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Houses floated away in this Alaska Native village. Now residents want to move
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1192+ words) KWIGILLINGOK, Alaska " When the remnants of Typhoon Halong arrived in the low-lying village of Kwigillingok, on Alaska's southwestern coast, late in the night on Oct. 11, Noah Andrew Sr. says the water rose and his house rocked. "When we started floating…...
GBH Daily: Rocket launch from a cabbage farm
10+ hour, 6+ min ago (401+ words) Snow showers sleet, with highs in the 30s. Sunset is at 6:59 p.m. The latest in the Trump administration's fight with Harvard University: the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the school on Friday, saying it didn't address antisemitism on its campus....
Woods Hole institution uncovers what’s believed to be the oldest recorded whale call
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (699+ words) Other boats in your small fleet are dropping munitions and various objects into the water, making an underwater racket. Your job is to submerge a waterproofed microphone and record the sounds it picks up. Imagine your surprise when your mic…...
The world’s first modern rocket launched from a cabbage farm in Massachusetts 100 years ago
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (16+ words) The world's first modern rocket launched from a cabbage farm in Massachusetts 100 years ago'WGBH...
Concern over US travel visas prompts Ig Nobels to move its awards from Cambridge to Europe
1+ week, 5+ day ago (381+ words) Organized by the Annals of Improbable Research, a digital magazine that highlights research that makes people laugh and then think, the 36th annual ceremony will be held in Zurich. It's usually held in the U.S. in September, a few weeks before the…...
NOAA announces planned rollback of North Atlantic right whale protections
2+ week, 5+ day ago (231+ words) The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration has announced plans to roll back protections for North Atlantic right whales as part of the Trump Administration's ongoing efforts to deregulate across multiple government sectors. There are fewer than 380 right whales left in the…...
Mass. to offer residents free AI career certificate courses through Google
3+ week, 3+ day ago (498+ words) Governor Maura Healey announced Thursday that the state is partnering with Google to offer free artificial intelligence and career certificate courses to every Massachusetts resident, a move she said would bolster Massachusetts" standing as a hub of the fast-growing AI…...
NOVA's 'Can Dogs Talk?' investigates if those viral, button-pushing dogs are really communicating
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (238+ words) Arun Rath: We're very excited to talk with you because we were all talking about this. Everybody who has a dog and has watched these videos has been dying for the NOVA documentary, where you explain to us, 'Is this…...
The snowstorm of ’26 was a record-breaker. Here are the totals around Boston.
3+ week, 6+ day ago (495+ words) On Monday afternoon, the storm system that brought record-breaking snowfall to parts of Rhode Island, and a historic storm to Boston and the entire east coast, will continue to slowly meander eastward. This storm is record-breaking for Providence. Prior to…...
GBH Daily: What’s bombogenesis?
1+ mon, 5+ hour ago (576+ words) More snow, with highs in the 30s. Sunset is at 5:26 p.m. The snow is already piling up outside, and GBH meteorologist Dave Epstein is expecting as much as another foot to fall during the day today. Expect one to two feet of…...