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Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/AFP via Getty Images)...

The end-Cretaceous mass extinction 66 million years ago was characterized by a worldwide ecological catastrophe and rapid species turnover. Arboreal (tree-dwelling) species were especially at risk of extinction due to...

Most of the air we breathe comes from algae and other aquatic organisms that have been photosynthesizing sunlight into oxygen for a billion years. But not all algae are life-giving....

Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have never seen eye to eye. However, lately, both have missed not one opportunity to show the other...

The country is ready to panic over all sorts of shortages, but Massachusetts has something specific to fear: an egg shortage. It is so bad a possibility that some call...

The mood has changed at the White House. The White House press corps, thrilled to have fewer death threats, happy to have a return to daily briefings that don't include...

Some small businesses and entrepreneurs, including sole proprietors, C-corporations and some LLCs, don’t have long to file their taxes if they received an extension on filing them earlier this year.Originally...

A leatherback sea turtle has been returned to the ocean after becoming stranded on a mudflat in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, US. It took dozens of volunteers from three conservation organisations...

Boston mayoral candidates Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu will meet in their first one-on-one debate on Wednesday ahead of the November 2 general election. The debate is hosted by...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she’s “disappointed” that Democrats must lower the price tag of the $3.5 trillion social safety net package and suggested they may have to...