Federal public health officials are sounding the alarm about Eastern equine encephalitis, saying this year’s outbreaks, which killed three people in Massachusetts, may be a sign of future trouble from the deadly disease and other insect-borne viruses.
MIT’s decision to rename a lecture hall, which had the nondescript name of 54-100, as Shell Auditorium has ignited a backlash among students and environmental activists.
American astronaut Andrew Morgan and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano ventured into space Friday with dozens of tools and four new pumps for the International Space Station’s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.