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Times of technological change, such as the present AI revolution, have a way of summoning old anxieties. Lately, that has meant the return of a lexical boogeyman that harkens back to a bygone era: the Luddites.

What happens when you slow down and start paying attention? Conversations with Northeastern experts reveal how meditation can change the way you experience everyday life.

To qualify, the Oakland high school students demonstrated extensive commitment to public service within their high schools’ communities.

A three-year partnership among Northeastern, the Boston Parks and Recreation department and the Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Foundation will steward the Back Bay Fens.

Andrea Pires shares her experience as a master's student the Cell and Gene Therapies program

Feel that buzz? It’s your fitness tracker reminding you to move so you can hit your goal of 10,000 steps a day. But many users of these devices are already aware of the reality that this is an arbitrary benchmark that, according to Ram Hariharan, an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering....

A new astronomical observatory nearing completion atop a desert mountain in northern Chile will reveal the workings of the universe as never before. It might even revolutionize our understanding of the mysterious forces shaping the cosmos, such as dark energy, says Northeastern assistant physics professor Jonathan Blazek. With a telescope as wide as a tennis...

For Christian Bernier, it started with videos he saw as a kid on popular YouTube channels like Minute Physics. Bernier has always been interested in science, so he found topics around the fundamentals and building blocks of the world to be particularly fascinating. He quickly developed an “insatiable desire to know more about the universe,...

What are you studying and when are you graduating?  I am a master’s student in the Cell and Gene Therapies programs, with plans to graduate in April 2025. Why did you decide to enroll at Northeastern University and pursue an advanced degree in Cell & Gene Therapies? My undergraduate degree is in Biotechnology Engineering, and...

Bree Taylor, a research assistant professor in life sciences and medical science at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, has always been fascinated by sleep. More specifically, the intersection of sleep and behavior and mental health, specifically in the context of children with autism. Taylor, an emerging researcher in the field of mental and behavioral health, was...

Medical dramas like “Grey’s Anatomy” set expectations for a generation of aspiring doctors that they’d spend most of their medical training and career in the operating room, saving lives in a dramatic way. Northeastern biology major Marcello Twahirwa was lucky enough to get time in both the operating room and with patients during a co-op...

Sharks lose teeth all their lives, replacing them in a kind of endless rotating Rolodex, while humans, of course, get only our two sets. Beavers’ teeth, notoriously, grow all their lives and have to be worn down to prevent injury. New research has now placed another animal into the self-sharpening set, Schistocerca gregaria, the desert...