New England

A woman stands next to rows of tidy plants on a rooftop farm

A Boston hospital promotes patient health with its own rooftop farm

Health & Medicine

Boston Medical Center, a major trauma center and teaching hospital, is reimagining what it means to care for patients with a new rooftop agriculture project.

Garden in the Woods sandplain

Invasive species threatening New England’s plant life

Environment
Laguna Lake

The reason New England was snowed under — and California went dry

Environment
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