But Max Abrahms, a terrorism scholar, argues that the two candidates’ differences are in fact deeper than many assume and that they stem from how each views the phenomenon 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 […]

This is getting repetitive. The third and final US presidential debate ended without moderator Chris Wallace asking a single question about climate change, and only a fleeting reference to the issue by one of the candidates. Just like the first and second debates. This time, while discussing the economy, Hillary Clinton called for “new jobs […]

Evidence emerges in how students nationwide describe their male and female professors. Ben Schmidt, an assistant professor of history at Northeastern University, crunched data from Rate My Professors to create a data visualization of popular terms used for men and women in academia. Teachers of both genders often come off as “assertive,” data from February 2015 show:

This is the 12th year that Barrett, a neuroscientist who heads the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory at Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital, has run the haunted house out of her home. The one-night charity event, which will take place on Oct. 28 this year, raises thousands of dollars for the Greater Boston Food Bank. […]

All of the media reaction to Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate focused on one surreal and disturbing moment. Within minutes of the close, the Associated Press moved a story with this extraordinary lede: Threatening to upend a fundamental pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused to say in debate that he will accept […]

“We found that the CB1 receptor consists of multiple sub-pockets and channels,” Northeastern University researcher Alexandros Makriyannis explained. “This complex structure will allow chemists to design diverse compounds that specifically target portions of the receptor to produce desired effects.”

Regardless of a divisive party nominee who is struggling in the latest national polls, some college Republicans in this liberal city thought Donald Trump delivered a winning performance in the third presidential debate. Trump and Hillary Clinton spent Wednesday night on the stage together in Las Vegas at their final official presidential debate of the […]

“The mere fact that there are limitations on those funds does not mean it is an appropriation,’’ said Raise Up’s attorney, Peter Enrich, a Northeastern University law professor and an expert in public administration. “It’s not an appropriation until the Legislature identifies a specific sum and makes it available expenditure for a specific purpose.” The […]

As this extraordinary, wretched presidential campaign enters its final weeks, it is impossible not to think about how very different this election would be if the Republicans had nominated someone — anyone — besides Donald Trump, and what a horrible, foolish mistake was made by those people like Ann Coulter, Howie Carr, Sean Hannity, and […]

Every 10 or 15 minutes for the past 18 years, Professor Brian Helmuth of NU’s College of Science and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and a team of 48 researchers have been informed of the internal temperatures of mussel beds all over the world. All this data was pooled from the robomussels, […]

“It’s a good thing for prolonging a joint’s use without doing something more drastic, like a total joint replacement … but nobody knows how long this hydrogel will last,” said Dr. Arthur Coury, a professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. “There are some horror stories of hydrogels degrading in the body and […]

“Silly as it sounds, companies start downsizing with the lowest hanging fruit,” says Donna Lubrano, adjunct faculty at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies. Snacks and soda are the first to go. “Sometimes quietly, to not attract notice, these small treats start to disappear.”