Water cooling towers loom over a home in Poca, West Virginia, 1973. Harry Schaefer, National Archives. You can find them all across the United States: places so contaminated that the federal ...

The site was originally developed in conjunction with an eight-hour television series co-produced by the NOVA Science Unit at WGBH Boston and Clear Blue Sky Productions (now Vulcan Productions).

The Northborough field office manager for United Site Services is a key figure in making sure these porta-potties make it to the 26.2-mile race course, from Hopkinton to downtown Boston, in time for ...

The pace at which artificial intelligence had advanced in recent years has shocked John Werner, who is planning a new conference about the future of AI. “Things that are changing very fast,” Werner ...

FILE - Rain falls on a dual-space parking meter outside Bell in Hand Tavern in Boston. Over the next two years, the city of Boston plans to replace the vast majority of its existing single- and ...

Police in Boston have used ShotSpotter technology since 2007 to notify them when and where gunshots ring out. SoundThinking, the company behind ShotSpotter, has acoustic sensors that are placed around ...

The Commonwealth Care Alliance, the on-site shelter provider, told GBH News it is working to connect families with resources. “We are grateful to the state and the city of Lowell for their ...

From Oscar-winning movies like “Parasite” and the Oscar-nominated “Past Lives,” to the innovative modern fashion and the thumping beats of K-pop groups like BLACKPINK and BTS, South Korean culture has ...

Violinist and three-time Grammy winner Hilary Hahn has been performing with major orchestras since she was 12 years old. “The first time I worked with a major orchestra was with the Baltimore Symphony ...

Anthony Rapp, an actor and singer, went from being a Starbucks barista to a Broadway star by way of the hit musical “Rent.” But, his meteoric rise was tempered by the death of Jonathan Larson, “Rent’s ...

Being a musician requires commitment and craft, including musicians with disabilities. The Music Inclusion Ensemble at Berklee College of Music aims to demonstrate the innovation and skill of these ...

Riders of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority’s buses will be boarding the buses for free for another year. The Authority’s advisory board voted unanimously Thursday to keep all buses, including ...