Our experience on the web today is so personalized—our Google search results and Facebook News Feeds, our Amazon and Netflix suggestions. So it makes sense that online retailers would try to “personalize” prices they charge for products, too. Except that kind of deal doesn’t sound so great to most shoppers, especially when they don’t know […]

Business innovation doesn’t just happen; it has to be encouraged and nurtured by the right professional environment. So say speakers at a Women Who Inspire discussion sponsored by Boston’s Northeastern University, including the chief innovation officer for Boston Children’s Hospital.

At Northeastern University, an effort based, in part, on Langer’s ideas is under way to help students become more aware of their learning and study habits. Leading that effort is Susan Ambrose, senior vice provost of undergraduate education and experiential learning at the university, and one of the co-authors of How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based […]

Millions of slaves are working in the United States in homes, fields, restaurants and building sites, undetected by labour and immigration officials whose lax enforcement allows trafficking to flourish, according to a new study. “Labour trafficking is hidden in plain sight in this country,” Meredith Dank, co-author of the report, said in an interview. Researchers […]

Monday’s broadcast of The CBS Evening News began on a portentous note. “Good evening,” said anchor Scott Pelley. “Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, higher temperatures. If you think someone’s trying to tell us something, someone just did.” Pelley’s introduction was followed by a report on the latest study by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on […]

The forthcoming movie “Inside Out” from Disney-Pixar explores the life of a young girl through characters who each represent an emotion like joy, fear, anger or disgust. While boiling each emotion down to a distinct personality with specific duties makes for an entertaining movie, science is beginning to reveal the flaws in this traditional essentialist […]

You may pay more than your friends when shopping online based on your web browsing history or what kind of smartphone you own, according to a new study analyzing price discrimination on e-​​commerce sites. In April and May of this year, researchers at North­eastern Uni­ver­sity in Boston studied the search results of 300 people who […]

Recently, I asked Co-Founder and CEO of New Grounds Food, Johnny Fayad, his opinion on how more college students can start up their own ventures because he is currently operating a startup all the while attending Northeastern University. Johnny and his team raised over $35,000 via Kickstarter for their all natural CoffeeBar, and were featured […]

“Our system will be based on direct sniffing,” Zang said. “We don’t swab your hand. We don’t swab your purse. We sniff it like a dog because sampling of the surface always depends on how much you swab and where you swab. But for sniffing, the molecule hanging around in the air will make a […]

All Evan Goldfinger wanted was a rock climbing wall. The now second year Northeastern University student was determined to get a wall on campus when he first got to the university. Instead, he ended up founding a nationally successful rock climbing team. “Ideally, we wanted a rock climbing wall. So how do we get a rock climbing wall? […]

For nearly 20 years, as editor in chief of Food & Wine magazine, Dana Cowin has taken readers inside a lifestyle built around beautifully prepared food. At the same time, Cowin maintained a secret that the readers didn’t know: Despite being one of the leading voices in the world of food media, she was not […]

With all the focus on strategies to resist the proverbial marshmallow, we may have been missing something right under our noses. David Desteno, Ph.D., author and professor of psychology at Northeastern University, proposes a counter-intuitive approach to building self-control. Instead of demonizing emotion, he argues that some emotional responses may be the most powerful weapons […]