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Predicting consequence: another piece for the climate change toolbox

Understanding and predicting the biogeographic consequences of climate change requires some pretty sophisticated modeling. Professor Brian Helmuth and colleagues present a framework in the journal Ecology and Evolution to explore how confidence in our forecasts can vary depending on a few simple, measurable metrics of physiological performance.
August 22, 2013

Snails have a thing for sexy stems

In the marsh­lands of the south­east United States, the peri­winkle snail is among the most abun­dant grazing species.
August 14, 2013

Building a robot that can “see” smell

Ryan Myers of the Ayers lab is working on a unique question...how to get robots to "smell" their surroundings in order to better represent typical group behavior of a particular species - in this case, bees.
August 12, 2013

Social robots see smell

For more than four decades, biology professor Josephy Ayers has been working to develop robots that do not rely on algo­rithms or external con­trollers.
August 12, 2013

Four weeks until school starts

Nick Polanchik, a rising second year biology major and math minor, was an Orientation Leader over the summer. On Wednesday, August 7, during #sciencechat, he answered questions about what students can expect when they arrive on campus in just a few weeks.
August 07, 2013

Underwater Science

Incoming Marine Biology professor Mark Patterson talks about studying science underwater.
July 10, 2013

Getting ready for college

Jeremy Casson, the interim director of Student Services in the College of Science at Northeastern University, tries to calm the nerves of some incoming students.
June 26, 2013

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