The Boston Globe named Gloucester to the 2017 Game Changers list! “Bright ideas and breakthroughs, inventions and innovations, people and places making waves in the Boston area.” This story was in a Boston Globe real estate section because the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute “recently received $2.7 million in state capital funding for its waterfront marine genomics research laboratory, which could be leased soon and occupied by next year, says executive director Chris Munkholm.”
Where will they land?
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![Boston-02/12/16 The freestyle ski World Cup finals of mens and ladies during the Big Air at Fenway Park. Klaus Finne from Norway takes off from the start. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki(sports)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tlumacki_freestylefinalsbigair_sports495.jpg)
SPORTS
Tiger Shaw is helping heat up New England’s snow sports scene
He greenlighted the US Ski and Snowboard Association’s involvement in Big Air at Fenway, and helped bring World Cup ski racing back to the region.
![Quincy, MA--4/28/2017 - Pedestrians traverse near the promenade of The Hancock Adams Green (cq). Hancock Street, foreground, used to run between United First Parish Church (cq), left, and Old Town Hall (cq), right, now the McIntyre Government Center (cq). Center right is the new City Hall. Quincy Center has seen a revival, with a redo of Hancock Street, construction of an apartment complex and new restaurants. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 051417quincy Reporter: Timothy Logan](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/02/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/greenhouse_051417quincy-1_magazine.jpg)
REAL ESTATE
Quincy Center breaks out with housing, restaurants, other development
The downtown of the South Shore makes its long-awaited comeback.
![Boston, MA--4/11/2017 - The small independent Jamaica Plain bookstore, Papercuts J.P. (cq) is publishing its own books. Owner Kate Layte (cq), left, is the co-founder, with Katie Eelman (cq), right, of Cutlass Press (cq). Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 051417papercuts Reporter: Katie Johnston](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/02/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/papercuts0514gc.jpg)
MEDIA
It takes a village to publish a book. Just ask JP bookstore Papercuts.
The shop owner and her only full-time employee founded Cutlass Press at the tiny store last year.
![Boston, MA - December 21, 2016: Skaters fill the ice at](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_122116_22bostonwinter_02270x.jpg)
PUBLIC POLICY / GOVERNMENT
50 years later, City Hall Plaza is cool
With the opening of Boston Winter, the city may finally have figured out how to make the plaza a year-round attraction.
![Boston, MA--4/25/2017 - Elkus|Manfredi Architects (cq). With an inspiration wall behind them, a team holds a collaborative meeting, providing interior design service for an office of a digital marketing company. Clockwise from left are: C.T. Nguyen (cq), Emily Bulkeley (cq), Molly Randell (cq), Charlotte Noyes (cq), and Nicholas Bian (cq). Michael Phillips (cq), not pictured, president of Jamestown Properties, brought in several companies to the sprawling Innovation & Design Building (cq), making it a](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/inno0514gc.jpg)
REAL ESTATE
Innovation + Design = Success
At the forefront of the transformation of the Seaport District, the Innovation & Design Building lives up to its name.
![Boston, MA., 07/07/16, A worker cleans the carpet in the newly renovated Fiction Section. New lights, bright carpet, bright paint are highlighted. The two story section now has a staircase in the room connecting the two floors. The newly renovated Boston Public Library will open to the public tomorrow. Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_newlibrary1_met.jpg)
ARTS
With a renovation, BPL transforms not only the building, but its attitude
Major renovation project meant to make the library the hub of the Hub.
![New office building of the FBI's Boston division is seen,Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Chelsea, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/fbi0514chelsea.jpg)
REAL ESTATE
Follow the money — to Chelsea
Boston’s commercial and residential development boom spills across the Tobin Bridge.
![N.P. “Narv” Narvekar Photo (credit: Harvard University) taken (Sept. 29, 2016)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/narv0514gc.jpg)
FINANCE
Harvard’s $36 billion man
The university’s new endowment head, N.P. Narvekar, needs to reverse a decade of mediocre performance.
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PUBLIC POLICY / GOVERNMENT
Bright ideas for a graying population
Jan Mutchler of UMass Boston is leading the movement to make the city more conducive to healthy aging.
![This product image provided by Amazon shows the Amazon Echo speaker. The biggest feature in Amazons Echo speaker is a voice-recognition system called Alexa that is designed to control Pandora, Amazon Music and Prime Music services as well as give information on news, weather and traffic. (Amazon via AP)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/5af89d63b4104f8481e21907ec6e81e5-5af89d63b4104f8481e21907ec6e81e5-0.jpg)
TECHNOLOGY
Siri, watch your back
Alexa finds voice in Massachusetts. Amazon’s increasingly popular personal assistant draws heavily on area’s technology talent.
