MBTA: Worcester-Boston Nonstop Service Begins May 23

For the first time ever, the MBTA will offer nonstop service between Worcester and Boston in less than an hour. The HeartToHub will operate twice daily—morning and evening—every weekday starting May 23, 2016.  http://blog.mass.gov/transportation/mbta/mbta-worcester-boston-nonstop-service-begins-may-23-2/
Article courtesy of MassDOT by Klark Jessen

Solar plane takes off from California for Arizona

In this April 23, 2016 file photo, Solar Impulse 2 flies over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at the end of its journey from Hawaii, part of its attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The next leg of the solar-powered around-the-world flight is scheduled to start from Mountain View, Calif., Monday, May 2, 2016, at 5 a.m. PDT, bound for Phoenix.  http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/science/article/Solar-plane-prepares-to-leave-California-for-7387227.php
Article courtesy of The San Francisco Chronicle

Another study says warming may be worse than experts think

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most computer simulations of climate change are underestimating by at least one degree how warm the world will get this century, a new study suggests.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Another-study-says-warming-may-be-worse-than-7234552.php
Article courtesy of San Francisco News -Associated Press by Seth Borenstein

Stethoscope pill developed by MIT and Mass General researchers picks up invention award

A swallowable, pill-sized stethoscope developed by researchers at MIT and Mass General to monitor your body’s vital signs, has won one of Popular Science’s 2016 Invention Awards.  http://www.boston.com/news/science/2016/04/30/stethoscope-pill-developed-by-mit-and-mass-general-researchers-picks-up-invention-award
Article courtesy of The Boston Globe by Dialynn Dwyer

Boston’s free sunscreen program is expanding nationally

The program that brought free sunscreen to Boston last year is back. But this year, 11 other states will get in on the sun protection action.
Starting in May, the Melanoma Foundation of New England will issue free sunscreen dispensers to 54 locations across 12 states, for a total of 190 dispensers. Massachusetts alone will get 29.
http://www.boston.com/news/health/2016/04/30/bostons-free-sunscreen-program-expanding-nationally
Article courtesy of the Boston Globe by Dialynn Dwyer

A New Dark Age Looms

Boulder, Colo. — IMAGINE a future in which humanity’s accumulated wisdom about Earth — our vast experience with weather trends, fish spawning and migration patterns, plant pollination and much more — turns increasingly obsolete. As each decade passes, knowledge of Earth’s past becomes progressively less effective as a guide to the future. Civilization enters a dark age in its practical understanding of our planet.  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/opinion/a-new-dark-age-looms.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0
Article courtesy of The New York Times by William B. Gail

Study finds living near greenery may help you live longer

Having nature’s greenery outside your door might help you live longer, according to a new study.
The researchers used satellite imagery to tack the season vegetation where 108,630 women lived from 2000 to 2008, while monitoring questionnaires and information from the women about their health and lifestyle, The New York Times reports. They found the mortality rate for women living in the highest one-fifth for greeness was 12 percent lower than the women living in lowest one-fifth for greeness. Their rates for death from respiratory illness and cancer were also lower.http://www.boston.com/news/health/2016/04/15/study-finds-living-near-greenery-may-help-live-longer
Article courtesy of boston.com by Dialynn Dwyer