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Framingham Compounding Pharmacy Had Been Previously Investigated
The Framingham compounding pharmacy at the center of the national meningitis outbreak was the subject of an investigation by Massachusetts’ regulators 6… -
Realizing the Potential of Ocean Energy
Oceans cover three quarters of the Earth’s surface. Those vast waters provide food, enable global shipping and drive the global climate. They could also… -
The Politics of Science Funding
While it may not be the issue that decides elections, funding for scientific research is a fundamentally political beast. Take, for example, President… -
Contaminated Medication Scare Grows
Federal health officials have broadened their warning to doctors about other medicines made by a Massachusetts-based specialty pharmacy linked to the… -
Environmental Activists Announce Plans to Sue Pilgrim Nuclear
Massachusetts activists have announced plans to sue the owners of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station for allegedly polluting Cape Cod Bay.The activists,… -
Photosynthesis for Children of All Ages
Plants and photosynthetic bacteria sustain much of life on Earth. They form the base of food chains both on land and in the ocean, and they produce the… -
30 Issues: What Do You Think About ... Funding Scientific Research?
What the Candidates Think Obama: President Obama supports federal funding of scientific research. He believes that it “government funding for scientific… -
30 Issues: Why You Should Care About ... Climate Change
It’s been said so many times, it’s hard to even find an original source. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, but not her own facts.When it… -
30 Issues Discussion: Climate Change
As part of WGBH’s 30 Issues in 30 Days series, Kara Miller looks at how climate change figures in the 2012 election.A lot has changed over the past four… -
The Scary Math of EEE Prevention
What is a human life worth? That’s really the question at the heart of a controversy brewing over aerial pesticide spraying to kill mosquitos that may…