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This simple question posed by ecologist Fred Smith led to profound discoveries about delicate balance and styles of regulation in healthy ecosystems, a topic covered in a new book Alva Noë considers.

With states empowered to regulate abortion, doctors say they're trapped by vague laws that criminalize care. And ongoing court battles make it hard to keep up with the procedure's legal status.

A lot can happen in a millisecond, if you have the right tools. Commentator Adam Frank says the rise of high-frequency financial trading marks the invention of a new time logic for humanity.

A woman who is pregnant and seeking an abortion in Texas has been granted permission to have the procedure by a state judge. The fetus has a condition that is almost always fatal.

Every building has a unique personality. The Overlook Hotel, the demonically possessed setting of Stephen King's novel The Shining, is now also the title character of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project's recording of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec’s musical works inspired by architectural forms.

The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point.

Tourism and community leaders in the path of totality from Texas to Maine have trucked in extra fuel and port-a-potties, and urged residents and visitors to be prepared.

Bassett was nominated in 1993 for her portrayal as singer Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It, and in 2022 for Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Hear hand-picked Liszt performances from the Boston studios of WGBH.

Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave, died Friday morning in Coral Gables, Florida, due to complications while recovering from surgery, his publicist said.