A new theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental forces and particle properties may arise from the geometry of hidden extra dimensions. These dimensions could twist and evolve over time, forming ...

Mass killings in the United States dropped to their lowest level in two decades in 2025, even as Congress failed to enact any new federal gun control laws. Seventeen incidents met the threshold for ...

It could start to look a lot more festive around these parts. The “first accumulating snow” of the season for much of eastern Massachusetts is on the way, less than two weeks out from Christmas. Local ...

The decision made this winter by ReaderLink to stop distributing mass market paperback books at the end of 2025 was the latest blow to a format that has seen its popularity decline for years.

Massachusetts voters approved a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million that generated $1.5 billion in revenue. Massachusetts voters approved a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million in November 2022 that ...

COLD TONIGHT AS THOSE WINDS SETTLE, THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO DROP. BUT IF YOU CAN BRAVE THE COLD AND YOU GO OUTSIDE, WE’VE HAD ANOTHER ONE OF THESE CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS COME OFF THE SUN HERE.

A shooting last weekend at a children's birthday party in California that left four dead was the 17th mass killing this year — the lowest number recorded since 2006, according to a database maintained ...

Three children and a young adult were killed in a mass shooting at a little girl’s birthday party in California on Saturday, with the gunman still on the loose, cops said. The deadly chaos, which also ...

A movement by a coalition of grassroots organizations to withdraw participation from the economy, called the Mass Blackout, began on Tuesday. The coalition, including Blackout the System, The People’s ...

The Massachusetts 250 plate, a blue plate featuring the year “1776” and the number “250,” only became available in May of 2025 yet, as of Nov. 7, has 31,526 active registrations. This puts it just ...

When I was a baby, Larry Hunt, a kind, funny Jesuit priest and my great-uncle, baptized me. At around age 12, I began attending Sunday Mass when my mom, then in her 30s, decided to cart her five ...

The geometry of space, where physical laws unfold, may also hold answers to some of the deepest questions in fundamental physics. The very structure of spacetime might underlie every interaction in ...