The Planetarium Laser Show Returns — with a Twist

By Anne Mostue
Cool, man: This summer, the Museum of Science is bringing back the traditional laser/rock show ... with digital animation, and without lasers.

By Gregory T. Huang, Editor, Xconomy Boston
Can anyone make a battery that's better than the status quo? That might be the turnaround for struggling clean-tech company A123 Systems, which says it has a lithium-ion battery for electric cars.

Social Issues

Initiative Aims to Get Panhandlers off the Streets

By Anne Mostue
Harvard Square panhandlers talk about their lives — and the Cambridge police commissioner explains a new "ambassador program" to get panhandlers help.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Mobile Cashes In

By Gregory T. Huang, Editor, Xconomy Boston
Mobile technology is in the air as Boston-area startups SCVNGR, Cartera Commerce and Crashlytics announce significant deals.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Counting on 'Big Data'

By Gregory T. Huang, Editor, Xconomy Boston
The emerging field of "big data" could help revitalize the state’s tech economy — as long as it doesn’t collapse under the weight of its own hype. Also: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, GreenBytes and MassChallenge.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Full 'Metal' Funding

By Gregory T. Huang & Erin Kutz
What’s catching Bill Gates’ attention these days? Local startup Liquid Metal Battery. Its technology could help the grid make better use of renewable energy sources.

Fish

Exploring the New Fish Counter at Whole Foods

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By Toni Waterman
Whole Foods has stopped selling "red-rated" fish. We take a trip to Cambridge to look at what that really means for shoppers.

Education

New MIT President Leads in Online Ed

By Danielle Dreilinger
MIT provost L. Rafael Reif received a Tribeca Disruptive Innovation award for his role in the institution's online learning platforms. He talked about the MITx and edX projects with WGBH News.

WGBH News Focus: The MBTA

Get Inside the T — Virtually

WGBH NEWS FOCUS: THE MBTA

By Danielle Dreilinger
The MBTA now offers a mobile map option on Android phones that lets people see inside some stations. But will it be useful?

EMILY ROONEY SHOW

Tim Gearan: Freewheelin' to National Fame

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In the WGBH studios Tim Gearan gives a preview of his new album, Riverboat, already acclaimed by local fans and sure to pave his way to wider fame.

Election 2012

Member of Appointments Board Defends Elizabeth Warren

By Jordan Weinstein
A Harvard Law School professor and former Reagan administration official is calling "false" and "complete nonsense" any suggestion that Elizabeth Warren enjoyed an affirmative action advantage in her hiring as a full professor.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: E Pioneers!

By Gregory T. Huang, Editor, Xconomy Boston
Everyone's waiting for Facebook's IPO. But sometimes it's good to remember our country's first social network. ...

Education

The Changing Landscape of Online Ed

By WGBH News
edX is making a splash this month -- another example of the academic marketplace filling the space between for-profit schools like the University of Phoenix and the traditional ivy-covered halls.

Education

Harvard, MIT Leaders Discuss Online Initiative

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By Jared Bowen
The provosts of Harvard and MIT joined Emily Rooney to discuss their joint online education initiative — one they think will be a game-changer. Watch Greater Boston on-demand.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Who Wins in Boston: Bikes Vs. Cars

By Michelle Figueroa & WGBH News
With success comes conflict: In the last five years, bicycling in Boston has increased by 50 percent. But some drivers are madder than ever as everyone tries to find room on the road.

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Sci-Fi Solutions for the T

WGBH NEWS FOCUS: THE MBTA

By Phillip Martin
Some local experts are working to increase MBTA ridership by developing tools that sound like something out of speculative fiction.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: (Re)generating Excitement

By Gregory T. Huang, Editor, Xconomy Boston
A couple of Cambridge companies are gaining ground with their regenerative medicine technology, which uses living cells and other natural materials to promote healing.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Mobile Is Moving

By Gregory T. Huang, Editor, Xconomy Boston
While most of the tech world is talking about Facebook's billion-dollar acquisition of Instagram, a couple of local startups in mobile and social apps are making some noise of their own.

Cambridge

What's Next for Central Square?

By Jordan Weinstein
Major changes are coming to Central Square in Cambridge, fueling a resurgent urban renewal effort that some say is long overdue — and that others question.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Remembering Norman Priebatsch

By Xconomy.com
The life sciences entrepreneur is missing and presumed dead after a hiking accident in New Hampshire.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Share and Share Un-Alike

By Xconomy.com
Kibits, a new social networking mobile app, allows users to control exactly what information gets shared with whom — so your colleagues will never, ever see that vacation pic.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Video Game Medicine

By Xconomy.com
Could your child leave his next checkup with a prescription for a video game? Akili Interactive Labs hopes its game will be the first approved by the FDA as a medical device.

Psychology & The Mind

A Nutrition Label for the News

By Cristina Quinn
You're doing it right now: You're consuming media. Some theorists say our information diet is making us bloated. Here's how they want to help us. EXTRA: What's your favorite media "junk food"?

