Massachusetts biotech hub is limping amid layoffs and low investment

If the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a canary in the coal mine for the shape of the U.S. biotech industry, then hold onto your hats. Long home to some of the most concentrated and prolific hubs of biotech R&D, Massachusetts is witnessing a...

New Boston Scientific Facility Opens in Maple Grove

The 400,000-square-foot Arbor Lakes campus further expands the Massachusetts-based biotech company into Minnesota. Boston Scientific continues to build on its significant Minnesota footprint. The Massachusetts-based medical device giant on Monday...

What to Expect from Boston Scientific's Earnings

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) is gearing up to announce its quarterly earnings on Wednesday, 2025-10-22. Here's a quick overview of what investors should know before the release. Analysts are estimating that Boston Scientific will report an...

Massachusetts braces for economic pain as federal shutdown drags on

The latest: On Wednesday, the Senate failed for a 12th time to approve a House-passed funding bill that would reopen the government. Democrats want to permanently extend Affordable Care Act subsidies before agreeing to a deal, a condition...

Technology helping endangered North Atlantic right whale

A new program at the Museum of Coastal Carolina aims to help save the dwindling North Atlantic Right Whale population while teaching visitors about their plight and the technology being used to save them. There are only about 350 North Atlantic...

Photos: 2025 Head of the Charles Regatta celebrates six decades of rowing in Boston

The annual Head Of The Charles Regatta celebrated its 60th anniversary as rowers, spectators, and volunteers banded together to celebrate the sport of rowing. The regatta is one of Boston’s largest events, with both it and the Boston Marathon...

Highlights and points of Kincks 105-95 Celtics in NBA 2025-26

📢 📢 Knicks victory Marked by Boston’s lack of scoring effectiveness, the Knicks imposed their game plan from start to finish. With a dominant second quarter and consistent defensive effort, New York won 105-95, showing authority and taking...

Ford Hutman Media and Pinkergreen Launch Greenford, an Integrated Branding and Communications Firm for Life Science Companies

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 24, 2025-- Ford Hutman Media (“FHM”) and Pinkergreen today announced Greenford, a new firm to support emerging biotech and life-science companies move from stealth to scale with integrated communications, brand...

$17M in Tax Incentives Will Add 800 Life Sciences Jobs This Year in Massachusetts

Massachusetts biopharma professionals will soon have more employment opportunities. Tax incentive awards totaling $17.3 million are expected to create 806 life sciences jobs this year in the state, the Healey-Driscoll Administration and...

Wife’s death inspired Boston native Samuel Morse to invent the telegraph

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON Before the invention of the telephones, fax machines and satellites, people used telegraphs as a form of communication, thanks to its inventor Samuel Morse whose name is perhaps more synonymous with the...

Engineering by day, Emerson by night: Wentworth students caught between campuses

For many Emerson students, the commute to class is a quick walk on Boylston Street or a scenic one-block route from Paramount. However, for the second year in a row, some students on campus don’t call Downtown Boston home. “I feel like a commuter...

GUILTY: Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie found guilty of raping woman in Boston hotel room during St Patrick's Day trip

15:04 ET, 24 Oct 2025Updated 16:06 ET, 24 Oct 2025 (Image: NBC 10 Boston) Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie was found guilty of rape today by a jury at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. The 39-year-old man was charged with raping a 29-year-old...

Hull or high water: When climate change hits home

Hull Massachusetts is a tiny beautiful beachfront community in a continuous battle against nature. The Massachusetts town sits on a low-lying, skinny peninsula prone to flooding from hide tides and storms. When it floods, homes can be damaged,...

Scientists Set New World Record for Fastest Human Whole Genome Sequencing

Researchers have unlocked a way to read a baby’s genome in hours, not days, paving the path toward same-day genetic answers for the most fragile patients. Boston researchers sequenced a full human genome in record time, under four hours. The...

Researchers confirm unexpected shark sightings in US waterway: 'Demonstration of how massive the ocean is'

"Starting to see some signs of recovery." by Mandela NamasteOctober 22, 2025 As the movie "Jaws" suggests, great white sharks are often found in the waters off New England. It's always something to monitor, but it's relatively common nonetheless....

Massachusetts graduation council initiatives take shape in Athol schools

Overview: The Athol-Royalston School District in Massachusetts is implementing new initiatives linked to the Vision of a Massachusetts Graduate, a statewide effort to develop critical thinkers, active citizens, skilled communicators, and empowered...

Q&A: Meredith Hayes Gordon on leading science + tech design at HGA

As a child growing up in rural Minnesota, Meredith Hayes Gordon didn’t know any professional architects. But her grandfather, a lawyer by trade, was a “closet architect” who designed homes on the side, she explains. “I was inspired early by my...

Green Valley couple cooks up support for blood cancer research

GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — While the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s “Light the Night” event lit up Tucson this week, one Green Valley man is turning up the heat in his kitchen to raise money for the cause. At the Canoa Hills Recreation Center...

A ‘Scientific Attitude’ Valuing Empirical Evidence Can Defend Against Influence of Conspiracy Theories

By Makoto Mitsui 8:00 JST, October 25, 2025 We often hear the term “conspiracy theory” these days, which suggests that powerful forces unseen by society control the world. Conspiracy theories were once considered the domain of a few eccentric...

Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie found guilty of rape in Boston

20:34, 24 Oct 2025 (Image: NBC 10 Boston) Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie was found guilty of rape by a jury in Boston. The 39-year-old man was charged with raping a 29-year-old Boston attorney during St Patrick's Day celebrations in March 2024....