Ideas Writer and Editorial Writer
David Scharfenberg is an editorial writer and staff writer for the Globe’s Ideas section. He previously worked as a reporter in the Globe’s State House bureau. A graduate of Brown University, he has written for The New York Times and The Providence Journal and was a radio reporter at WBUR in Boston.
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Ideas | David Scharfenberg
Harvard, the Stanford of the East
By David Scharfenberg , Globe Staff
What does it mean for Boston if the World’s Best University slips to No. 2?
Brainiac
Big Data: 143 tons
By David Scharfenberg , Globe Staff
It’s enormous, and attracting considerable attention in the British press.
Brainiac
Innovation of the Week: A robot hivemind
By David Scharfenberg , Globe Staff
These robots could latch onto each other and merge their nervous systems.
Brainiac
Innovation of the Week: Musical brain mapping
By David Scharfenberg , Globe Staff
“It made you want to cry.”