The Sierra Club says the publicly funded $302 million gas pipeline to Cape Cod could carry double the gas of the old lines, conflicting with public goals to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
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In January 1848, a carpenter spotted flecks of gold in a shallow stream at Sutter’s Mill in California, triggering the greatest voluntary migration in U.S. history, as hundreds of thousands of people raced west in pursuit of sudden wealth, reinvention, and power.
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Tautog or blackfish are native to the Western Atlantic from Nova Scotia down to South Carolina. They can be tricky to catch with a hook and line, because they like to live in rocky areas or old ship wrecks.
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Popular chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT are powered by models trained on enormous amounts of information, which means spending billions on vast data centers that take more power and water than entire cities. Instead, roboticists like Matthias Scheutz are thinking small. They’re designing AI systems compact enough to fit on a single computer chip.
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Most people ring a bell when the complete their treatment for breast cancerShyla Bodge did something a little different, and you had to look up to see it.
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Did Freud understand something important about psychological suffering that modern psychiatry neglects?
The Point
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In January 1848, a carpenter spotted flecks of gold in a shallow stream at Sutter’s Mill in California, triggering the greatest voluntary migration in U.S. history, as hundreds of thousands of people raced west in pursuit of sudden wealth, reinvention, and power.
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Did Freud understand something important about psychological suffering that modern psychiatry neglects?
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Researchers are exploring ways to tap into energy from tides, waves, and currents.
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A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading jouralists.
NPR Stories
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Could the U.S. and Israel be on the verge of launching a new attack on Iran? President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been suggesting that's on the table.
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A WWII-era globe – one that once belonged to President Dwight Eisenhower – was damaged after an attempted relocation to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Lindsay Jones of The Ringer about Jalen Hurts, quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. After his blood clot diagnosis, there are questions about how he's being treated.
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Dirt bike riding has been a part of Baltimore's Black culture for decades. But it creates tensions between riders, residents and the police. In Baltimore, one group is looking for common ground.
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The New York Times reported that the Trump Administration is considering physically moving the White House press corps out of the White House.