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There are books about cops, and books about doctors. John Grisham made his name writing about lawyers. So where are all the scientists? Remember that old…

The more we know, the harder it is to be groundbreaking. The burden of knowledge is changing the way we work, and who drives innovation. Close your eyes…

Naomi Oreskes' work as a science historian has pulled back the curtain on a small group of scientists and others who have deliberately worked to obscure…

You've heard of being snowed in. For that matter, you've probably experienced it more than once in recent months. Well, artist Jennifer Morgan got snowed…

You can't be everything to everybody. The decline of horseshoe crabs is an example of why not.Horseshoe crabs are bizarre-looking and slow-moving,…

Humans are unique for, among other things, our ability to drive other species extinct at an unprecedented rate. Stephen Kress is among a growing number of…

Cheryl Hayashi loves spiders, so much so that she says being asked to name a favorite is like asking a mother to pick which child she loves most. She…

In 1909, the Town of Wellfleet and the State of Massachusetts built a dike at the mouth of the Herring River to dry out a wetland and get rid of a plague…

Clean energy advocates from New England are at the climate talks in Paris this week, sharing lessons they say could help regions around the world trying…

Each summer, young Kemp's ridley sea turtles follow the Gulf Stream north from the tropics to feed. Each fall, some number of those are caught off-guard…