Science

Mission: Red Planet

A local scientist spent a year on simulated Mars.

Nicole Maranhas

Art and Nuclear Ecology

David Winton Bell Gallery’s latest show processes nuclear fallout into fine art.

Casey Nilsson

Experience Virtual Reality at the RISD Museum

The RISD Museum presents "DiMoDa," a virtual reality exhibit where visitors can experience art in a whole new way.

John Kiernan

5 Facts About Bats in Rhode Island

Find out more about the life of the winged creatures during a presentation at the Norman Bird Sanctuary.

Jen McCaffery

Rhody Relics: Treasures Found at Local Archaeological Sites

Rhode Island’s archaeologists have identified over 2,500 sites of archaeological interest in our tiny state.

Ellen Welty

CVS to Cease Tobacco Product Sales

The Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark announced today that it plans to stop selling tobacco products at its more than 7,600 pharmacy stores across the United States by Oct. 1, 2014.

Jamie Coelho

Natural History Gets A Week Of Its Own

Events celebrate the bounty of nature in Rhode Island.

Mary Grady

Operation Landfall: Exploring in our Own Backyard

The Dawn Treader is about to become a ship of exploration, heading off into the well-charted yet little-known waters of our own Narragansett Bay.

Mary Grady

Science and Art at Ladd Observatory

Artists, musicians and scientists will take over the Observatory for three days, starting Thursday night, with a series of installations spanning electronic media art, sculpture, animation, video and live performance.

Mary Grady

Little Company, Huge Ideas

A Providence-based performance group is crafting big ideas that spark even bigger conversations.