The world’s first modern rocket launched from a cabbage farm in Massachusetts 100 years ago
Robert Goddard is known as the father of modern rocketry, but at the time, many people mocked his ideas around space exploration.
How UMass Amherst is helping stem the shortage of air traffic controllers
Researchers are working to inspire the next generation of recruits — and hope to eventually play a role in training them, too.
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Mass. GOP candidates call for Trump to talk to Congress about Iran strikes
Two Republicans running to represent Massachusetts on Capitol Hill say the Trump Administration should be in constant communication with Congress. -
Trump defends Iran strikes, offers objectives for military operation
His remarks are the first public ones to reporters since the U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran began Saturday despite weeks of talks designed to stave off a conflict. -
MBTA General Manager Phil Eng says transit agency is ‘ready for the World Cup’
T General Manager Phil Eng lays out the system's plans for the year ahead, including this summer's FIFA World Cup. -
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‘Surreal’: Cape Cod wheelchair curler will compete for US medal at Paralympics
Paralympic athlete Sean O’Neill started playing “chess on ice” four years ago in Falmouth.
GBH News podcasts
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Catching The Codfather
Boston has begun to wrestle with the notion of paying reparations to Black people to make up for 400 years of enslavement and economic exclusion. -
College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
The Big Dig Podcast
This Peabody Award–winning podcast dives into the cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure. No project embodies that cynicism quite like ‘The Big Dig.’
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