Article Will 2012 be the year for economic optimists? The economic optimists have to get it right one of these days. Will this be the year?
Article Nature Physics The network takeover Reductionism, as a paradigm, is expired, and complexity, as a field, is tired. Data-based mathematical models of complex systems are offering a fresh perspective, rapidly developing into a new discipline: network science.
Article Scandals at Penn State and Syracuse, labor strife contribute to make 2011 worst of times Even after all the turmoil 2011 brought to sports, what with the NBA and NFL players and owners huddling with lawyers and accountants, more unsettling reports of brains ravaged by hard hits, and college players being given cash, tattoos, access to strip clubs and pretty much anything else you can imagine, the games still mattered.
Article Mayor Touts ‘Safest Decade’ New York is on pace for the “safest decade in recorded city history,” with homicides, fire-related fatalities and the speed at which ambulances arrive at life-threatening incidents near historical lows, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday.
Article Crime Keeps Falling Despite A Recession – But Why? We’ve reported that crime continues to fall in the United States. The FBI said it was down for the first six months of the year and the Justice Department said violent crime was down 12 percent in 2010.
Article New York Times: Joining Trend, College Grows Beyond Name After a century firmly anchored in Boston, Northeastern University is branching out - becoming Southeastern, Northwestern and perhaps Western and Midwestern as well.
Article Home sales up a fifth month November marked the fifth consecutive month of improved housing sales in Massachusetts, but 2011 is still likely to wind up being the slowest year for the stateâs real estate market in two decades, data released yesterday show.
Article Food Navigator “Flavour map” flags up connections between ingredients New research revealing how food ingredients are interconnected by their flavour compounds could help industry formulators develop new flavour combinations, say researchers.
Article ABC How to Be the Life of the Party Stressed out about the office Christmas party or your neighbor’s drop-in bash for New Year’s Eve? You could send your regrets, or show up and hide in the corner while pretending to text all night. Or you could go the other way and dazzle the guests with your outfit, wit and charm. Here’s a guide […]
Article The Bay State Banner In The News: Hope Lewis Northeastern University School of Law Professor Hope Lewis, a human rights scholar and advocate for more than 20 years, has been awarded the American Bar Associationâs (ABA) prestigious Mayre Rasmussen Award for the advancement of women in the legal profession.
Article Valet parking violations punished lightly, if at all In 2008, Petit Robert was in the cross hairs of Patricia A. Malone, the director of the cityâs Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing.
Article Neiman Journalism Lab Dan Kennedy: 2012 will bring ‘the great retrenchment’ among newspaper publishers Following years of retreat in the face of shrinking readership, mounting financial losses, and a rising chorus of digital visionaries telling them they’re doing it all wrong, 2012 will be a year of retrenchment for newspaper publishers.