Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on local representatives’ votes on roll calls from the week of March 23-27. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week. THE “PROTECT ACT” (H 5305) — The House, ...

The most consequential signal humanity ever detects from another civilization may not arrive as a calm introduction. It may ...

For nearly half a century, one of astronomy’s loudest false alarms has refused to go quiet. The 1977 “Wow! signal” became ...

Alaska's U.S. senators are cosponsoring new legislation in Congress as state lawmakers and school officials urge action to ...

Building a home library becomes achievable instead of aspirational. Kids can develop their own reading tastes through trial and error because the financial stakes are low enough to allow for ...

An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond. The ruling Wednesday handed a ...

Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...

Donald Trump pledged to release government records on aliens and UFOs if reelected. Trump's promise followed his criticism of Barack Obama for discussing his belief in aliens. A 2023 law already ...

Ridley Scott has plenty of notable sci-fi hits under his belt over the last 40 years, but none have stood the test of time as well as Alien. He directed the 1979 classic on a budget of only $11 ...

Denver-based registered investment advisory firm Mercer Global Advisors is one of the latest wealth management firms targeted by profit-seeking hackers. “ShinyHunters” might sound reminiscent of the ...

A viral podcast moment last month reignited speculation about extraterrestrials and prompted President Donald Trump’s commitment to kick-starting the release of government files on flying saucers. But ...

“There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember.” That observation, attributed to American physicist Richard Feynman, captures a tension many people feel when ...