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Natural Sciences

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Heliosphere

The Solar System May Have Passed through Dense Interstellar Cloud 2 Million Years Ago, Altering Earth’s Climate

June 10, 2024

Awards

BU Researcher Named a 2024 Hertz Fellow; Award Honors “Innovators with the Greatest Potential”

May 28, 2024

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LISTEN NOW

Explain This! How Do Planets Form?

May 13, 2024

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Awards

BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams

May 7, 2024

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Evolutionary Development

Why Is a BU Researcher So Fascinated with the Diets of Dung Beetles?

April 25, 2024

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Awards

Three BU Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows

April 18, 2024

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Black Holes

Stunning New Image Shows Black Hole’s Immensely Powerful Magnetic Field

March 27, 2024

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Aging Reimagined

10 Things to Do in Your 20s to Help Ensure You’ll Enjoy Your 80s

February 21, 2024

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Aging Reimagined

Their Second Acts

February 21, 2024

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Clownfish

Clownfish: Studying their Complex Lives and Anemone Homes

February 9, 2024

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Climate Change

City Leaders Need to Make Billion-Dollar Decisions to Protect Boston from Sea Level Rise

January 31, 2024

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Climate Change

2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record: Current Climate Action Isn’t Enough to Halt Global Warming

January 16, 2024

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Urban Planning

Why Is the US So Unprepared for Natural Disasters?

January 3, 2024

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Climate Conference

Can the World Find Agreement on Fighting Climate Change?

December 11, 2023

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

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2023 IN REVIEW

What Were BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories in 2023?

December 11, 2023

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Expert Take

US Forest Service’s Dangerous Carbon Disposal Plan Would Foul Our National Forests

December 7, 2023

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Wildlife

New Study Identifies the Greatest Threat to Wildlife across North America and Canada: People

November 21, 2023

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MacArthur Fellowship

BU Ecologist Lucy Hutyra Wins a 2023 MacArthur “Genius Grant”

October 4, 2023

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Kilachand Awards

Kilachand Fund Awards Go to Crystal Rib Cage and Brain Connection Projects

October 3, 2023

Kilachand Fund Awards Go to Crystal Rib Cage and Brain Connection Projects