![SPOTLIGHT - DO NOT PUBLISH - 2/19/2015 - Milton, MA - Dr. Dennis Burke, cq, is a orthopedic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital who has come forward with grievances about the apparently common scheduling practice of double or triple booking surgeons during surgeries. He is photographed at his home in Milton, MA. Photo by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff.](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/burke0514gc.jpg)
HEALTH CARE
A Boston surgeon takes a stand
Dr. Dennis Burke was a star orthopedic surgeon at a prestigious hospital. But one of the hospital’s practices nagged at him.
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ARTS
How the MFA got into the overnight dance party game
With a new director in place, the museum saw an opportunity to attract new audiences.
![Friday, June 10, 2016- Waterfront in Gloucester. For Business story about Gloucesterâs transformation from fishing town to tourism and biotech. (Laurie Swope for The Boston Globe)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/10/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/gloucester0514gc.jpg)
REAL ESTATE
Fish are Gloucester’s past — and its future
As the longtime seaport reinvents itself, the hope is to tie into local maritime history, but with year-round jobs in science and tourism.
![01/04/2016 LAS VEGAS, NV Immedia, a Boston-based startup, attended CES 2016 to market Blink, a home security wireless device that was funded by a Kickstarter campaign in summer 2014. (John M. Blodgett for the Boston Globe)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/05/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/blink0514gc.jpg)
TECHNOLOGY
Seeing the future of home security at Immedia Semiconductor
The Andover company expands beyond surveillance cameras and challenges industry leaders.
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REAL ESTATE
A tiny house with an extra-large impact
In addressing the statewide housing crunch, a Nantucket resident shows the wisdom of starting small.
![QUINCY, MA - 1/18/2017: CEO Megan Driscoll (on the right ) in a yoga class at PharmaLogics Recruiters in Quincy.... PharmaLogics Recruiters in Quincy raised base pay a year ago from $37k to $50k for 35 out of their 48 employees. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo) SECTION: BUSINESS TOPIC 20pharmalogics](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_payraise1_biz.jpg)
PUBLIC POLICY / GOVERNMENT
PharmaLogics Recruiting discovers the bonuses of big raises
The Quincy company’s CEO gave her 35 entry-level employees a 33 percent raise at the beginning of 2016.
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ARTS
Artist Stephen Knapp paints with light
His work is increasingly in demand, changing what people think public space is and can be.
![Boston, MA - 6/07/2016 - Five Things business feature on Christopher D. Palmieri, CEO of Commonwealth Care Alliance. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Business, Reporter: Priyanka McCluskey, Topic: 12fivethings, LOID: 8.2.3227361051.](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/07/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/chin0607165Things-ChristopherPalmieri_Biz3.jpg)
HEALTH CARE
Commonwealth Care Alliance’s health care solution for at-risk populations
The Boston-based insurer and care provider has begun to find success treating a complex population of patients, including those struggling with chronic diseases and addiction.
![Boston, MA., 02/15/17, Katie Rae is a venture capitalist who just got hired to run a major startup investment fund for MIT called The Engine. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_rae1_biz.jpg)
BIOTECH
In life sciences and biotech, incubators are hot
Early-stage startups find secure, well-funded launching pads in Massachusetts.
![(FILES) This file photo taken on March 18, 2011 shows a woman, suffering from Alzheimer's desease, holding the hand of a relative in a retirement house in Angervilliers, eastern France. For decades now, soaring population growth and ageing rates have been forecast to ignite a global explosion of Alzheimer's, the memory- and freedom-robbing disease afflicting mainly 65-plussers. But an unexpected, and hopeful, trend may be emerging. / AFP PHOTO / Sébastien BOZONSEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_G42IA.jpg)
BIOTECH
In Cambridge, a step forward in the race to end Alzheimer’s
Biogen Inc. has emerged as a front-runner in the global race to make the first drug to treat the memory-ravaging neurodegenerative disease.
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PHILANTHROPY
Tech startups pledge to spread the wealth
Starting at the pre-IPO stage, global movement promotes corporate philanthropy, a little at a time.
![Boston, MA 12/22/2015 â Commuters wait for a Red Line train at the Park Street T Station in Boston, MA December 22, 2015. (Globe staff photo / Craig F. Walker) MBTA](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/151222_Walker_23mbta_18510.jpg)
PUBLIC POLICY / GOVERNMENT
At MIT, there is such a thing as a free ride
MIT took innovative steps last year to dissuade its employees from driving to work.
