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What Makes A Blue Moon Blue?
If you were looking up at the skies on Tuesday night, you might have noticed a big, bright full moon. What you might not have realized is just how rare… -
Did Life On Earth Begin On Mars?
As it turns out, we might all be Martians.That’s the hunch of a team of scientists at Harvard, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital. Christopher Carr… -
Massachusetts' Quest For Renewable Energy
Hundreds of people marched outside Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset on Sunday.The protest was organized by 350MA in an effort to convince… -
Boston Man Invents Straws And Cups That Detect Date Rape Drugs
When you and your friends are out on the town, do you keep an eye on your drink? It’s been years since the first warnings against colorless, odorless,… -
What the Autism-Vaccines Controversy Teaches Us About Scientific Process
It’s been more than a week since ABC announced that actress and model Jenny McCarthy would join their mid-day talk show, The View, but backlash against… -
Voyager 1 Enters Unexplored Region Of Outer Space At Solar System's Edge
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is in a new previously uncharted region of outer space, according to new research published online today in Science magazine.… -
Coping On Father's Day Without Dad
Steven’s father had been diagnosed with cancer. The doctors didn’t think he would make it. Pale and bald, he didn’t look himself. Steven wanted to take a… -
Five Ways to Get Involved in Citizen Science
One couldn’t dream up a more perfect topic for citizen science than biodiversity. It happens anywhere and everywhere, scientists need more data points… -
How Acoustic Monitoring Could Help Protect Cod Stocks
Here’s your science factoid of the day: male Atlantic cod grunt during spawning season. It may sound like useless trivia, but that behavior could help… -
New Regulations Sought Over Compounding Pharmacies
Bay State lawmakers are considering changes in how sterile compounding pharmacies are regulated after a deadly nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that…