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AI saves the day — and the planet By Apurva Jain, Data Science and Business Administration, 2023 Photo credit: Shutterstock If people are excited about how the movement against plastic straws is saving the sea turtles, artificial intelligence — and its rising significance in saving the planet — will blow them away. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the endeavor to simulate human intelligence […]

The future of magnetic materials: A conversation with Dr. Don Heiman By Dattu Kalluri, Biochemistry, 2022 Photo credit: Gus Mueller The Nanomagnetism Lab here at Northeastern University looks like a filming location for a new sci-fi film — at the entrance, emblazoned are the bright red words “CAUTION: HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD.” As you walk in, you see a long

Life in Ruins By Heather Welch, Environmental Science, 2020 Photo: Shutterstock A skull here, a coin there, the foundations of an ancient home — the study of archaeology reveals to modern societies how their long gone counterparts lived and related. In 2019, a recently discovered site in Idaho inspired a study, which postulated that the first people who

The Modern-Day Moral Philosopher By Lucas Principe, Environmental Science & Philosophy, 2020 Professor John Basl. Photo credit: Gus Mueller This article was originally published as part of Issue 38: People. Sitting in his office, looking out the window from the third floor of Holmes Hall, Professor John Basl is as close to a stock photo of

Think Before You Shop: The Case for Buying Local By Lucas Principe, Environmental Science and Philosophy, 2020 Source: Pixabay This article was originally published as part of Issue 36: Local. Buying local means something different everywhere. What is local to us here in Boston means something completely different to someone in a small town like Atchinson,

The Life of an Estuarine Ecologist: An Interview with Dr. Rikke Jeppesen — Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve By Lucas Principe, Environmental Science and Philosophy, 2020 Source: Pixabay This article was originally published as part of Issue 39: Synthetic. Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ESNERR) is a 1700-acre wildlife reserve located in central California — an area where

Ophidiophobia: why you may have it By Lucas Principe, Philosophy and Environmental Science, 2020 Source: Pixabay This article was originally published in Issue 40: Wonder. Ophidiophobia, or the fear of snakes, is consistently listed as one of America’s top aversions, along with public speaking, heights, needles, and small spaces. Most notably, a 2001 Gallup poll found

The Building Blocks of Political Debates By Emily Chen, Data Science and Biochemistry, 2023 Photo: Shutterstock For two intense hours, candidates exchange arguments on hot topics — the war against Iran, healthcare, climate change — in what is known as the Democratic debate. Afterwards, news and social media networks take their turn, giving their opinions on the strength of

Roman Roads: Built to Last By Sanjana Mishra, Computer Science, 2023 Source: Pixabay The Roman Empire is iconic in history books, spanning from Morocco in the south to Great Britain in the north, and Portugal in the west to Iraq in the east. Keeping such a large empire in check proved to be a challenge, leading