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Cognitive Health

Living Near Greenery Could Give You a Brain Boost—and Reduce Dementia Risk

May 4, 2022

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COVID-19

Why Do Some People Get Sicker Than Others from COVID?

April 29, 2022

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Heart Health

New Miniature Heart Could Help Speed Heart Disease Cures

April 22, 2022

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Oral Cancer

Could Blocking or Deleting a Protein Help Prevent Common Oral Cancers?

April 21, 2022

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Job Burnout

Work Burnout Signs: What to Look for and What to Do about It

April 14, 2022

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Space Physics

NASA Gives Boost to BU-led Effort to Model Solar System’s Protective Bubble

April 14, 2022

Listen Now

Why Do So Many Autistic Girls Go Undiagnosed?

April 12, 2022

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COVID-19

Is Five Days of COVID Isolation Enough? New BU Study Has Some Answers

April 12, 2022

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Mosquitoes and Disease

Video: Inside the Insectary: How BU Scientists Study Diseases from Mosquitoes—without Getting Bitten

April 4, 2022

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Innovation

In Hospitality, the Future Is Now

March 31, 2022

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ASL and AI

Can Artificial Intelligence Reveal Why Languages Change Over Time?

March 29, 2022

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Blue Carbon

Empowering Citizen Scientists to Study and Protect Coastal Wetlands

March 3, 2022

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Mental Health

Summer Heat Can Drain Mental Health

March 1, 2022

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Bullying

Bullying Fell during the Pandemic: Could Changes to the School Day Protect More Kids from Bullies?

February 25, 2022

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COVID AND PREGNANCY

Placenta May Protect Unborn Babies from COVID-19 during Pregnancy

February 8, 2022

Listen Now

How Much Did US Insurers Waste on Ivermectin for COVID?

January 31, 2022

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Cannabis and Drunk Driving

Deadly Car Accidents Involving Cannabis and Alcohol Have Doubled in 20 Years

December 16, 2021

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Education

Homeschooling Rising, Public Schooling Down during COVID-19, BU-Aided Research Finds

December 14, 2021

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Climate Science

On Alaska’s Glaciers, Life Is Harsh—and So Is the Reality of Climate Change

December 13, 2021

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Social Sciences

Automation is Driving Inequality

December 7, 2021

Automation is Driving Inequality