![Boston/Cambridge, MA--10/18/2016--After the unveiling of name of the William and Charlotte Bloomberg Science Education Center (cq), Michael R. Bloomberg (cq) walks through the Museum of Science, to a luncheon, with Nathan Hale School students Aliaahn Rafique (cq), 10, left, and Vanessa Paige (cq), 10. Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies (cq) announce a gift to the Museum of Science, on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 19bloomberg Reporter: XXX](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/greenhouse_19bloomberg-5_business.jpg)
PHILANTHROPY
Michael Bloomberg hasn’t forgotten Boston, and his recent donations show it
The multibillionaire son of Medford gives back — and then some. Just ask the Museum of Science and Harvard University.
![Boston, MA--4/20/2017 - Ann R. Klee (cq) -- ( GE vice president of Boston Development and Operations) She is photographed at the temporary headquarters in Boston, with the company's](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/klee0514gc.jpg)
PUBLIC POLICY / GOVERNMENT
She brings GE to life — in Boston
Ann Klee overcame the “big hairy challenge” of the company’s relocation and is now overseeing development of its new headquarters.
![BOSTON, MA - 12/15/2016: New WHDH Ch. 7 studio with Ed Ansin, owner, (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo) SECTION: BUSINESS TOPIC 16leung](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_station2_biz.jpg)
MEDIA
Ed Ansin changes the channel, but still has the signal
When NBC didn’t renew its deal with Channel 7, Ansin decided to start an independent station.
![BOSTON, MA - 6/05/2015: Lewis Wharf - parking lot that will turn into park, and end of wharf, incliding out into the water--A prominent waterfront property in the North End that hosts the Boston Sailing Club would be redeveloped with a luxury hotel, and the large surface parking lots would be pushed underground to create a public park that would extend to the water's edge. The project would also build a new marina and facility for the sailing club (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo) SECTION: BUSINESS TOPIC 06LewisWharf(1 26Barr](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/barr0514gc.jpg)
PHILANTHROPY
On the waterfront, the Barr Foundation jumps in
Haphazard development along Boston Harbor has drawn widespread criticism — and, from the powerful foundation, funding to mitigate its effects.
![Boston, MA - 11/03/15 - Five things feature about Lydia Edwards, a fellow at Greater Boston Legal Services. Edwards has worked to protect the rights of domestic workers and has played a key role in passing legislation last year aimed at ending abuse of domestic workers, often immigrants. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Business, Reporter: Beth Healy, Topic: 08fivethings, LOID: 8.2.217950676.](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/09/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/edwards0514gc.jpg)
REAL ESTATE
When tenants get into trouble, a new city office can help
Boston’s Office of Housing Stability makes a difference, one tenant at a time.
![Boston, MA--5/2/2017 - David Pogorelc (cq), with Core Investments, Inc. is the developer of Washington Village (cq) in Andrew Square (cq), in South Boston. It will sit on 4.9 acres, have 9 buildings, 656 homes, 100,000 square feet of retail, 50% open space, 170 trees and a park. It is anchored at Old Colony Avenue and Dorchester Street. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 051417pogorelc Reporter: Timothy Logan](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/pogo0514gc.jpg)
REAL ESTATE
Homes for the middle class — in Southie (!)
Developer Dave Pogorelc sets his sights on transforming the area around Andrew Square.
![CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 18: Corey Lewandowski, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, walks the floor on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/577075082.jpg)
POLITICS
For better or worse, Corey Lewandowski broke the political mold
Donald Trump’s original campaign manager stomped on convention, rules, and protocol, wasn’t allowed to finish out the campaign, and still ended up a winner.
![9-29-2016 Roxbury, Mass. Over 500 guests attended the Suffolk Construction ''Virtual Groundbreaking for Headquarters Expansion in Roxbury. L. to R. are John Fish, Chairman and CEO, Chris Mayer, Chief Innovation Officer and Mayor Marty Walsh. Globe photo by Bill Brett](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/suffolk0514gc.jpg)
TECHNOLOGY
Fusing tech and construction at Suffolk
John Fish has redoubled his efforts to use technology to transform his construction company.
