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Dr. Scott Hadland, who heads adolescent and young adult medicine at Mass General Brigham for Children, talks about what he's seen firsthand when it comes to the effects of recreational marijuana on children.

The researchers used statistical methods to analyze data from more than 2,300 players, including some of their brains, as well as death records for players who died over the 16-year period.

There’s nothing, beyond the risk of angering the public, that blocks state legislators from tweaking — or even striking — new laws. And on some ballot questions this year, Beacon Hill lawmakers appear poised to have their say after Election Day.

The city believes a cultural trust would stem artist displacement. But there’s a catch.

Get to know the eight finalists vying to be Boston Logan airport's new announcement voice.

Professor and researcher John Quackenbush recently took his research from Harvard to the University of Chicago. Quackenbush said he's one of several high profile scientists leaving Greater Boston, which will likely have long-term consequences for the state's economy.

Looking for some tricks or treats this week? The West End Museum is hosting Halloween walking tours of the neighborhood’s darker and more macabre historical sites. WBUR’s Sharon Brody got a preview of some of the stops from the Museum’s tour guide Jaydie Halperin.

A Brookline mother and daughter joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about their experience with limiting screentime. It comes as Beacon Hill looks to push a bill that would ban K-12 public school students from accessing their cellphones at schools across Massachusetts.

New England has dozens of small data centers like this, some of them decades old. With the increasing use of artificial intelligence, these facilities could get upgraded to handle AI computing.

Hasbro, the toymaker behind G.I. Joe, My Little Pony and Monopoly, is relocating to Boston's Seaport after more than 100 years in Rhode Island.

Under the second Trump administration, Massachusetts scientists have lost billions in funding, and curtailed more than a dozen clinical trials in the state. Ahead of the midterms, many scientists hope a new Congress will restore stability to federal support and get grant money out the door.

The number of universities nationwide offering an AI undergraduate major in a computing department now exceeds 100, according to a database maintained by Northeastern University researchers. Massachusetts institutions are part of the growth.

MIT Media Lab composer Tod Machover’s “already and not yet” puts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in dialogue with a live AI system that responds to each musician's performance. Even players wary of AI say this one leaves the music in human hands.

In much of the country, the AI boom is driving the construction of hyperscale data centers. Not so much in New England. But change is coming. Here's how some in the region are preparing.

Families can stay at the home for one week for free, with no agenda.