Gov. Deval Patrick plans to sign a bill into law that expands protest-free zones around abortion clinics.

The measure would give Massachusetts among the strongest "buffer zone" laws in the nation, creating a hard 35-foot perimeter around a clinic's entrances and driveways. The bill has passed both the MA House and Senate. picked by marli 10 months ago

How did a wild eastern gray wolf, an endangered species absent from the state for more than a century, find its way to western Massachusetts? picked by DemureArt 6 months ago

Supreme Court finds that EPA can regulate heat-trapping pollution, putting pressure on Congress to act on global warming picked by Neiako 1 year ago

A Massachusetts road sign was hacked to display a naughty message (part of male anatomy for lunch). I smell a bored teenager on summer break. picked by Kerry 1 year ago

Massachusetts lawmakers desperate for additional revenue are eyeing the endowments of deep-pocketed private colleges to bolster the state's coffers by more than $1 billion a year, asserting that the schools' rising fortunes undercut their nonprofit status. picked by maxriter 4 months ago

Massachusetts lawmakers are contemplating a canine crackdown. Among the proposals that may go in the hopper soon are bills that would require dogs to be buckled up when they are riding in moving vehicles and a ban on pit bulls. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have developed a new type of miniature endoscope that produces three-dimensional, high-definition images, which may greatly expand the application of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

She got busted when her co-defendant returned their rented minivan with $1 Million worth of cocaine. How can someone forget they had a million dollars worth of cocaine in the van or miss seeing the multiple boxes!? picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Democratic Representative James Fagan... railing against Jessica's Law...

"I'm going to make sure that the rest of their [a rape victim] life is ruined. That when they're 8 years old they throw up; when they're 12 years old, they won't sleep. When they're 19 years old they'll have nightmares and they'll never have a relationship with anybody." picked by ImNotBlue 2 months ago

Photographs and history of early gravestones in New England. The cemeteries featured are the some of the oldest in the United States, and feature many ancestors and historical figures. picked by souloyster 7 months ago

Arrested after t-shirt gives him away picked by tigertony 4 months ago

A treasured old photograph, a police investigator's long-shot appeal to the public and a retiree's sharp memory have combined to solve a 15-year-old drowning mystery. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

If your interested in the space shuttle type stuff, check out the free course MIT is offering (YES FREE):
ESD.35J Aircraft Systems Engineering
Includes: Lectures notes audio/video
Recommended reading Related Resources lots of PDF's chocked full of goodness.
More courses here. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

"Award-winning author Stephen King is not a huge video games fan, but he knows bad legislation when he sees it. He's annoyed that politicians have made games and other pop culture a 'whipping boy.'" picked by butwithrobots 5 months ago

BOSTON -- Neither snow nor rain nor the decades of time prevented the post office from completing the delivery of a June 1929 postcard to a Brighton, Mass., home. picked by tchengrox 7 months ago

Two fathers in the Boston, Massachusetts area have created a bulletproof backpack that kids can carry and use as a shield in a direct attempt to deflect an armed attack. The backpack retails for $175... picked by DemureArt 1 year ago

Robert Hazard, 59, the Philadelphia-bred rock troubadour who wrote the pop anthem "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," died unexpectedly Tuesday night after surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston picked by 2manyusernames 3 weeks ago

He was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when he came up with the scientific concept that small effects lead to big changes, something that became known as the "butterfly effect." picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Scientists have already used ink-jet cartridges to "print" stem cells into exacting patterns, but now engineers at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth are taking the technology to a whole new dimension. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers announced Thursday they had made a 60-watt light bulb glow by sending it energy wirelessly. picked by punthe 1 year ago