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“Octopus Maps” Promote Conspiratorial Thinking Even When It Is Unintended

During their new study of this form of depiction, researchers at Northeastern University explored historical examples of octopus maps as well as conducting an empirical study of their visual and structural form, and their overall rhetorical function. 
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What Swift fan accounts should know about copyright after Barstool’s ‘Taylor Watch’ canceled

It’s a perfect question for David Herlihy, an intellectual property, new media and entertainment lawyer who also teaches at Northeastern University in Boston. =
The Week

Why is ABC’s firing of Terry Moran roiling journalists?

ABC was “right to suspend Moran” but “wrong to get rid of him,” said Northeastern University journalism Professor Dan Kennedy in his Media Nation newsletter.
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There could be fewer summer jobs available for teenagers this year

“This is what teaches good work habits,” said Alicia Modestino, a professor of public policy at Northeastern University.
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Mary Trump Predicts US to Face ‘Yet Another Test’ from Donald Trump

Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek there is a “rich history” of military parades and it is legitimate to want to celebrate the birthday of the army, but what makes the parade different in the eyes of many critics is that it happens to also fall on Trump’s birthday.
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Now we know how the funny and extraordinary amphibian axolotl manages to regrow entire limbs and organs

The complex mechanism by which it does this was revealed today by a research team coordinated by James Monaghan, a biologist at Northeastern University.
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These Smiling Salamanders Are Helping Scientists Learn to Regrow Limbs

“This species is special,” lead researcher James Monaghan, a biologist at Northeastern University in Boston, told The Washington Post. They have “really become the champion of some extreme abilities that animals have.”
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Newly discovered plant genes could slash cost of making key cancer drug

“This is really a remarkable piece of work,” says Jing-Ke Weng, a biochemist at Northeastern University. “This provides an alternative way to produce this extremely valuable drug precursor.”
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Northeastern biologists find secret to limb regeneration in the axolotl salamander, a ‘superstar of cuteness’

For centuries, scientists have wondered how salamanders regrow limbs, especially axolotls, which do so at one of the fastest rates, said James Monaghan, biology department chair at Northeastern University.
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NASA shuts down X accounts as fears swirl about massive cuts to science initiatives

Jacqueline McCleary, an assistant professor of physics at Northeastern University, called the proposed budget a “strategic mistake.”
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This Acne Drug’s Active Ingredient Might Be the Secret to Regrowing Human Limbs

Scientists at Northeastern University have uncovered a breakthrough that’s raising eyebrows in both the dermatology and regenerative biology worlds. The chemical at the center of it all? Retinoic acid—a form of vitamin A that’s also the active ingredient in isotretinoin, better known as Accutane.
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Op-ed by Jill Abramson, who teaches journalism at Northeastern University.