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Science & Technology

African American History Monument, Columbia, SC

University News

Paradox of the South: Confederacy Statues and Civil Rights Memorials

February 26, 2018

Unlikely Dot Com Millionaire Jeff Manheimer

Travel

The Unlikely Dot-Com Millionaire

February 26, 2018

Group of vintage toy robots holding a sign that says Need Work symbolizing robots taking jobs from humans

Jobs

Will Robots Take My Job?

February 21, 2018

A medical exosuit designed to help stroke victims walk is displayed on a mannequin

Rehabilitation Sciences

Move Over, Iron Man

February 20, 2018

Artistic rendering of Kepler-186f, a potentially habitable exoplanet

Astronomy

Looking for Extraterrestrial Life? Here’s a New Target

February 20, 2018

Lonchura castaneothorax and Lonchura grandis species of Finches from New Guinea standing on a branch

Biology

Birds of a Feather

February 12, 2018

MRI scan brain images showing parts of the brain activated by hearing human speech

Neuroscience

Kilachand Center’s New MRI Scanner Yields Outstanding Data

February 12, 2018

Boston University students walk the hallways before class

Students

House Bill Targets Federal Aid for Needy and Grad Students

February 7, 2018

Joe McGuire

Neuroscience

How Decisions Work

February 6, 2018

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall

Neuroscience

8 Brainy Movies That (Almost) Get Neuroscientist Stamp of Approval

February 5, 2018

Douglas Holmes Photo Courtesy of Douglas Holmes

Engineering

Bending Is Beautiful

February 1, 2018

Timothy Longman with youth from Kabarondo, a village in the Eastern Province of Rwanda

African Studies

Telling the Truth about Rwanda

January 31, 2018

Doctor taking blood pressure

Research

MED Cardiologist on What New Blood Pressure Recommendations Mean

January 30, 2018

graphic depicting the rising value of Ripple, Ethereum, and Bitcoin

Computers

Investing in Cryptocurrency: Do or Don’t?

January 30, 2018

Engineering

ENG’s Herbert Voigt Remembered as Dedicated Researcher, Mentor

January 29, 2018

SheHacks Boston

Apps

SheHacks Boston Student Organizers Are #makingthenewnormal

January 26, 2018

Cailey Face (SSW '17) leads Sunrise Yoga in Stuvi II. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM '17)

Exercise

Yoga Can Ease That Aching Back

January 25, 2018

Archaeology

Office Artifacts: John Marston

January 24, 2018

When charged particles from the sun hit the Earth’s magnetic field, they can generate the dancing lights of the aurora. The ANDESITE mission will help reveal how the energy that creates the aurora passes from the Sun into Earth’s atmosphere. Photo courtesy of Greenland Travel

Space Sciences

NASA to Launch BU Student-Built Microsatellites

January 22, 2018

Capitol-Hill-Drew-Stephens-thumb

Science & Technology

What a Government Shutdown Means to BU

January 22, 2018

What a Government Shutdown Means to BU