‘Meghalayan Age was erroneously chosen’: Top climatologist on Holocene debate

When the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) announced in 2018 that the youngest subdivision of the Holocene epoch would be called the Meghalayan Age, a ripple of pride passed across the northeastern hill state of Meghalaya. The...

What it means to be an indigenous person

A new book by Joseph Lee explores community, power, and identity. Awardwinning journalist and Aquinnah Wampanoag Joseph Lee masterfully weaves multiple themes into his book “Nothing More of This Land.” He uses land both physically and as a sense...

A woman’s lens

Although women comprise more than half of the country’s population, in 2024, they accounted for 16 percent of directors and 27 percent of producers working on the 250 top-grossing films, according to the 2024 “Celluloid Ceiling” report. While an...

Eco-art

Fiber artist Mary Beth Daniels. —Dena Porter Daniels' "Waiting for the Chappy Ferry," is made of hand felted wool, alpaca, silk and other natural fibers. —Dena Porter Daniels' "Nature's Sanctuary" is made of hand felted wool, alpaca, silk and...

Did Global Warming Make Hurricane Helene Worse? Here’s Where Americans Are Most Worried About Climate Change

Hurricane Helene made landfall near Cedar Key, Florida, on September 26, 2024, as a Category 4 storm, traveling roughly 500 miles inland through Georgia and the southern Appalachians before dissipating near Tennessee. It caused severe inland...

Massachusetts offshore wind port uncertain after federal funding cuts

Barbara Kelley remembers when her car and windows were routinely coated with a thin film of coal dust that had drifted over from the power plant on the edge of her neighborhood in Salem, Massachusetts. She remembers the noise as a conveyor belt...

After breaking Boston Dynamics’ record, China’s Mirror Me targets new frontiers in robotics

Mirror Me, a Shanghai-based robotics company, has completed a Series A funding round led exclusively by Ivy Capital, raising an eight-figure RMB sum. The proceeds will support R&D, iterative upgrades, and the acceleration of mass production and...

Finally, an ‘Ecotourism’ Destination That Truly Is One: Napo Wildlife Center, Ecuador

Aerial view of the Napo Wildlife Center. Photo by Jill Singer One morning in late December, my husband and I found ourselves speeding in a motorboat down the Napo River, a major tributary of the Amazon. We had just left Coca in eastern Ecuador,...

Some Inconvenient Truths for Climate Radicals

Travis Fisher I joined Congressman Dan Crenshaw on his Hold These Truths podcast to talk about climate policy, energy reality, and the Department of Energy climate report I helped coordinate under Secretary Chris Wright. I pointed out how climate...

Donnie Wahlberg on How NKOTB Prepared Him for ‘Blue Bloods,’ Taking on Spinoff ‘Boston Blue’ and Being Directed by Bridget Moynahan

“Look at that sunshine,” Donnie Wahlberg grins from a towering Toronto high-rise. The musician, actor and producer’s gearing up for the premiere of his Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue, followed by New Kids on the Block’s Las Vegas residency...

Congressman Seth Moulton will challenge Sen. Ed Markey for US Senate seat

BOSTON — For the second election cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey will face a challenge from a younger Democrat in the state’s Congressional delegation. Congressman Seth Moulton of Salem announced Wednesday morning that he will run for U.S....

SimpliSafe launches tailored security solutions for SMB

BOSTON — SimpliSafe has announced a new suite of security solutions designed to protect business owners and entrepreneurs. SimpliSafe Business Security introduces protection plans tailored for small and medium businesses and backed by 24/7...

Side effect of tariff fatigue: Furniture shoppers are trading down, survey finds

BOSTON — Consumers are unhappy with the prices they are paying for products in the current tariff environment, including furniture, and will likely opt to trade down in response, according to new research from L.E.K. Consulting. Among shoppers who...

La Niña conditions could affect Massachusetts this year. Here's how

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that there's a likely chance that temperatures in Massachusetts will be above normal this fall. However, La Niña could change that, for better or for worse. The administration's Climate...

Massachusetts Foster Care Crisis: Christian Families Sidelined by State Gender Policy, Sparking Lawsuit and Federal Scrutiny

Woburn, Massachusetts – October 12, 2025 – In a quiet suburb north of Boston, the Marvin family home once echoed with the laughter and cries of young foster children in need. Heath and Lydia Marvin, devout Christians with three teenage biological...

Peter Potsouris Join HED Boston Office

HED, a national integrated architecture and engineering company, recently announced the appointment of Peter Patsouris as Associate Principal, Project Manager for its Boston Healthcare practice. With more than three decades of experience guiding...

In The Mood For A Good Flick, Try One Made In Massachusetts

Here's a question, Bay State residents: Were any of your favorite movies filmed(either whole or in part) in Massachusetts? A lot of people think "The Boondock Saints" is a quintessential Boston movie, but here's something you may not know....

Is ChatGPT bad for the environment?

Why is ChatGPT bad for the environment? It is often said that "AI lives on the cloud", but that phrase makes ChatGPT look like an abstract, almost supernatural entity — similar to the Genie in a bottle — which could not be further from the truth....

In Vermont, courts weigh who should pay for the cost of climate change

“Vermont is ground zero for this litigation,” said Patrick Parenteau, an environmental law expert at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Last May, Vermont became the first state in the country to enact a climate superfund law after a veto-proof...

Climate Change Comes for the House of the Seven Gables

SALEM, Mass.—Paul Wright leans over a 17th-century granite barrier and points at a faint watermark depicting Salem Harbor’s daily rise and fall. “On a normal day, high tides reach just four feet from the top of the seawall,” he says. “When there’s...