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According to the Boston Athletic Association, the Boston Marathon has a sizable economic impact, bringing in $188.8 million to the city. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Economic impact of Boston Marathon on city, businesses, runners

Olivia Deng April 20, 2016

Every year on the third Monday of April, visitors from around the world flock to Boston to cheer on runners in what is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious marathons in the world — the...

A new study published in the Psychopharmacology journal Thursday found that there may be a correlation between the smell of alcohol and a person’s inclination to drink. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Alcohol’s aroma weakens self control, study finds

Olivia Deng March 21, 2016

The smell of alcohol makes it more difficult for people to control their impulses to consume alcohol, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Psychopharmacology. Rebecca Monk, leader...

A study about online dating featured in the journal Management Science found that in a sample of 100,000 random subjects, men had four times more matches than women. ILLUSTRATION BY SAVANAH MACDONALD/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Men’s online dating habits more bold than women’s, study finds

Olivia Deng February 9, 2016

With the social acknowledgment of popular dating apps such as Tinder and Bumble, online dating has quickly gained traction in recent years. But when human interaction moves online, according to a recent...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group hosted a Bluetooth Innovation training at the Boston Marriott Copley Place on Sept. 24. PHOTO COURTESY STEVE HEGENDERFER

Bluetooth business waves reverberate throughout Boston

Olivia Deng October 1, 2015

What began as a wireless alternative to data cables now has applications in industries as varied as healthcare and retail. And its value is quickly growing, too. By 2019, the Bluetooth speaker market...

Author and journalist Nicholas Kristof will speak about public health Thursday at the Tsai Performance Center. PHOTO BY WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/WIKIMEDIA

Panel to address media’s role in feeding global nutrition movement

Olivia Deng April 30, 2015

As children grow up, a lot can affect the people that they grow up to be. Most of that, though, depends on the sort of nutrition they receive as they do so. On Thursday, Boston University will host a...

Two years after the Boston Marathon bombings, hundreds of thousands of students, residents and visitors of Boston lined the streets to watch the 2015 Boston Marathon on Monday. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Group solidarity outruns psychological trauma, experts say

Olivia Deng April 21, 2015

Two years ago, Paolo Mauricio, a senior in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, ran past Coolidge Corner, less than three miles from the finish line of the Boston Marathon where his family...

Michael Botticelli, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, speaks Wednesday at the Boston University School of Public Health. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Drug policy director pushes consensus between science, public at SPH forum

Olivia Deng April 9, 2015

In March 2014, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared opiate abuse a public health emergency. Though progress has been made on the federal level in terms of addressing opiate abuse, the road...

Boston Children's Hospital is researching and pioneering new methods for blood transfusion. PHOTO BY JOSEPHBARILLARI/WIKIMEDIA

Boston Children’s Hospital ends bad blood between donors, patients

Olivia Deng March 24, 2015

In 2013, anemia, a condition in which one does not have enough healthy red blood cells, resulted in 4,894 deaths, according to statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More...

New tech firm The Sync Project, which will use music as therapy, debuted Tuesday at South by Southwest. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Music therapy key in setting tone for treatments, experts note

Olivia Deng March 19, 2015

Music is widely regarded as a form of art and entertainment. What may be less apparent, however, is music’s value in treating medical conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism and Parkinson’s disease. Though...

Boston company MassChallenge opened a new "maker space" Tuesday equipped with 3D printers and other hardware to accommodate start-ups working with the company. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT MURPHY

From makers of MassChallenge, MADE@ making makers make more

Olivia Deng March 17, 2015

Oftentimes, the most difficult part of launching a tech venture is finding something physical to show for it. To address this problem, on March 10, startup accelerator MassChallenge launched its hardware...

Boston University assistant professor Darren Roblyer designed a probe to monitor tumor development and adapt drug selection for fighting cancer. PHOTO COURTESY OF DARREN ROBLYER

New device promises adapted cancer treatments as unique as patients

Olivia Deng March 3, 2015

Cancer claimed 584,881 lives in 2013, making it the second leading cause of death in the United States that year, according to statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The...

Google Vice President Vint Cerf said at a meeting Friday that stored data may be lost as technology becomes obsolete. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NIKKI GITTER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Digital Dark Age’ threatens to swallow civilization’s bytes, expert warns

Olivia Deng February 19, 2015

The Dark Age usually conjures thoughts of Western Europe during the Middle Ages: fumbling, stagnant, lost, without inspiration or hope. However, a modern Dark Age may be on the horizon, according to...

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