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Giving robots morals may sound like a good idea, but it's a pursuit fraught with its own moral dilemmas. Like, whose morals? Stop and look around you…

How many planets are there in our solar system? It used to be such an easy question. Nine - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,…

Lab lit? What’s that? Not to be confused with science fiction, lab lit refers to novels with scientists as central characters.Wikipedia defines lab lit as…

The mud at the bottom of New Bedford Harbor tells a tale of more than a century of industrial pollution. John Farrington helped reveal that history and…

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…

Sea level rise and increasingly extreme weather are among the most visible impacts of climate change. Coastal communities around the Cape and Islands are…

As greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere, the planet gets hotter, land-based ice melts, and warming ocean water expands. The result is sea level…

NPR.org's new interactive scorecard suggests that President Obama may have a somewhat easier path to 270 electoral votes than Mitt Romney, needing to win fewer states. But that's not a given. As you play, you'll be able to come up with plenty of combinations that would get Romney over the top.

The importance of community leadership, diversity, and how to engage more people into leadership positions.

Anyone who lived through the Vietnam War era knows it was a fractious time in American history. The war grew increasingly unpopular over time and many…