“It wasn’t logic, it was love,” said Carrie Bradshaw, the main character of “Sex and the City.” after she took back the man who left her at the altar. In the show, Carrie is a columnist who writes about sex, love, and relationships, all while navigating her own and her friends’ experiences dating in the […]
Everyone has their own morning ritual. For avid New York Times fans, playing the Wordle, Connections, Mini Crossword, and Strands is a cherished routine. Puzzles and word games are fun, interactive ways to activate neural networks and keep our brains engaged. A recent article published in Northeastern Global News by Erin Kayata dives into whether
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Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by rapid escalation of cell loss, a consequence of progressive decay of structure and function of neurons. Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare neurodegenerative condition in which central nervous system function is degraded. Atrophy refers to the death of neuronal cells which can have dramatic effects on an individual’s function.
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“RED ALERT! As was promised – the keys to Heaven’s Gate are here again in Ti and Do (The UFO Two) as they were in Jesus and His Father 2000 yrs. Ago,” boldly exclaims the website of Heaven’s Gate, a Christian group specializing in ufology and millenarianism. Ufology is the study of unidentified flying objects
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The event of a solar eclipse transcends the astronomical meaning, occurring when the Moon completely blocks the Sun from Earth’s view and darkens skies across a region. Solar eclipses have been referenced throughout history as a time of change and intention-setting for spiritualists or as the source of several cultural folk stories. The impacts of
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A creature more ancient than dinosaurs by over 200 million years, the Atlantic horseshoe crab is an organism treasured by conservationists, biomedical researchers, and even Northeastern’s very own “Dang, I love fossils” club. With five pairs of claws and able to grow up to two feet long, the horseshoe crab is an incredibly useful animal
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THC, CBD, cannabis, weed, medical marijuana. The term “marijuana” is associated with a giant cloud of terms, but do we actually know the real definitions behind these buzzwords? Marijuana and cannabis describe two different substances. Cannabis refers to a slew of chemical products originating from the Cannabis sativa plant. Marijuana, on the other hand, only
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Taking notes in class. Signing a lease. Making a grocery list. All of these activities used to require a very important tool: our very own handwriting. Nowadays, we tend to rapidly jot down notes during class on our laptops or use autofill to put signatures on important documents. Because the faster we get these things
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The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the United States generated 67 million tons of air pollution in 2021. Ever since the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s, the amount of air pollutants (nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, methane, and sulfur dioxide, to name a few) in the Earth’s atmosphere skyrocketed. With the increasing toxicity present in the
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