But, as is becoming a now all-too familiar story with Wansink’s work, all is not as it seems. Last week James Heathers, a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University in Boston, made public the results from a statistical reanalysis of data from the bottomless bowls study that call into question the veracity of the results.

Newsweek came up with four calculations to estimate how long it will take to reach gender equality in all 50 statehouses based on the progress of the past. The calculations and results were guided and analyzed by Devon Bracher, a master’s student at Northeastern University in Urban Informatics, and by Michael McClellan and Sam Silva, […]

But a relatively small percentage of the population does most of the gun buying. A study by professors at Harvard and Northeastern University in 2016 found that half of the guns in the nation are owned by only 3% of the population.

“People have to make split-second decisions, and it’s important that they know what they’re expected to do, and they can predict what the other drivers around them will do,” said Peter Furth, a civil engineer at Northeastern University’s Snell Engineering Center who is an expert in traffic and transit. Furth rode along with NBC10 Boston […]

Jim Braude was joined by Martha Tompson, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, and James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology at Northeastern University and the author of 18 books, including “Violence and Security on Campus,” and “Will to Kill,” to discuss whether warning signs were missed and what can […]

More than 30 other states have enacted similar statutes that allow for the involuntary commitment of adults for substance abuse, according to the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Massachusetts is one such state, and its “system has become an unintended mechanism for getting people into treatment,” said Leo Beletsky, associate […]

We ran the survey by a few experts to get their take on its findings. The biggest complaint was that the survey wasn’t large enough to establish state-based numbers with certainty. “The survey is not representative of state ownership,” said Matt Miller, a professor of health sciences and epidemiology at Northeastern University. “The researchers applied […]

WGBH News media analyst and Northeastern University professor Dan Kennedy said GateHouse Media was pegged as the front-runner to assume control. “It seemed to be teed up for GateHouse media, but Digital First came into the picture pretty late — they did not make a formal bid until last week,” Kennedy said. “The understanding of most […]

At Northeastern University last summer, we launched the Network of Experiential Learning Teachers (NeXT), in an effort to harness what we know about experiential learning and broaden its impact across the K-12 and higher education systems. NeXT’s inaugural event convened 75 K-12 educators and administrators from schools and districts representing 35,000 students across North America–with the […]

President Trump is a self-proclaimed “very stable genius,” who says he’s “like, really smart,” and he has a history of boasting about his high IQ and challenging others to IQ tests. Of course, we don’t know his IQ, at least not yet. But even if he is as smart as he claims, would that make […]

WGBH legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed tells Morning Edition that there’s a lot of public confusion about how a defendant’s mental state can affect the way they’re treated by the courts. For one, Medwed said, Sanders has to be determined to be mentally competent in order to stand trial or accept a […]

WGBH legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed tells Morning Edition that there’s a lot of public confusion about how a defendant’s mental state can affect the way they’re treated by the courts.