Make America Great Again, the new American reality show, is now officially set to debut in January 2017. Donald Trump has now landed the leading role, as commander-in-chief. The pilot previews were visceral. The disparaging content proved harmful for all audiences. Viewer discretion was advised from all sides, but the show has now made it […]

For Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, Trump “understood the modern media environment better than anybody in public life and was able to exploit that from the way he was able to make himself the star.” “The story was always about him,” Kennedy said. – Counter-narrative – Kennedy argues that it is unfair […]

“You as a consumer are just looking at a website and really have no idea why it’s showing you what it’s showing you,” said Christo Wilson, who along with his team of researchers at Northeastern University collected online shopping search results from more than 300 people. Based on their findings, Wilson said they found cases […]

Enzo Yaksic, who runs Northeastern University’s Murder Accountability Project and has built a database on serial killers for use by law enforcement, described that pattern as “incredibly uncommon.” “I don’t think I’ve seen that in any other case before,” he said. Experts said many serial killers appear so normal they don’t raise suspicions and sometimes […]

Quite steep, says terrorism scholar Max Abrahms who argues that their differences stem from how each views the root causes of terrorism. Clinton subscribes to the “grievance model” of terrorism, the notion that terrorism is inspired by a sense of injustice, said Abrams, a political science professor at Northeastern University in Boston.

Earlier today, the song “One Day More” from Les Miserables was trending on Twitter. For more than just Broadway enthusiasts, today represents the approaching end to an election cycle that has left the entire country exhausted. Tomorrow, American voters will finally cast their ballots and wait to hear the results. Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett […]

The study, led by Albert-László Barabási at Northeastern University in Boston, should further help change attitudes in the workplace about tapping older workers, especially in creative fields. It could also cause institutions with a required retirement age to drop that rule. Dr. Barabási cites the example of John B. Fenn, who was forced to retire […]

Do a cost-benefit analysis. When you decide to be vulnerable, you’re giving up something secure in the present for a potential long-term gain, says David DeSteno, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University. Write down the pros of taking the risk you are considering on one side of a piece of paper, then the pros […]

“Integrating safe patient equipment and procedures into the plan of care for each patient . . . aligns the goal of caring for the patient with the prevention of worker injury,” said lead study author Dr. Jack Dennerlein of Northeastern University in Boston. “This approach can easily be transferred to other hospitals,” Dennerlein added by […]

Federal funding agencies have been eager to support younger researchers, reflecting a widespread belief that nurturing the next generation is critical to ensuring the long-term success of the nation’s scientific enterprise. A new analysis out of Northeastern University, however, is challenging the orthodoxy. Looking across a variety of fields, the study found that while a […]

Critics of the tenure system often say that scholarly productivity declines over time. While that’s true, according to a new study in Science, creativity, or a shot at a big breakthrough, doesn’t have to wane — as long as one keeps working. “We offer empirical evidence that impact is randomly distributed within the sequence of […]

Making sure kids have good muscle fitness might also benefit their school performance, according to a recent U.S. study. Aerobic fitness has already been linked to better thinking abilities in pre-teen children, but the current study found an independent link between muscle fitness and kids’ performance on memory tests as well as their math and […]