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President Trump last week nominated Sam Clovis to be chief scientist for the USDA, formally known as the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and…

Teaching prospective engineers to balance creativity and innovation with what they know will work, that's the tricky job of engineering schools. Whether…

Sea level rise and erosion have become defining features of coastal living in New England. Islands are particularly vulnerable. Environmental author Bill…

Coral reefs may look benign but, really, they're war zones. Pollution and climate change have tipped the scales against corals, in favor of…

The past fifty years have seen enormous advances for women in science-related careers, but equity in the top ranks of academia remains elusive.When Susan…

Science historian Naomi Oreskes stumbled upon what has become one of the most contentious facts of our time: the nearly unanimous consensus that humans…

For conservation biologists, the growing number of gray seals in New England is a success story. For some fishermen and beachgoers, it's another story…

Solar power installations in Massachusetts have increased 80-fold in just six years, outstripping state officials' goals and surprising many.If you've…

Nobody relishes the sight of sea turtles paralyzed by the cold, washed up on the shores of Cape Cod Bay. But rising numbers of sea turtle strandings may…

Would you believe jellyfish are actually the most energy efficient swimmers in the ocean? It’s true, and it's why the Navy has funded efforts to design…