An interview with the Cambridge, Massachusetts Rat Czar.

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In recent years, the yellows, oranges and reds of autumn have been showing up at odd times and unusual tones. Nanticha Ocharoenchai (Lyn) visits Harvard Forest to learn more about how climate change is affecting forests, and how researchers are studying this evolving ecosystem.



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Laura Martin Agudelo reports on the Hip-Hop Deep-Space Monument / Mission, a project to engrave hip-hop's greatest hits onto an analog record and send them into deep space, headed by MIT visiting professor Harry Allen.

This MIT Professor Wants to Gather Hip-Hop's Greatest Hits - And Send Them Into Space

On the WMBR Nightly News on Monday, December 8, Alex Megerle reported on Albertine Press, a woman-owned letterpress shop in Cambridge that still uses vintage equipment to print their products.

Cambridge Letterpress Shop Combines Vintage Equipment With Community Programming

How a Somerville, MA pub survived the COVID shutdown.

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