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Honolulu Civil Beat
Honolulu Wants To Put More Cameras In Public Parks To Reduce Crime
Case studies show that cameras that aren’t actively monitored do little to deter crime, said Eric Piza, a national expert on crime control technology and director of Crime Analysis Initiatives at Northeastern University.
Self Magazine
Does Freezing Meat ‘Reset’ the Expiration Date?
Helpful as it may be, though, freezing is not a miracle worker: Sorry, but it “doesn’t restart the clock” on your products’ expiration dates, Darin Detwiler, PhD, a food safety expert and associate teaching professor at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies, tells SELF.
Christian Science Monitor
‘Fresh brewed news’: Community café offers locals a chance to sip with reporters
The loss of local newspapers is “really damaging to civic life and civil discourse, and the ability of average people to be informed about their community,” says Meg Heckman, an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston.
Lululemon’s lawsuit against Costco highlights the rise of fashion ‘dupes’
Alexandra Roberts, a professor of law and media at Northeastern University, said that “the term ‘dupe’ itself doesn’t tell us much about legality,” noting the word has also been used to describe more traditional counterfeits.
Abortion Bans Caused Increase in Intimate Partner Violence: New Study
Bilge Erten, an associate professor of economics and international relations at Northeastern University and one of the study’s authors, explained the complex reasons behind the unnerving rise in intimate partner violence that appears to have followed.
ABC News
What could happen to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ wealth? Experts weigh in.
In the event of a conviction, Combs’ punishment could also include financial penalties and a requirement that he pay restitution to some victims, Nikos Passas, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University, told ABC News.
National Geographic
Ticks are taking over city parks. Here’s how to avoid them.
But as farming declined in the U.S. in the 1900s and people abandoned their pastures, areas near cities were reforested—and many towns and cities on the East Coast and up in the Great Lakes were built smack in the middle of those forests, says Nick Takacs, a Northeastern University biology professor.
New England Public Radio
“When the fun stops, stop.” Addiction experts consider the rise of gambling in the U.K. a test case
“It may or may not be doing what they set out to do, but I think the concept struck us as a very solid one,” said Mark Gottlieb, the executive director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University in Boston.
Al Jazeera
What Israel’s attack on Iran means for the future of war
Op-ed by Hossein Dabbagh, an Assistant professor of philosophy at Northeastern University London.
ABC News
Why domestic violence survivors may not be able to ‘just leave’ abusive relationships
Hayat Bearat, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and director of the school’s Domestic Violence Institute, told ABC News that a couple also might have dissipated assets, or the abuse perpetrator may have moved all funds into an account over which they have sole control.
Asleep at the cyber wheel
A yearlong investigation from ChinaFile’s Jessica Batke and Northeastern University’s Laura Edelson found that China’s online censorship is getting harder to evade.
The Telegraph
The Med is now too hot for summer holidays
Deeply ingrained behavioural factors won’t be helping Britons abroad. Dr Stephen Wood of Northeastern University in Massachusetts says: “Tourists are especially vulnerable to heat stroke and related illnesses for a few key reasons. Travel often involves a lot of walking and sightseeing, frequently in the hottest parts of the day, without sufficient hydration or rest.