2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (449+ words) Jacob Coxon, a researcher at the AI company Anthropic, quit his job, writing on social media Tuesday that the company is “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” Evan Hubinger, also an Anthropic researcher, added his own…...

3+ day, 52+ min ago   (271+ words) I came out in my freshman year, at Suffolk, before I later transferred to Emerson. A few blocks from campus were the rooms where I first understood, plainly and with relief, that I was not the only one who had…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (361+ words) Massachusetts state Sen. Jo Comerford isn't the only politician who gets trolled on social media. But after years of it, the Northampton Democrat reached a limit. She recently posted a video in which she called out the trolls who post…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (225+ words) Having built strong momentum in this effort over the last three years, WBUR is now entering the campaign's public phase and aims to reach its goal by June 2027. The campaign will support WBUR's independent journalism, fuel innovation and create stable,…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1890+ words) You don’t need a license to ride a bike in the U.S. But e-bikes are a different story. Some states classify them as bicycles, others as vehicles. And in some places, you even need insurance to ride one. How to…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (535+ words) UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, who began to lead the campus as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., plans to step down on Feb. 1 after seven years in the job. Suárez-Orozco immigrated to the U.S. as an Argentine teenager…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (84+ words) There has been a rise in homeschooling across the political spectrum. Host Scott Tong learns why more parents are taking education into their own hands. He speaks with Kenny Anthony, a retired... There has been a rise in homeschooling across…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (108+ words) Highly toxic wastewater from America’s fracking boom is buried in deep underground wells. But in some places that toxic waste is bubbling upwards — threatening local drinking water. How Marietta, Ohio is trying to fight fracking waste. David Jeffery, professor of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (606+ words) The company behind a large and controversial proposed battery project in Tewksbury pulled the plug on the development this week after learning it would have to pay $65 million to connect to the electric grid. That's more than three times what…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (595+ words) Shawn Oliver, a New Bedford city councilor who gradually became the sole Republican still running for lieutenant governor, must now forge a relationship with a new running mate. Republican gubernatorial candidate and former MBTA leader Brian Shortsleeve, who tapped Oliver…...