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Brian Helmuth is trying to bring people closer to nature in an effort to save it

Environment, Local, Psychology / /

Living aboard Aquarius, the world’s only underwater research center, isn’t glamorous. Its interior is about the size of a bus. You eat dehydrated backpacking food with tons of hot sauce because taste buds don’t work as well in the high-pressure atmosphere. There’s a constant mechanical hum and the “ticking” of snapping shrimp. But Northeastern marine […]

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Students bridge the gap between healthcare providers and autistic individuals at the Husky Healthcare Innovation Challenge

Health, Local, World / /

Roughly 3 in 4 autistic adults report having difficulty when visiting a healthcare provider. One Northeastern club is looking to change that.  At this year’s Husky Health Innovation Challenge, or HHIC, students generated digital solutions to healthcare communication issues faced by those on the autism spectrum, ranging from role-playing apps to wearable technology that tracks

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Researchers and journalists debate over pseudoscience allegations in consciousness theory

Culture, Local / /

124 scientists signed a letter criticizing the media’s coverage of a consciousness theory. A Northeastern professor who signed the letter and the journalist who wrote The New York Times‘s coverage weigh on Carl Zimmer, a journalist for The New York Times, walked into a Ballroom in Greenwich Village, where a New York University professor’s band

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Northeastern professor collaborates with Tufts’ Division Chief of Pediatric Oncology in preliminary study

Biology, Health, Local / /

With Northeastern University having recently climbed the academic ladder to become a tier one research institution, hundreds of projects are simultaneously emerging with the aim of publishing innovative information. In a newly published study, Northeastern Research Associate Professor Christine Lary collaborated with the Division Chief of Pediatric Oncology at the Tufts University School of Medicine,

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