Scientists detect gravitational waves, as Einstein predicted

The original documents related to Albert Einstein?s prediction of the existence of gravitational waves as seen in Jerusalem.

NASA/CALTECH via European Pressphoto Agency

Scientists say they have finally detected the ripples in the fabric of space-time that Einstein predicted a century ago.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/Garden-Garage_FOR-WEB.JPG BRA to revisit 44-story tower proposal for West End

The board is set to vote, again, on a controversial proposal for an apartment tower.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/paulajohnson_042A.jpg Wellesley names its first African-American president

Dr. Paula Johnson, a professor at Harvard Medical School, will become the 14th president of the women?s college in July.

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The endorsement comes after Clinton lost to Senator Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primary.

Former President Bill Clinton kissed his wife, Hillary Clinton, on the cheek at a rally in in Hooksett, N.H., on Tuesday.

Matt Rourke/AP

JOAN VENNOCHI

Hey, Bill, exit left

Berating Bernie Sanders on Hillary Clinton?s behalf, as Bill Clinton also did in New Hampshire, doesn?t help his wife.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/10nhdems06.jpg After N.H., supporters fear Clinton is out of touch

Hillary Clinton?s stinging 22-point loss in New Hampshire prompted fretting among the Democratic Party elite.

Innovation Economy

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How much more of a locavore can you be than harvesting cherry tomatoes, herbs, and strawberries from your living room?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/MBTA-Fare-Hikes-7325843.jpg T to resume including discussion of financial performance in report

The key section of the MBTA?s annual financial audit has been omitted since 2008.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/12082010_08railpic-7793301[1]-5364.jpg Former Irish banker due in federal court in Boston Thursday

David K. Drumm is expected to ask the judge to release him to Ireland to face charges there.

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The company had hinted that more information about its move to Boston would come at a briefing in Boston on Feb. 18.

Parents sue nanny for wrongful death

The Cambridge couple allege in the lawsuit that Aisling Brady McCarthy is responsible for the death of their 1-year-old girl in 2013.

Angela Nuss at Olindy?s, a Quincy spot where the Braintree resident recently hosted a billiards parties for singles.

Justin Saglio for The Boston Globe

Where do all the single people live?

You won?t find many in wealthy suburbs, where three-car garages and one-acre zoning are de rigueur.

Shire CEO expects to keep Baxalta research center

Flemming Ornskov said an integration team has already begun meeting at the Cambridge site and at Shire?s US headquarters in Lexington.

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Mary Mullaney has came on board as an executive producer to manage the firm?s TV shows as well as its other video productions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_powerplant1_biz.jpg South Boston power plant to be sold, redeveloped

Exelon Corp. has put the old Boston Edison power plant up for sale, and likely for re-development.

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Arctic weather to hit Greater Boston this weekend

Temperatures won?t break out of the 20s Thursday, and the holiday weekend could see record lows.

Lead declines in Boston-area water supply, but caution advised

One problem is lead service lines, the pipes that connect water mains to houses.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/345407_5d520327d36e4e809387281e5838a759(1)2-16A.jpg A UFO coverup? Director of new film is a believer.

Keith Arem will present his new film ?The Phoenix Incident? at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival on Thursday.

Tamed/Untamed

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/shutterstock_66910459.jpg Birds do it. Bees do it. Giant Pacific octopuses do it, too

Sixteen arms, 32,000 suckers, and six hearts: a naturalist witnesses a Valentine?s Day ?blind date? between two octopuses.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/0210trump-sanders.jpg How Sanders, Trump won over New Hampshire primary voters

Their resounding victories Tuesday were the results of capturing the angry, impatient mood of an electorate ready to rebuke establishment politics.

The Big Picture

Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday 2016

Historians say Mardi Gras dates back to Roman times, when the newly converted Christians retained vestiges of a pagan festival as a period of celebration before the penance of Lent.

Globe investigations

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A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

Betaboston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/masschallenge.jpg MassChallenge program for entrepreneurs opening in Mexico City

The Boston-based accelerator program that gives office space and grants to emerging companies is opening its fifth location.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Crux

crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/06/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Peter-Saunders-C-717x450-1298-ksp--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Vocal member of Vatican abuse panel to depart

An outspoken member of an abuse commission headed by Cardinal Sean O?Malley said he won?t leave unless the pope asks him to.

Globe Insiders

Design New England

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/03/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/bath.jpg Immersed in the View

A seaside location sets the tone for a free-flowing master bathroom with partitions and angles ? but no doors to restrict sightlines.