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“College Night” at the Museum of Science
College students spend their Friday night at the Museum of Science.
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Orienting to BU: Get a Social Media Life
Orienting to BU is a series aiming to help incoming freshman with the sometimes bumpy transition from high school to Boston University. This installment was originally posted during the summer …
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Believing What We Know: The Crossroads Project
Making an enormous auditorium like the Tsai Performance Center seem intimate may be difficult to imagine, but this was nonetheless achieved by The Crossroads Project at 7:30 p.m. on April 23. …
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BU Anthropology Department Investigates the Origins of Fire and Man
Most people probably haven’t heard of the Wonderwerk Cave. An enormous 140-meter long tunnel first excavated in the 1970s, the cave lies in Southern Africa and reaches deep enough for …
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Roblog: Small Bots, Big World
There is a trend that emerges with the invention of most new technologies. Whether televisions, cell phones, or robots, people want them smaller, lighter, and more compact. Much like the …
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What A Dog’s Bark Can Tell People
Whether it’s a dog barking for food or one growling at a passing stranger, different dog vocalizations do not initially seem to be distinctive from each other. In an interesting …
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Deciding the Future Role of Social Media
For most college-aged students, there was never such a thing as “social media” when they were growing up. It wasn’t until the rise of Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and now countless …
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Biologists Concoct “Zombie-Like” Cells
A recent (and quite relevant) article caught my attention, ironically, the same day I was catching up on the last few episodes of The Walking Dead. Scientists from Sandia National …
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Reality Check: Identity Theft Happens to the Best of Us
Last week, I was catching up on some work in the library between classes. I received a text from my mother, which I assumed would either a) be hassling me …
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New App Offers Money and Raises Eyebrows
We’ve seen the rise of “verbing” nouns in our era of massive technological growth. Society commonly accepts terms such as “Googling” or “friending” when referring to the massive websites Google …
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4-Player: The Vindication of Artistic Video Games
4-Player is a new, weekly video game column examining gaming culture on campus and online, documenting a previously unrepresented segment of BU’s culture. 4-Player is co-written by Jon Christianson, Ashley Hansberry, …
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Alcohol Awareness Week Continues with ‘The Science of Booze’
Darrien Garay (CAS ’10, COM ’12) demystified the neuroscience surrounding alcohol in “Alcohol on the Brain: The Science of Booze” Friday evening, and insisted on drinkers acting responsibly. In the penultimate …
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