Builders of a problem-plagued Big Dig tunnel may have underestimated the sensitive nature of deep underground marine clay -€” considered as fragile as a house of cards -€” when undertaking one of the world’s largest “ground freezing”€ projects, according to an engineering expert.

In order to live, 14-year-old Jenny Asay has to poke herself with a needle more than a dozen times a day.

It was the final day of the 2004 presidential campaign and John Kerry, trying to show his hard-traveling press corps some love, was handing out Team Kerry fleece jackets as mementoes. The sentimentality of the moment faltered slightly when he got to me, handed me a jacket and told me €”in a really nice, solicitous […]

A package bomb that injured two professors at a university here this month is the latest in a string of attacks by a new terror group inspired by the Unabomber. Its violent actions have put campuses across Mexico on alert and caused nanotechnology researchers worldwide to take precautions with their mail.

All colleges want their alumni to have jobs, but some schools provide more support for this than others.

As our nation pauses to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the dedication of a new memorial on the anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington, most will focus on only part of the story. When many Americans think of the historic March, they think of Dr. King standing on the steps of […]

How many Jack Grinolds are there?

A month ago, Google was riding high: market acceptance of Google+ was immediate and all-encompassing. It not only posted stellar revenues, but during the earnings call CEO Larry Page’s poise all but erased the impression he made with his reticence in his first call back at the helm during the previous quarter.

James Meeks of Atlanta lost his job as a sales engineer with a major manufacturer last year, and after months of few good job prospects he started getting antsy.

It’s late August. Would you rather hit the beach or discuss immigration reform?

Massachusetts continues to outperform the nation in job growth as employers in the state added nearly 13,000 jobs last month, building on strong gains in the first half of this year, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported yesterday.

“Why on earth would you go there?” That’€™s the question posed to most people who want to visit Cambodia, says Kristen Paonessa, a senior at Northeastern University majoring in international affairs and economics. Paonessa, who aims to pursue a career in international development, fulfilled an experiential learning requirement by interning in Phnom Penh for the […]