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The Berliner Philharmoniker performs Friday night at Symphony Hall. PHOTO COURTESY ROBERT TORRES

INTERVIEW: Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley brings cultural perspective to Berliner Philharmoniker

Rebecca Zeng November 16, 2016

It began with Éclat, a piece composed by Pierre Boulez. Fifteen musicians lined the stage, playing mind-bending harmonies that reverberated, faded and danced around each other. The piece faded into...

A line of voters extends outside the Boston Public Library. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts tech companies encourage employees to take Election Day off

Natasha Mascarenhas November 9, 2016

By Natasha Mascarenhas and Rebecca Zeng Boston-based businesses on Tuesday altered their to-do lists and 9-to-5 schedules to address a more immediate concern: the presidential election. Currently,...

Alfie is a financial tech startup that aims to make financing education easier for students. PHOTO COURTESY JUSTIN KNIGHT

Alfie aims to “unlock the human potential” through alternative solution to student debt

Rebecca Zeng September 19, 2016

Despite the efforts of universities and the government to provide financial aid and student loans, student debt remains a growing national crisis. Alfie, the Alternative Finance in Education, a startup...

Dee Jay Silver hosted a show at Greatest Bar Friday night after performing at Fenway Park. PHOTO COURTESY MITCH SCHNEIDER ORGANIZATION

INTERVIEW: Dee Jay Silver challenges country music conventions

Rebecca Zeng September 15, 2016

Generally, the banjos and the fiddles and the crooning about country roads and pickup trucks rarely give the impression that country music can be remixed by a professional deejay. However, Dee Jay...

Grace Xiao, recipient of the $100,000 Thiel grant fellow from Harvard, dropped out of Harvard to found Kynplex, a company that consolidates scientific information for easier collaboration between labs. PHOTO COURTESY GRACE XIAO

Former Harvard undergrad creates social network for science

Rebecca Zeng September 8, 2016

In the midst of a world mediated by Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, a new social networking platform has arisen — this time, geared specifically toward scientists. Kynplex is a startup co-founded...

The Lee Kum Kee family gave $21 million to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to build a center to study how to increase health and happiness in individuals. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

INTERVIEW: Harvard University explores happiness, health with gifted $21 million

Christy Osler April 28, 2016

Buzz, the energetic Honey Nut Cheerios bumblebee, supported the motto, “Bee happy. Bee healthy.” The beloved bee was on the right track — being happy might actually lead to a healthier life. To...

A new study released Monday by researchers at MIT found a widening gap between the lifespans of poor and wealthy people. PHOTO BY ABBY FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New study finds mortality gap between rich, poor

Rebecca Zeng April 14, 2016

For those who live in poverty, opportunities for food, shelter and employment are often scarce. According to a study published Sunday, the poor may have yet another obstacle stacked against them: living...

The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona in Spain found Friday that there may be a link between sleep apnea and cancer development. ILLUSTRATION BY MADI GOLDMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS

New study suggests link between sleep apnea and cancer development

Rebecca Zeng March 15, 2016

A researcher at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona in Spain presented on Friday his research that revealed a possible connection between sleep apnea and cancer development at the European Association...

Physicists announced Thursday that they are now able to confirm Albert Einstein’s approximately 100-year-old theory of general relativity due to of a recent discovery of gravitational waves. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINKSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Gravitational waves detected, confirm Einstein’s 100-year-old theory

Rebecca Zeng February 15, 2016

Physicists at Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory announced Thursday that they had directly detected gravitational waves for the first time, sending cheers throughout the scientific...

Lars Chittka of Queen Mary University of London gives a talk on insect brains and evolutionary intelligence at the 56th Annual Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science Saturday. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International scholars get together to discuss convergence, evolution of animal consciousness

Rebecca Zeng October 27, 2015

Scholars from across the country and abroad gathered in Boston University’s Photonics Center for an all-day conference Saturday titled “Convergent Minds: The Evolution of Cognitive Complexity,”...

Leem Lubany stars as Salima and Bill Murray as Richie Lanz in “Rock the Kasbah.” PHOTO COURTESY OPEN ROAD FILMS

REVIEW: “Rock the Kasbah” turns off music, turns on stereotypes

Jih-Chieh Yun October 23, 2015

Bill Murray stars as the lead character, Richie Lanz, in Barry Levinson’s film “Rock the Kasbah,” which was inspired by a true story. Lanz is a failed music manager in Los Angeles on the brink...

The 11th annual Intercollegiate Business Convention hosted by Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business was held on Saturday at Hynes Convention Center. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Intercollegiate Business Convention encourages women to join inspiring network

Rebecca Zeng October 22, 2015

College students from around the world gathered at the Hynes Convention Center Saturday to network and hone their business skills at the Intercollegiate Business Convention for women. Held by the Harvard...

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