A lot of ink has been spilled over last Wednesday’s debate, but here’s another way to talk about it. Judging purely by the data, Trump still dominated – but Fiorina and Christie really stepped forward, and Rubio made the most of the openings he had. Jeb Bush, meanwhile, had plenty of chances but largely let […]

With Apple Music out this summer, the music streaming market is becoming more crowded than ever. And yet, despite all the options, listening to music remains a very passive experience.

Neha Gandhi (@loveplayingdressup) has called Boston home for a decade, but originally left Mumbai to attend Northeastern University. The eBay analyst and lifestyle blogger has since adjusted to New England temps and attitudes and has words of encouragement for the incoming class.

As a senior at Northeastern University, I find myself gawking at how the freshman class gets larger and larger each year. This year, the enormous flock of new students this year got me thinking about the experiences I had during my first year at Northeastern. The experiences you endure as a freshman in college are […]

Close to 150,000 kids in the US will spend time in a juvenile detention facility in any given year. Black inner city youth are almost five times more likely to be incarcerated than their white peers. But that’s not because kids in inner cities are more prone to crime, it’s because suburban communities deal with […]

So here’s what we learned from the second Republican presidential debate: Carly Fiorina knows how to sell her message — and how to plant a shiv. Jeb Bush was a prep school pothead. And Donald Trump has neither the inclination nor the capacity to transcend his shtick and become a serious presidential candidate. In a […]

“I woke up this morning and turned on my set and half expected to see the 11 of them still up there yammering,” said Alan Schroeder, professor at Northeastern University and author of “Presidential Debates: 50 Years of High-Risk TV.” Wednesday’s three-hour debate, which came after a two-hour preliminary event involving low-polling candidates, is the […]

William Dickens, chairman of the economics department at Northeastern University, said he remains concerned about the millions of Americans who dropped out of the workforce during the recession who have not returned to jobs. These workers — and those taking part-time jobs because they can’t get full-time work — are not included in the official […]

We are in the early innings of a Second Machine Age—one relying on fewer people and more technology—yet we’re largely educating students for a bygone era. The (First) Machine Age, which is typically bracketed by the introduction of the automobile in the late 1880s and the invention of the transistor shortly after WWII, led to […]

Whatever the outcome in Paris, the encyclical is likely to have far-reaching effects, though they may take years to be felt, says Northeastern University’s Matthew Nisbet, who studies the politics and communication of climate change. For moderate Republicans and Catholics who have voted Republican, the pope’s message could “elevate climate change into the box of […]

One tool, the Thermal Fishing Bob, links a temperature sensor to lights inside a waterproof container. Northeastern University student Erik Hanley demonstrated how it works. The lights turn from blue to green to red as the temperature goes from cool to warm. Dunked in a river, the bob’s changing colors can indicate a warm area […]

“Some prosecutors, at least in recent cases, seem to be displaying a greater willingness to hold these officers accountable,” says Daniel Medwed, a professor at the Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. But while officers appear to be losing the level of trust they once had in the court system, that doesn’t mean they […]