Wednesday night is looking cloudy, but a local astrophysicist says “it’s always worth running out the door and looking, just in case you've got a nice, lucky hole in the clouds.”

Enthusiastic citizen scientists are hiking in each month to document what’s coming back. After more than 40 acres burned, now, there’s a diverse array of plants and birds.

Each year, artists, engineers and tinkerers from across New England bring their wacky, human-powered machines to Lowell.

Host Hakeem Oluseyi, an astrophysicist and author, shares more about the unique science podcast.

Massachusetts’ attorney general says the ruling is “wrong and deeply disappointing.”

Prominent researcher Gerald Denis explains the tight relationship between medical research and progress in medical care. Recent abrupt cuts to research funding and science agencies such as NIH have disrupted research labs, frequently ending carefully designed studies and upending the training of future scientists. We learn how medical discoveries are developed and tested, how research leads to medical advances and dispels false beliefs, and how young scientists’ lab experience prepares them for their careers. Medical research is absolutely necessary for the protection of our health.

Emergency physician Dr. Luke Apisa describes joining an Arctic expedition to ensure safety for runners pushing their limits on melting polar ice.

A federal judge in Boston will hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s legal authority to terminate billions of dollars in research grants from the National Institutes of Health.

HHS secretary says he may block government scientists from publishing in the top medical journals.

Brain-computer-interface (BCI) devices are among the most promising medical innovations today. Individuals who are paralyzed or speechless due to injury or disease are able to learn to control motion and/or speech by means of a brain-computer-interface device.  This can enable significant independence.  However, brain chip devices might also be developed that would enable programs for mind control. Lukas Meier offers a comprehensive perspective –including technology, history and ethics—for ethical controls on BCI innovations.