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A spider masquerading as a wasp has been turning heads at Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England. Nicknamed Wendy by the zoo team, the Argiope bruennichi, commonly known as the wasp spider, is a dead ringer for a yellowjacket — until you see the eight legs with stripes to match and realize that Wendy is all the buzz — but has no sting. The disguise serves as protection. At 2 cm, she’s one of England’s largest spiders, but to predators that’s barely an appetizer.

Marine scientists are finding new ways to understand how other organisms experience their environment, from tiny shifts in temperature and water movement to the limits of what cameras and sensors can reveal.

OAKLAND – Rachel Oppong, a Northeastern University student in her fifth year, has worked with children her entire life. The native of Worcester, Massachusetts, has been a babysitter, a camp counselor and, more recently, a worker at the Russell J. Call Children’s Center, a childcare space on Northeastern’s Boston campus. But that passion for youth mentorship has always been matched by Oppong’s love for theater, behavioral psychology and social work, she said.

It’s not a cure for baldness. But it might eliminate your crow’s feet and laugh lines by telling the tissues in your face how to remember their more elastic youth. It might develop into ways for older people to exercise for a few minutes and get the results of an hour. And it could possibly lead to new medicines that would teach your body’s immune system to target drug resistant melanoma cancer cells and kill them.

Happy Friday, Huskies! In Boston, colors of fall come to campus as the foliage changes, along with rainy days. Plus, Northeastern’s Dungeons and Dragons club is thriving. And don’t forget to wish Ryder, Northeastern’s community resource dog, a very paw-some birthday! 09/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Foliage is seen on Northeastern’s Boston campus on Sept. 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University 09/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Students walk through Snell Quad on Sept. 24, 2026.

This cat is new to science. What does it take to identify a species?

This cat is new to science. What does it take to identify a species?

The botched execution of a Tennessee woman this week has reignited debate over the role of the death penalty, and whether it is even possible to carry it out without inflicting the very suffering it is supposed to avoid.

It’s been a little over three weeks since former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned that AI could “kill us all” by the end of the decade in a series of viral X posts. Since then, the AI researchers, the media and the public has struggled to comprehend the catastrophic risks posed by runaway artificial intelligence systems as they become more sophisticated, the exact nature of those threats, and what humanity can do to ensure AI remains under human control.

OAKLAND – Northeastern University’s sprawling, 135-acre Oakland campus is a feast for the senses. Overcast mornings often give way to sun-soaked afternoons, when pleasant heat rouses scents of sage, eucalyptus and fresh-cut grass that linger over the hilly, tree-dense urban oasis until evening. Melodic chimes echo from the 72-foot El Campanil bell tower every quarter hour like a sacred Om, keeping pace for students as they trek across the arboretum to their next class.