Technology

Xconomy Report: The Internet Never Forgets

By Xconomy.com
New England tech startups could be instrumental in changing the way companies market their wares in a digital world, with technology to help companies get their stories out on Facebook and merge advertising with mobile apps.

Business

Your Cafe, My Office

By Phillip Martin
In a sign of the times, your neighborhood café has become an office space -- and a new cultural tension is brewing.

Pop Culture

Lady Gaga at Harvard

By WGBH News & Wires
The singer launched her Born This Way Foundation at Harvard accompanied by an all-star lineup — and the Twitterverse liked it.

Health Care

Xconomy Report: More Hope for Hep C

By Xconomy.com
The battle for hepatitis C drug market dominance rages on locally, with Vertex honing its drug Telaprevir and Enanta teaming with Novartis to create a new treatment.

Education

Boston's University Leader Sisterhood

By Cristina Quinn
The president of Bentley University said that departing MIT president Susan Hockfield was a mentor and an inspiration.

Local Politics

Why Can't Cambridge Choose a Mayor?

By Jordan Weinstein
Every other year, as regular as the groundhog, Cambridge's City Council experiences gridlock trying to choose a mayor. What gives?

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Corporate Eyes Are Watching You

By Xconomy.com
With video conferencing, your competitors can be just as bored as you are: Many video conferences are susceptible to corporate spying, according to Boston software company Rapid7.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Finding The Next Facebook

By Xconomy.com
While most of the tech world is analyzing Facebook’s impending IPO, a new effort at Harvard University is trying to find the next Facebook — and keep it in Cambridge.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: It's Hard Out There For A Jerk

By Xconomy.com
An informal survey of Boston-area tech CEOs suggests that being a jerk may be much less beneficial than it used to be.

Technology

On The Day The Internet Went Dark

WGBH NEWS: WHAT THEY ASKED #ALTWIKI

By Cristina Quinn
At the start of this week, most of us had never heard of SOPA or PIPA. But on Wednesday, everyone was talking about the online protest — and in Kendall Square, technologists approved.

World Health

Diagnosing Disease On A 'Postage Stamp'

By Cristina Quinn
Paper is everywhere — in your coffeemaker, on your desk, in the recycling bin. But what if it could save lives? One Cambridge company thinks a slip of paper holds the answer to diagnosing illness cheaply, anywhere.

Child Development

'Milking' Language For All It's Worth

By Ibby Caputo
Teaching babies to communicate in sign language is popular. Is it effective? That depends on whether you ask the medical establishment or the moms.

Immigration

Art For English's Sake

By Ibby Caputo
At Harvard, a program uses art to hone immigrants' language skills in preparation for the U.S. citizenship exam.

Education

X Marks The Spot For MIT Online Ed

By Jordan Weinstein
The new MITx online learning platform will offer students interactive labs, discussions and the opportunity to earn MIT credentials, provost Rafael Reif said.

WGBH Local News

Signed, Sealed, Discontinued? Post Offices In Cambridge

GREATER BOSTON: POST OFFICE CLOSURES

By Ibby Caputo

You may buy your stamps at the supermarket and pay your bills online, but are you ready to see your neighborhood post office close? WGBH News looks into two Cambridge locations on the list for discontinuance.

Innovation Hub

A Home -- And An Adrenaline Shot -- For Startups

MORE INNOVATION HUB

By Kara Miller
This week, we look at how to create spaces that encourage creativity and inventiveness. What happens when you put hundreds of ambitious entrepreneurs in one building? Do great minds feed off each other? What can they teach us about success — and about potential pitfalls?

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Protecting Online Privacy

By Xconomy.com
When you go online, do you know which eyes are watching you? Boston startup Abine is trying to give consumers more control over their personal information.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Treatment For Parkinson's

By Xconomy.com
In this week's top life sciences and innovation news, Michael J. Fox's charity has given a local startup funding to improve Parkinson's treatment.

Business

Bob Slate And The Case Of The Paper Letter

GREATER BOSTON: BOB SLATE REOPENS

By Danielle Dreilinger
As the holiday shopping season starts, one familiar face is back in Cambridge: Bob Slate Stationer, which closed earlier this year. If its demise represented the death of local retail, paper and Harvard Square, what does the store's revival mean?

INNOVATION

Xconomy Report For Nov. 25, 2011

By Xconomy.com
AOL co-founder Steve Case has invested in a Boston startup that's created a smartphone app popular among runners.

LOCAL NEWS

Administration Absent From Occupy Harvard Forum

By Ibby Caputo
Attendees at an Occupy Harvard forum dissected the absence of key administrators — and a letter from university president Drew Faust that said Harvard locked its gates after students assaulted a police officer.

