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Warming Antarctic waters come with a cost for the normally ‘robust’ rockcod

Researcher H. William Detrich investigated the potential impact of warming waters in the Southern Ocean on a common species of fish. What he found could be catastrophic for fish populations in the region.

Our preference for certain foods may be impacted by early life stress, research shows

Researcher Brie Reid finds a correlation between acute stress in infancy and an increased preference for inflammatory foods in subjects’ late teens and 20s.

With ‘Shrinking,’ therapy is more mainstream than ever. Is that a good thing? Therapists aren’t so sure

Teaching Professor William Sharp says therapy, once taboo, has now become fashionable thanks to social media and entertainment like Apple TV’s sitcom, but destigmatizing therapy has also distorted it in unexpected ways.

Co-op brings student up close and personal with a lioness

Ryan Sewell completed a co-op at Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, which works to protect Malawi’s wildlife from threats such as deforestation, poaching and the pet trade.

What different shaped skis do and do not influence

Physicist Stefan Kautsch said ski shape is all about providing a stable platform to best maneuver over the snow.

Will the Winter Olympics run out of snow?

Because of climate change, organizers will have to be careful about future venues and host events at locations of various altitudes, professor Samuel Muñoz say.

Soccer passing is harder, shorter and sharper across pro leagues, new research finds

Assistant teaching professors Brennan Klein's new research group, NetSi Sport, released research analyzing how professional soccer gameplay has evolved over the last five years.

This class at Northeastern guides students through the mystery of the circadian rhythm

Associate teaching professor Matthias Schlichting invites upper-level students to investigate a biological mystery: How does the circadian rhythm function?

Ashwagandha is having a moment. These researchers opened the door to more life-altering benefits

Ashwagandha, a popular supplement, is known for its effect on stress and sleep. Professor Jing-Ke Weng recreated its compounds in yeast, making a potential factory for its many benefits.

How living and working under the sea fills aquanauts with wonder and awe. The phenomenon is called the  “underview effect.”

Professor Brian Helmuth studies how living underwater can create a mind-blowing effect similar to what astronauts experience in space.

These researchers flew a particle detector above Antarctica, hoping to find evidence of mysterious matter

Assistant Professor Tsuguo Aramaki has spent 20 years developing a weather balloon-borne particle detector to record indirect traces of dark matter. It recently launched in Antarctica.

A ‘stunning’ new map of dark matter reveals insights into this mystery of the universe 

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers including Professor Jacqueline McCleary, created the highest-resolution map yet of dark matter, the virtually invisible material that makes up about 80% of the universe’s matter.