Today, democracy ends at the gate entrance. The government relinquished control of the airline industry to a handful of CEOs—and more important, to a handful of shareholders on Wall Street. We merely converted regulation by and for the public into regulation by plutocrats, who now rule the friendly skies in their own interest. The airline […]

Another argument for embracing your inner Scandinavian Cinderella? You may find yourself less stressed and more focused once you’re living in a clean, organized space. Having fewer things to worry about really can make life seem more manageable, from the practical chores you do on a day-to-day basis to the big projects and problems you […]

“With Zika, 80% of people are completely asymptomatic … We only see the tip of the iceberg with the people who have symptoms and go to the doctor,” said Alessandro Vespignani, director of the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University in Boston.

This time, researchers Professor Jack Levin and Professor Arnold Arluke, from Northeastern University in Boston, gave 240 participants one of four fake newspaper reports. The report, published in the journal Society & Animals, reveals that participants were asked to describe their emotions using standard questions to measure empathy.

The stringent response, the group’s new article hypothesizes, may also be what allows the Lyme pathogen to survive standard doses of medicine’s best antibiotics. Among the article’s nearly 200 citations is the work, since 2014, of scientists from Johns Hopkins, Northeastern and Tulane universities who have shown that doxycycline, amoxicillin and other common Lyme disease […]

This review is not written by a robot. Or is it? How would you know? At a time when robot-written reviews fool academics, publishing circles discuss how (not only whether) robots will peer-review articles, and artificial intelligence dominates popular news (often for the wrong reasons), Joseph Aoun’s new book provides a wake-up call to all […]

The deadly synthetic fentanyl and a shortage of treatment facilities will fuel the opioid epidemic over the next five years — and fatalities will climb before finally tapering off, according to mathematical models developed by Northeastern researchers.

But Alan Clayton-Matthews, an associate professor of economics and public policy at Northeastern University, said that although Walsh had a role to play in the city’s good economy, including the GE deal, the industrial giant might have come to the technology-friendly city anyway.

“No city can prevent a vehicular attack,” said Max Abrahms, assistant professor of political science at Northeastern University.

Barry Bluestone, an economist at Northeastern University, calls this kind of incentive unnecessary corporate giveaways.

The House of Representatives still has to go through its own process, and it’s unclear what the final legislation, if any, will look like. Morning Edition’s Joe Mathieu spoke about the bill with Northeastern law professor and WGBH Legal Analyst Daniel Medwed.

It’s an old debate that predates the internet and social media. Should the supposedly neutral City Hall reporter be allowed to go on social media and call the mayor an idiot? In its current form, Mathew Ingram made the case for making opinions known (and thus disputing such moves to limit social media by journalists) […]