-doctoral researcher at the Marine Science Center at Northeastern University in […]
CBC News

Mice are not people: Fighting spin in medical science

James Heathers, a researcher at Northeastern University, started the account in April as an inside joke for other scientists who know that, despite the sensational headlines, any discovery in mice has almost no immediate relevance to human health.  
Psychology Today

Master Your Feelings With New Tools Inspired by Neuroscience

Northeastern University neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett has done extensive research into how emotions work in the brain and has come to the conclusion that emotions and thoughts are not separate processes; instead, the entire brain actively constructs both thoughts and emotions by billions of neurons signaling each other.
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Heatwave cooks mussels in their shells on California shore

The Northeastern University marine ecologist Brian Helmuth designed a robot mussel that can measure and log temperatures as the animal would experience them.
EducationDive

Survey: Only 22% of Americans say colleges prepare workers for future jobs

Only 22% of American adults say they agree colleges are adequately preparing their graduates “for future jobs involving technology,” according to a recent report from Gallup and Northeastern University that looks at how the U.S. and other countries are preparing for artificial intelligence’s impact on jobs.
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Gallup-Northeastern University report analyses views on AI revolution from survey of 10,000 members of public across US, UK and Canada.
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American sunscreen may damage coral reefs — unlike sunscreen you can buy overseas. Here’s why.

Kirsten Rodine-Hardy is an associate professor of political science at Northeastern University and the author of “Global Markets and Government Regulation in Telecommunications” (Cambridge University Press) and the forthcoming “Nanotechnology: Regulation at the Nexus of Environmental Politics and International Security” (Stanford University Press).
POLITICO

Biden ‘Dated Himself,’ ‘Underperformed’—and ‘Was Eaten Alive’

Alan Schroeder is a professor in the school of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston. Schroeder is the author of several books, including Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trail.