Collin Mulliner, senior research scientist at Northeastern University, says, “In this case Google is not the actual one to blame. It’s ultimately the manufacturer of your phone, in combination possibly with your carrier.” Android phones are very different from iPhones, for example. Apple runs a closed system. It controls the hardware and software, and it’s […]

The Reverends Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe were back on Boston Public Radio for “All Revved Up.” They talked about the arrest and death of Sandra Bland in Hempstead, Texas. The following questions were paraphrased, and Price and Monroe’s answers were edited where noted […]. The Rev. Emmett G. Price III is a […]

The Republican party made a concerted effort this cycle to gain more control over presidential primary debates, limiting their number in hopes of avoiding the spectacle of 2012, when such gatherings started taking on the feel of a reality show. How is the plan working out? “Not very well,” says Alan Schroeder, professor at Northeastern […]

Many modern manufacturing companies need to have engineers and designers close to production lines because of the complexity of products and the need to update them frequently to keep up with, or ahead of, increasingly fierce and global competition, said Barry Bluestone, professor of political economy and founding director of the Dukakis Center for Urban […]

If you are able to read these words under the overhead light on your morning flight without having to squint or use a magnifier, then this column is not about you. Continue on, nonetheless, as this has everything to do with you and the overwhelming majority of folks who are uninformed about the plight of […]

Peter Furth, a professor at Northeastern University who studies traffic, said the old-fashioned design is partly to blame. There are supposed to be two lanes that run around the entire circle, not that anyone would know that, because there are no painted lane markers. The circle also includes an impromptu third lane for drivers who […]

Powerlifting can be strange to the newcomer. It’s an interesting sport that deviates from the typical “big four” in that there’s much more activity and strategy preparing for the main event than during it. In powerlifting, the behind-the-scenes is much more hectic than the main lift. Despite its exotic qualities, there are a number of […]

This is the subject of some debate. An investigation by Mother Jones found that mass shootings were on the rise, while a 2013 study by criminologists James Alan Fox and Monica J. DeLateur of Northeastern University found that while there are nearly 20 mass shootings a year in the U.S., this particular number has not increased. “There have […]

Vincent Harris, an electrical and computer engineering professor at Northeastern University, believes that drones are a good, and relatively inexpensive, way to patrol the Cape’s beaches as well. “My personal feeling is that drones are here to stay,” said Harris, who does classified research on drone technology for the military. “They will use them routinely […]

Ashley Madison – Hackers are threatening to out millions of customers of the website that promotes extramarital affairs. How should the media handle such disclosures? When are an individual’s sexual indiscretions newsworthy? Planned Parenthood – Some news outlets seemed dismissive of the troubling questions raised by the Planned Parenthood sting by focusing on the group […]

A 2014 FBI study of 160 active-shooter events since 2000 showed a staggered increase over time, with the four most violent years occurring in the last five years of the survey. Criminologist James Alan Fox of Northeastern Universityhas questioned the rigor of the FBI calculation, saying it may be influenced by media reports. But if […]

In fact, such ideas were floated by Northeastern University engineering students back in 2012, as well as a novel concept: seasonal, portable sidewalks which have been implemented in New York City and San Francisco. But what would that mean for Hanover St. parking spaces? We now live in an era that allows the City of […]