Men's Health ‘Don Draper got it right’ and other fatherhood wisdom from Adam Carolla MH: There’s a recent study out of Northeastern University in Boston, looking at how fathers interact with their kids. They found that when dads spent more time with their children, they were less stressed about their jobs and less inclined to want to quit. AC: Okay. MH: Jamie Ladge, one of the professors who co-authored […]
One and done: yes, we ‘only’ had one child — and that’s OK The first time it happened, I was standing in line at the grocery store, and I was pregnant. “When you do you think you’ll have another?” the woman behind me asked. I was totally unprepared for this question. It had taken us years to get to this point as expectant parents, and it was a […]
How researchers could tell if you’ve been laid off – from your cell phone records Think about your daily cell-phone use. Maybe you generally call your significant other from the break room. Maybe at lunch you call a friend about meeting up for a drink later. At 3 p.m., you call to make sure your kid got home from school, and at 7 p.m. you call from the bar to apologize […]
5 questions about the Republican presidential debates The idea was to prevent chaos. Instead, efforts to control this season’s Republican presidential primary debates have injected greater uncertainty into an already volatile process. With the first debate just a couple of months in the offing, and with somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 candidates jockeying for position, the upcoming series of jousts is […]
The Conversation Wanted: good leaders for government. Must have people, not just technical, skills I recently completed a study for the Law and Policy program at Northeastern University that surveyed US government employees as to how they perceived 28 leader behaviors on a 1-5 Likert Scale. I asked the respondents to consider how these behaviors would affect their own performance and morale. Two of the questions inquired about leader […]
The mansions that are swallowing suburban homes Suzanne Lanyi Charles, assistant professor of architecture at Boston’s Northeastern University, said they’re happening in both affluent and cheaper suburbs. In both cases, the new structures are more luxurious because the builder needs to justify the acquisition costs. That means buyers looking for more affordable options may be pushed to a location with a longer […]
ESPN Unified Sports’ mission continues: It’s all about inclusion Ben admitted, “It was hard when Sarah went off to college.” But the siblings say they text and call each other all the time. “Siblings can naturally be friends, but you don’t always like them,” said Sarah, who just finished her sophomore year at Northeastern University and hopes to become a psychiatric mental health nurse […]
Want to know how many people are working? Cell phone data will tell you way before the Jobs Report David Lazer, a professor at Northeastern University, thinks we could improve the jobs numbers by using a completely different collection-method. Rather than asking people, after-the-fact, if they have a job, you could track their behavior using cell phone data, he says. That way, we might be able to have jobs data earlier than now, and […]
The Sun Chronicle Jobless rate plummets in Attleboro area Alan Clayton-Matthews, an economist at Northeastern University, said typically adjusting the rates adds 0.6 percent to them. He also said some of the people listed as employed are only working part time, but want full-time jobs. “Those people aren’t counted as unemployed, but they are under-employed,” he said. Still, he said, the numbers compared to […]
Fatherly love: and more surprising insights from the social sciences CUTTING OFF THE HEAD of the snake has long been the modus operandi in counterterrorist operations. But the snake can just as often become a hydra. In a study from the department of unintended consequences, political scientists at Northeastern University and the University of Virginia found that the leaders of militant groups generally restrain those […]
Hot content went viral in the 1800s, too Page through a 19th-century newspaper and you’ll be surprised at how 21st-century it looks. Northeastern University’s Ryan Cordell tells NPR’s Scott Simon about the listicles of the 1800s.
Diving deeper into Mayan lore — and a den of human sacrifice Three hours before, the cave looked welcoming — refreshing, even. A river flowed from the vine-draped grotto, and a swim across a 15-foot pool was required to access the inner depths. Jumping into the clear, minnow-filled water was the closest I and my Northeastern University classmates — volunteering in western Belize over our spring break […]