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We chat with John Sayles about his new book, Mr. Universe tells us about science on screen at Amherst Cinema, and NEPM's Nirvani Williams talks to the authors of a new children's book on gender.
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We chat with local astronomer Salman Hameed and astronaut Cady Coleman about space things! But that's not all Coleman does; she also plays flute! So we brought her bandmate Chris Devine of Minstrels in the Gallery along to give us some cosmic music.
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Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll joins us to chat about the new director of rural affairs position, plus Dr. Mandy Muller parties with us for the pandemic's anniversary, Mr. Universe explains "moon time" and The Weather Nut gives us a rundown on the incoming snows.
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We have the folx from the Tumble podcast teach us a thing or two, singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey joins us in studio for a song or two, and we bring you the first iteration of the wine thunderdome.
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A team of Connecticut researchers recently found that scorpion tail stingers – once thought sterile – are actually covered in bacteria, some of which appear new to science.
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A study out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst found, surprisingly researchers said, counties with higher explicit bias against older adults had lower mortality.
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A new study from researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst finds that toddlers may stop napping not because they're stubborn — their hippocampus is developing.
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Although the nature of mental illness makes precision medicine challenging, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are hoping to jumpstart the field.
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"We're Still Here," depicting Native Americans who live in western Massachusetts, is a rare contemporary installation in the Springfield Science Museum's old Native American Hall. But the effort has sparked some backlash.
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By studying bee poop, researchers found that shorter petals lead to less disease spread among bumblebees.