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True Crime

Why We’re So Fascinated with True Crime Stories, and How It May Be Impacting Our Well-Being

August 11, 2025

Climate Misinformation

Native Ads Are Shaping Climate Opinions. BU Researchers Say There’s a Way to Resist

April 24, 2025

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Expert Take

Americans Expect Social Media Content Moderation

January 28, 2025

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Research News

Brink Bites: Finding Love Online and Preserving Black American Sign Language

November 27, 2024

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Internship

The Brink, BU’s Award-Winning Research News Site, Is Hiring a Science Writing Intern

November 1, 2024

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Misinformation

How Does Science Misinformation Affect Americans from Underrepresented Communities?

March 21, 2024

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Aging Reimagined

Rethinking Our Idea of “Old Age”

February 21, 2024

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Climate Change

City Leaders Need to Make Billion-Dollar Decisions to Protect Boston from Sea Level Rise

January 31, 2024

Social Media

Is Meta’s Threads Safe? Social Media Data Privacy Explained

July 6, 2023

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Communicating Science and Research—through Puppets

May 16, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence

Can We Trust ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence to Do Humans’ Work?

February 8, 2023

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Law & Innovation

How Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks May Stifle Creativity and Progress

August 16, 2022

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Earth & Environment

As Climate Change Gets Worse, Science Provides Hope and Possibility

April 21, 2022

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ART & SCIENCE

Communicating Science through Art

January 26, 2022

A protester holds a sign that says 'COVID 19 Vaccination = Death'

Social Media

Is YouTube’s Crackdown on Vaccine Misinformation Going to Be Effective?

October 5, 2021

A protester at a Climate Change Action rally holds a sign that says 'Stop Denying Our Earth Is Dying!'

Climate Change

Is It Worth Trying to Sway the Most Staunch Climate Deniers?

September 29, 2021

Bottles of the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines sit on a table next to a syringe.

Booster Shots

COVID Booster Shots: Everything You Need to Know

August 25, 2021

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Rehabilitation Sciences

Beware Using Telemedicine for Voice and Speech Therapy

July 15, 2021

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Internet Memes

The Bernie Sanders Sitting Meme’s Instant Popularity, Explained by Science

January 26, 2021

Hands wearing latex gloves load a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. One of the gloves has a photo of Boston University Charles River Campus superimposed on it.

COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID Vaccines Arrive at BU: Everything You Need to Know

January 14, 2021

COVID Vaccines Arrive at BU: Everything You Need to Know