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  Biologist Looks Beyond the Bones for Clues to Evolution
  Biologist Looks Beyond the Bones for Clues to Evolution | Featured Story

  9/12/2017
  Biologist Nicolai Konow studies the structure and movements of backboned animals, including fish, bats, birds and axolotls, to understand how they evolved and how they fit into the ecosystem. A recent study looks at fish that eat coral.
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  In The News

  Among Fans less Interested in NFL, More Cite Anthem Protests than Head Injuries
  Among Fans less Interested in NFL, More Cite Anthem Protests than Head Injuries | In The News

  9/6/2017

  Washington Post

  
  Professional football remains the most followed sport in America by a wide margin, and its massive popularity has not waned in recent years, according to a nationwide poll conducted in August by The Washington Post and UMass Lowell.
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  Computer Science Prof Helps Middle Schoolers Develop Apps for Social Good
  Computer Science Prof Helps Middle Schoolers Develop Apps for Social Good | Featured Story

  9/5/2017
  Nearly 60 schoolchildren in Everett and Medford learned programming skills this summer at a camp conducted by computer science Prof. Fred Martin and graduate student Chike Abuah.
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  Philosophy Prof Wins NSF Grant on Ethics of Self-Driving Cars
  Philosophy Prof Wins NSF Grant on Ethics of Self-Driving Cars | Featured Story

  8/8/2017
  Should your self-driving car protect you at all costs? Or should it drive you into a ditch to avoid hitting a school bus? The National Science Foundation has awarded a $556,000 grant to three philosophers, a transportation engineer and two public health experts so they can figure out ethical safety algorithms for self-driving cars.