Seattle-based Code.org laid off 18 employees, or about 14% of its staff, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire on Wednesday. Following the cuts, Code.org’s staff now numbers 107. “Code.org has made the ...

As your News Feature notes, effective science communication is needed in the face of funding cuts (see Nature 645, 298–300; 2025). Yet art–science collaborations — a great way to communicate the value ...

While the energy crisis has a well-known public policy dimension, it also threatens the capabilities of the US military if and when a crisis should break out in East Asia. Artificial intelligence has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Thursday afternoon, the board of the Kennedy Center announced it had voted to rename the cultural institution the “The Donald J ...

For a design firm—or any business, really—success hinges on countless factors, from smart hiring to solid business management. Unfortunately there’s no easily replicable blueprint that guarantees ...

Micro influencers are popping up all over Boston, sharing details of their days, favorite restaurants and workout routines to their online followers. Micro influencers are content creators who have ...

Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi during an event in Seattle in July, announcing a new “Hour of AI” campaign to demystify AI in the spirit of the group’s past “Hour of Code” initiatives. (GeekWire Photo / ...

Imagine you purchase a bag of gummies labeled nootropic – a term used to describe substances that claim to enhance mental ability and function, or "smart drugs." However, within hours of consuming ...

This story was originally produced by WBUR. We are republishing it in partnership with the New England News Collaborative. On a recent afternoon at Northeastern University’s Innovation Campus in ...

In early July, the Bureau of Land Management quietly announced plans to trade away 2 million acres of public land along Alaska’s Dalton Highway. The immense stretch of boreal forest totters into ...

Alisha Hines graduated from an eight-week program in biomanufacturing and life sciences earning what's known as a "microcredential." (Jesse Costa/WBUR) On a recent afternoon at Northeastern University ...

Microrobots formed in droplets could enable precision-targeted drug delivery, improving on I.V. drug delivery that sends only 0.7% of the drug to the target tissue, according to a recent study in ...