Across the country from the California wildfires, researchers in Massachusetts are working to recreate a smaller-scale ...

The poll, conducted late last year, surveyed roughly 1,500 Massachusetts parents with children in kindergarten through ...

Environmental advocates are calling for a ban the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer. An EPA draft report found that there ...

Rep. Auchincloss joins WBUR's Morning Edition to express concern that American officials will not enforce a law he co-sponsored requiring the Chinese-owned app TikTok to be sold to a U.S.-based ...

Eelgrass is a critical habitat for fish, protects against coastal erosion and stores carbon. But it's threatened by pollution and climate change. Dozens of local scientists are working to protect and ...

Anxiety around access to contraceptive healthcare is at an all-time high, writes Kirsten Meisinger, a family doctor. The reality is that the political climate will not improve soon. But contrary to ...

Adi Alexander, the father of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, talks about the prospects for his son's return under an ...

Some schools have instituted cell phone bans during school hours, but the approach is just a Band-Aid, not a solution.

Maine's outdoor skaters are enjoying rare, glassy black ice on lakes and ponds — a fleeting gift of sunny but snow-free ...

The proposal comes a day before her State of the Commonwealth address and as Republicans are seeking greater oversight of the ...

In the days following the insurrection, Americans were nearly unanimous in their condemnation of the violence, and of Trump’s ...

As Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice disputed Healey's claim that he "retired," Republicans and advocates for the shelter program ...