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A group of mechanical engineering students hang out in front of Snell Library.

I don’t have to wear a mask anymore. So why do I feel like I have to wear a mask?

Associate Professor Rebeca Rosengaus studies social insect behavior and researches how insects control and contain pathogen outbreaks in their own colonies.
Science & Technology

For ideas about fighting pandemics, look to termites and ants

A computer generated three-dimensional perspective of the surface of Venus. Photo by NASA/JPL
Science & Technology

Could humans visit Venus? Here’s a plan to do just that.

Shivam Patel, 13, receives his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from nurse Diawna Jenkins as his father, Rajesh Patel, observes from the background at the Cook County Public Health Department on May 13, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. AP Photo by Shafkat Anowar
Health

Should kids get a COVID-19 vaccination? Ask them.

Pedestrians, some with masks, some without walk along the Las Vegas Strip on April 27, 2021
Health

What do the new CDC mask guidelines for fully vaccinated people mean?

Laura Dudley, assistant clinical professor of applied psychology, teaches yoga during an Introduction to Mindfulness class.

What are the benefits of mindfulness? Take this interdisciplinary minor and find out.

Northeastern students Eva Kuruvilla, Debby Nguyen, Sohum Sheth and Sophia Tan work on a laptop on their Snapchat-like nutrition app for senior citizens, called EatRight.
Health

They designed a Snapchat-like nutrition app with their grandparents’ diet in mind

CDC director Walensky says ‘it’s your turn’; Impossible’s Brown advises to not let lack of experience stand in your way

Northeastern’s 2021 Commencement ceremonies kicked off Saturday in the historic confines of Fenway Park

Mortarboards, masks, and baseball mitts mark Northeastern Commencement 2021

Nicole Thomas, who is earning a Master’s degree in project management, celebrating her second Northeastern degree at the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute’s annual Baccalaureate ceremony.

John D. O’Bryant African American Institute’s annual Baccalaureate ceremonies at Northeastern

Visitors wear face masks while watching a presentation in a theater at the Aquarium of the Pacific on its first day of reopening to public in Long Beach, Calif. on March 16, 2021.
Society & Culture

When will the COVID-19 pandemic end? It depends on what people do as coronavirus restrictions ease.

Science & Technology

How Bill Detrich’s foresight led to the DNA sequencing of a rare icefish species