Latitude 48° 14 North. Longitude 174° 26 West. Almost midnight on the North Pacific, about 230 miles south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. A heavy fog blankets the sea. There's nothing but the wind spinning eddies through the mist. Out of the darkness, a rumble grows. The water begins to vibrate. Suddenly, the prow of a massive ship splits the fog. Its steel hull rises … [Read more...] about High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the
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Michael Leonard toots his own horn, and rents out others
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Cindy Atoji Keene Globe Correspondent November 21, 2018 Michael Leonard is the antithesis of the starving musician. At the pinnacle of his performing career several decades ago, he was touring internationally and was called the “Heifetz of the … [Read more...] about Michael Leonard toots his own horn, and rents out others
Accelerating along the road to a driverless future
Driverless cars are becoming an almost daily news topic, as buzz around the much-vaunted autonomous future of transport continues to intensify. Trials and tests of the technology are taking place across the globe to varying degrees of success, as stakeholders jostle for a place on the starting grid of this exciting and potentially lucrative technology.Interest and investment … [Read more...] about Accelerating along the road to a driverless future
Pennsylvania’s Amish community is caught in a bind over expensive gene therapy
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Eric Boodman STAT May 14, 2018 The meeting could determine whether the two siblings would keep going blind. The doctor knew that going in, but he was feeling good. He had negotiated huge discounts before, allowing patients to get complex surgeries or … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania’s Amish community is caught in a bind over expensive gene therapy
How giving food away saved a Maine restaurant
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Meadow Rue Merrill April 04, 2018 Get the best of the magazine’s award-winning stories and features right in your e-mail inbox every Sunday. Sign up here. ON A SUNSHINY AFTERNOON last spring, folks line up 30 deep outside The Red Barn, an iconic restaurant … [Read more...] about How giving food away saved a Maine restaurant