There’s one big reason meat from a “humane farm” tastes so good, and it has nothing to do with farms. According to new research, merely being told that meat is produced humanely can make it taste completely different to us. In a study conducted at Northeastern University, people rated meat as looking, tasting and smelling […]

Besides the fact that Perry has drawnplenty of criticism in the past for her racial insensitivity, the term “misogynoir” isn’t one that gets a lot of attention in the white mainstream world. The word was coined by black queer feminist scholar Moya Bailey, a professor at Northeastern University, to “describe the particular brand of hatred […]

Very few other bacteria can bring on such a variety of symptoms or infect such hard-to-reach tissues, says Kim Lewis, a professor of microbiology and director of the Antimicrobial Discovery Center at Northeastern University. “Bacteria that cause syphilis, meningitis and leptospirosis are some examples, but they have one or two target organs,” says Lewis, who […]

The first day back to school is rife with anxiety for kids and teachers alike.  Parents can often be forgotten in our flurry of writing and intentional planning for that back to school after summer vacation transition of our students and teachers.  But if we are to take seriously our belief in the parent/school partnership […]

‘We show that what you feel very directly influences not only how you interpret what you see but also very literally what you see,’ said Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett, an expert in the psychology of emotion at Northeastern University, in Massachusetts. ‘We call this ‘affective realism’ – the tendency of your feelings to influence the […]

People who buy more humanely raised meat obviously do so for moral reasons. But there’s more going on with these labels than the objective information they convey. A long line of research suggests that the way we taste food and drink is affected by all sorts of factors that aren’t tied directly to its taste […]

Following the 2009 arrest of famous street artist Shepard Fairey for illegal tagging — while a local museum hosted an exhibit of his work — [Boston’s] strict approach to the form seems to be giving way to more relaxed dealings. Fun and unusual projects are popping up all over town, including the work of an artist […]

You know that guy, the one peppering the waiter with a million questions about the meat he’s about to eat? New research from Northeastern and Tufts says you should be that guy. The study, published Wednesday in PLOS ONE, found that people who’re told they’re eating humanely raised meat prefer it to meat they’re told came from a […]

And on dating sites, would-be scammers have a trump card: People are irrational when they’re looking for love. “Romance is by definition quite irrational,” Jack Levin, co-director of Northeastern University’s Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, told The Post. “And the smartest person can be taken in during the early stages of the dating process. Except […]

Alan Schroeder, a journalism professor at Northeastern University and author of Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trail, said history has proven conventional wisdom true: practice makes perfect when it comes to the art of debate. “I think to go into a general election debate without adequate preparation is really foolhardy and to look […]

In the broad scope of American history, second-term presidents are not all that common: Almost two-thirds of presidents in the past 200 years have not been reelected. But in more recent history, the failed one-termer is a far rarer creature. Of those presidents seeking reelection since World War II, only Bush and Jimmy Carter have […]

A racially diverse group of 100 Boston police officers assigned to wear body cameras in a pilot program come from districts across the city, with some from the city’s high-crime neighborhoods, areas heavily populated by students, and districts trafficked by tourists. The officers — who are scheduled to begin training Wednesday — were selected by […]