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- Take a Tour of the Massachusetts State House July 16, 2018Perched atop Beacon Hill on land where John Hancock’s cows once grazed, the Massachusetts State House is one of Boston’s oldest—and most iconic—buildings. Home to both the state legislature and the governor’s office, it has been the commonwealth’s seat of government since it was completed in 1798. The building was designed by Charles Bulfinch, the architect […]
- Go Ahead, Test Him July 16, 2018Chris Gussis has been poked and prodded, tested on treadmills and with memory quizzes, served fatty meals followed by blood tests. His memory, cognition, and emotional regulation have been measured and his brain waves monitored. And he went through it all for science. Gussis (Wheelock’71) has offered himself up in at least 317 medical and […]
- BU Researchers Find a Potential Biomarker for Long-lasting Learning July 16, 2018BU’s Andrew Budson has spent much of his career studying ways to improve learning and memory in healthy people, as well as those with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders. Now, using electroencephalogram (EEG) testing, he may have found a way to identify learning methods that help people retain knowledge for years. In a new study, […]
- Boston’s Best French Fries July 13, 2018As a nation, we love our french fries. The average American eats 29 pounds each year: that’s a whopping 2 million tons. Whether you like them curly, skinny, thick-sliced, or crinkle-cut, dipped in ketchup or served straight up, they’ve been an American diet staple for nearly 100 years. Word is that President Thomas Jefferson first […]
- Marburg Virus Can’t Kill Bats. Why? July 13, 2018On January 1, 2008, a 44-year-old Colorado woman returned home from a 2-week safari in Uganda. A few days later, she developed a severe headache, chills, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Then came a rash, abdominal pain, fatigue, and confusion. Doctors eventually diagnosed her illness as Marburg virus disease. Marburg virus, from the same family as […]
