Society & Culture

Massachusetts Home Prices Hit $600,000 as Buyers Face T...

The price of buying a home in Massachusetts just hit another milestone — and not...

Fall River’s Elizabeth Kinnane Named One of Massachuset...

In a moment that has made both her school and community proud, Elizabeth Kinnane...

Quincy Murder: Husband Arrested After Allegedly Staging...

A quiet neighborhood in Quincy, Massachusetts, was shaken to its core when the d...

Get Rid of Old Documents for Free: BayCoast Bank’s Shre...

In an effort to help residents protect themselves from identity theft and clear ...

Man Convicted of Murdering 10-Year-Old in Massachusetts...

The arrest of Javier Soto, 40, in Providence, Rhode Island, has left many in sho...

Massachusetts Movie Theater Apologizes, Issues Refunds ...

In a rather amusing and confusing turn of events, a Massachusetts movie theater ...

Dante’s Inferno: A Visitor’s Guide to Hell

In most places across the world, speak the name of Dante, and your listeners wil...

Watch Composer Wendy Carlos Demo an Original Moog Synth...

She’s worked with Stanley Kubrick *and* “Weird Al” Yankovic, and helped Robert M...

Isaac Asimov Describes How Artificial Intelligence Will...

Artificial intelligence may be one of the major topics of our historical moment,...

The Map of Mathematics: Animation Shows How All the Dif...

Back in December, you hopefully thoroughly immersed yourself in The Map of Physi...

The Medieval Manuscript That Features “Yoda”, Killer Sn...

As much as you may enjoy a night in with a book, you might not look so eagerly f...

Actor John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny, Penned ...

In 2017, historian Timothy Snyder wrote the concise book On Tyranny: Twenty Less...

What Is Kafkaesque?: The Philosophy of Franz Kafka

It’s difficult to imagine that there was ever a time without the word “Kafkaesqu...

Hear the World’s Oldest Known Song, “Hurrian Hymn No. 6...

Do you like old timey music? Splendid. You can’t get more old timey than Hurrian...

How Chinese Characters Work: The Evolution of a Three-M...

Contrary to somewhat popular belief, Chinese characters aren’t just little pictu...

What the World Will Look Like in 250 Million Years: Map...

Most of us now accept the idea that all of Earth’s continents were once part of ...

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