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Mesmerized by how bats ‘dance in the air,’ this new Northeastern professor built a robotic one

As a postdoctoral researcher, Alireza Ramezani and his colleagues created a drone that can flap its wings, glide, make sharp turns, and swoop down. Now…

Greg St. Martin September 19, 2018

Patriots honor professor for providing support to victims of sexual violence

Beth Molnar has volunteered at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center for 20 years. In honor of that work, the Patriots named her a Myra…

Greg St. Martin June 27, 2018

Trump signed an executive order to stop separating families at the border. But what does it actually do?

President Donald J. Trump’s executive order doesn’t solve the crisis at the border. Some families will stay separated for years. Separating children from their parents…

Molly Callahan June 21, 2018

Here’s all you need to know about the stealthiest creatures in the ocean

Type “cephalopod camouflage” into YouTube and be prepared to gasp. Cephalopods—which include octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish—can change their color, shape, and texture to blend in…

Allie Nicodemo June 20, 2018

Foundation funding helps keep journalism alive—but most money goes to a select few nonprofit media outlets

Funding for the nonprofit news sector is highly concentrated among a few dozen outlets and provided by a handful of huge grants rather than a…

Molly Callahan June 19, 2018

Tired of being manipulated by fake news? This Northeastern researcher is creating the tools we need to fight against it.

Behavioral psychologist Briony Swire-Thompson is on the frontline in the battle against misinformation. Understanding how the brain stores and retrieves information will make efforts to…

Bill Ibelle June 18, 2018

How video technology could change the 2018 World Cup

The 2018 World Cup in Russia is underway, and this year, there will be a new addition to the referee staff—a system of Video Assistant…

Sophia Fox-Sowell June 14, 2018

US-North Korea meeting could lead to historic peace or disaster—‘the devil is in the details’

Monday’s historic meeting between President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was a big gamble for Trump, said political science professor…

Molly Callahan June 12, 2018

Bursts of inspiration come from bursts of communication

Imagine a group messaging platform in which people fire off questions, responses, and ideas in a cluster and then go radio-silent for a relatively long…

Allie Nicodemo June 11, 2018

What happened when a chemical engineering professor ditched the chalkboard for an iPad

Associate professor Steve Lustig ditched chalk for a writing tablet several years ago. He says tablets have made his teaching more efficient and helped him…

Greg St. Martin June 6, 2018