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Researchers Put AI Models in Charge of Analyzing Sports, and They Choked Spectacularly
A new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Northeastern University found that top AI models are horrible at analyzing professional sports.
Scientific American
Aquanauts experience awe-inspiring ‘underview effect’
“That’s when I felt, ‘Wow, this is the coolest thing maybe I’m ever going to do: live underwater,’” says Patterson, a marine biologist at Northeastern University who has spent a total of 89 days under the sea.
Miami Herald
Algorithms did not invent tribal hatred — they amplified it
Researchers from the University of Washington, Stanford University and Northeastern University worked with 1,256 participants on X during the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign. They found that reducing users’ exposure to posts expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity improved their feelings toward the opposing party by about two points on a 100-point scale.
Transparency or confusion: Trump admin’s X engagement outpaces Biden’s
“DOGE, like many other federal agencies under the Trump administration, uses extremely inflammatory language, frequently attacking perceived opponents,” Dr. Rebekah Tromble, professor and director of global partnerships at Northeastern University’s Institute for Information, the Internet & Democracy, told USA TODAY.
Platner Had Huge Advantage With Women—Will It Last?
Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, said the allegations against Platner could be enough to affect the outcome of the race.
Fox News
Scientists say you’ve been throwing away perfectly good meat because of one common mistake
“This research is far more significant than a discussion about meat discoloration or shelf life,” Darin Detweiler, a food safety policy expert and professor at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies, told Fox News Digital.
Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening
Chengfei He at Northeastern University in Boston and his colleagues found that rapid warming of the Arctic has reduced the temperature difference between the pole and the tropics, shifting the jet stream northwards into the cold blob region.
How Todd Blanche Avoided Pam Bondi’s Missteps With Trump
“It may not be so much about what Blanche has done already but more so about what he has said or signaled he would do in the future if confirmed,” Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.
Commonwealth Beacon
Ending the requirement that legal ads be published by news outlets would harm democracy and journalism
Op-ed by Dan Kennedy, a professor of journalism at Northeastern University.
Research: When Consumers Have More Control Over Ads, They Respond Better
Article co-written by Debashish Ghose, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the D’Amore McKim School of Business at Northeastern University
WGBH
Rise in domestic violence killings spurs call for more state support for victims
Hayat Bearat, a lawyer who directs the Domestic Violence Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, said that even when survivors interact with police and the court system, there are still gaps that don’t provide critical help and leave them vulnerable.
Quanta Magazine
Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity.
To get space and matter to interact, Cao knew he needed a more sophisticated code. “It was clear that something else beyond entanglement had to be there,” said Ning Bao, a physicist at Northeastern University.