INNOVATION

Xconomy Report For Nov. 18, 2011

By Xconomy.com
Will the new Harvard Innovation Lab, opening today, keep the next Zuck or Gates in Boston? That's the $20 million question.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report For Nov. 11, 2011

By Xconomy.com
If XL Hybrids' new venture succeeds, anyone could turn their gas-guzzling clunker into a hybrid electric car.

Technology

Facebook Founder's 'Fans' Flock To See Him IRL

INNOVATION HUB: ZUCKERBERG RETURNS

By Cristina Quinn and WGBH News
Harvard students and the media crowded around to hear Mark Zuckerberg explain his plans for Facebook — which do not involve opening a Boston office any time soon. UPDATE: Listen to his speech to students.

Xconomy

Xconomy Report For Nov. 4, 2011

By Xconomy.com
On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook is recruiting at Harvard and MIT to tap into Boston's hot startup market — epitomized by fast-growing upstarts such as HubSpot, Gemvara, Kayak, TripAdvisor and Wayfair.

Greater Boston

RelayRides: Car Sharing On The Rise In Boston

MORE GREATER BOSTON

By Jaclyn Cashman
Rental car companies beware! A new peer-to-peer car sharing program allows neighbors to borrow each other's cars instead of owning one. See how RelayRides has shaken up the car-sharing marketplace.

LOCAL ARTS

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead For October 27–30

EMILY ROONEY SHOW: A LOVE STORY FOR GROWNUPS

By Jared Bowen
Every Thursday, reporter Jared Bowen discusses the weekend's hottest arts events with WGBH Morning Edition Host Bob Seay. In Boston this Halloween, something campy this way comes.

INNOVATION

MIT Signs Historic Deal With New Russian Technology Hub

MIT HELPS BUILD THE 'SILICON VALLEY' OF RUSSIA

By Phillip Martin
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is teaming with a Russian government–sponsored foundation to build a world-class graduate school of technology, known as SkTech, just outside Moscow.

INNOVATION

MIT Helps Build the Silicon Valley of Russia

By Phillip Martin
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is about to sign a historic agreement to help establish a major university in Russia—that will anchor a planned $6.6 billion town of technology, innovation and business success. SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE: A TIMELINE
MIT, FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION

CAMPAIGN CHECK-IN

Warren Raises $3M, Offers Some Empathy To Wall St. Protesters

ELIZABETH WARREN ENTERS 2012 SENATE RACE

By WGBH News
In an interview with WGBH's Emily Rooney, Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren said she sympathizes with Occupy Boston protesters, even as she raises millions of dollars for her own campaign.

Greater Boston

Harvard University's 'Kindness Pledge'

MORE GREATER BOSTON

By Toni Waterman
There's a new and controversial philosophy at Harvard University this year. All incoming students have been asked to take what has been dubbed "The Kindness Pledge." It sounds innocent enough, but the pledge is sparking debate.

Economy

So We've Been Downgraded. What Does That Mean?

By Phillip Martin
Standard and Poor’s downgrading of the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+ has a lot of people in the Boston area wondering how it might affect them. But many others seem confused about the ratings process altogether.

Cambridge

Shaq Attacks Sleep Apnea

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Sleep apnea sufferer Shaquille O'Neal offers inspriation for those searching for that elusive good night's sleep. Watch the video that follows Shaq on his fight.

The Emily Rooney Show

Hear The Cambridge-Somerville Smackdown

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Cambridge City Councilor Ken Reeves and Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone settle—once and for all—the recent inner-city rivalry tha the Twittosphere has dubbed the SomerBridgeSmackdown.

Business

Cambridge-Based Zipcar Shares Soar In Market Debut

By The Associated Press
Shares of Zipcar Inc. are soaring in their market debut after the initial public offering priced better than the company had predicted.

POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE

Boston: There's An App For That

POSTCARD FROM JAMAICA PLAIN

By Jess Bidgood
A growing number of individuals are dreaming up new possibilities for Boston’s civic data – basic streams of information on topics ranging from real-time bus data to sidewalks. They gathered for a low-key afternoon of brainstorming in Cambridge.

RECOGNIZING BRUCE

Update: Cambridge Gallery Shows Work Of Bruce Stuart

WGBH SPECIAL REPORT: RECOGNIZING BRUCE

By Phillip Martin
Drawings by the Vietnam veteran Bruce Stuart, who lived on the streets of Harvard Square for 10 years, are being exhibited at an art gallery in Harvard Square.

WGBH SPECIAL REPORT

Recognizing Bruce: A Man Without A Home

By Phillip Martin
Bruce Stuart has lived on the streets of Harvard Square for about 10 years. But his story is not about homelessness. It is about unheralded artistry and the acknowledgement of individuals who have grown accustomed to being invisible and unknown. Part one of a three-part series.

GREATER BOSTON

In Cambridge, A Cool Reception To Zuckerberg's Honor

MORE GREATER BOSTON

By Adam Reilly
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg is TIME's 2010 person of the year. Although the 26-year-old created Facebook in Harvard Square, many locals don't think he was the right pick.

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