![Cambridge, MA - 02/16/16 - Geoffrey von Maltzahn, founder and CTO, (cq, left) and David Perry, CEO, (cq) in the Indigo greenhouse, with soy plants grown from probiotic seeds. Lane Turner/Globe Staff Section: BIZ Reporter: Nidhi Subbaraman Slug: 19betabugs](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner021616BIZ19BetaBugs5.jpg)
BIOTECH
Indigo Agriculture looks to make agriculture a growth industry
Can microbial coatings mean seeds that are drought and pest-resistant?
![Boston, MA - 6/11/2016 - Portrait of Panos Panay, Founding Managing Director, BerkleeICE (Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship). Berklee, along with MIT and University College London, are teaming up with major players in the music industry in an unprecedented initiative to address the major challenges associated with creative royalties and rights. This collaboration will lead to the creation of an open sourced, global database of music/media rights holders to dramatically simplify compensation. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Arts, Reporter: Malcolm Gay, Topic: 13BerkleeRights, LOID: 8.2.3285554802.](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/panos0514gc.jpg)
ARTS
Will musicians and singers make bank from a new system?
Transparency for artists — and faster payments — is the goal of the Berklee College-inspired Open Music Initiative.
![11fivethings - Dec. 31, 2014 - Jake Shapiro (cq), CEO of PRX, poses in his office in Cambridge, Mass. (Justin Saglio for The Boston Globe).](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/_MG_8917A.jpg)
MEDIA
RadioPublic looks to build a better podcast
Veteran broadcast executive Jake Shapiro brings a fresh take to the radio of the future.
![Richard Pelletier, owner of Nashoba Valley Winery walks through his grapevines. Kieran Kesner for The Boston Globe.](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/24/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/IMG_3913.jpg)
PUBLIC POLICY / GOVERNMENT
A win for the little guy in battle over alcohol laws
Nashoba Valley Winery’s Rich Pelletier took on the power of the state — and got it to back down.
![Boston-4/20/16- State Treasurer Deb Goldberg in her State House office. The treasure's office would become the chief pot regulator if marijuana is legalized. Boston Globe staff Photo by John Tlumacki (metro)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/goldberg0514gc.jpg)
POLITICS
Treasurer Deb Goldberg looks to make pot golden for state
The Massachusetts treasurer wants to keep the regulatory reins over the nascent marijuana industry.
![Dave Dombrowski, Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations, speaks to the media during baseball spring training in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/dombrowski0514gc.jpg)
SPORTS
How ‘old school’ Dave Dombrowski boldly revived the Red Sox
The new team president follows a different path than Theo Epstein, but still delivers the wins.
![Boston, MA--4/11/2017 - Renata Teodoro (cq), an undocumented student activist at UMass Boston, stands on the catwalk between the Science Center and John W. McCormack Hall. Among the many posted flyers are ones for the upcoming UndocuGrad Celebration for the 2017 graduating DACA students. She is the contact person for the Student Immigrant Movement and works with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. She is photographed for the Game Changers project. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 051417renata Reporter: Deirdre Fernandes](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/28/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/renata0514gc.jpg)
PUBLIC POLICY / GOVERNMENT
How an undocumented UMass Boston student started a scholarship for others
Renata Teodoro hopes the scholarship offers more than financial support to students brought here illegally as children.
![Boston, MA--4/10/2017 - A passerby takes a picture of the art.](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/20/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/mural0514gc.jpg)
ARTS
Boston’s street art is hitting a growth spurt. Here’s the man behind it.
Whether he’s creating a public mural or pushing a mobile art wall, Cedric Douglas takes art to the streets — and the suburbs.
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TECHNOLOGY
This battery has twice the power and won’t catch fire? Believe it.
A Woburn startup develops lithium-ion batteries that can’t explode, and last longer.
![04/11/2016 BOSTON Co-founders Patrick Petitti (cq) (sitting left) and Rob Biederman (cq) (sitting right) spoke with employees during an office meeting at HourlyNerd (cq) in Boston. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/nerd0514gc.jpg)
TECHNOLOGY
Consultants get in on the gig economy
Expertise on demand gives clients and consultants the pluses of freelance flexibility without long-term commitment.
![Boston, MA--4/11/2017 - Kevin Esvelt (cq) is working on](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/drive0514gc.jpg)
BIOTECH
An MIT transparency advocate shakes up genetic engineering
One MIT professor fights Lyme disease with mice.
![( CREDI: Wyss Institute at Harvard University ) for GameChangers 051417genome ---- Harvard geneticist George Church is working on moving large pieces of a genome from one place to another in the laboratory without breaking them. Long strands of DNA -- the substance that makes up the genome -- are like spaghetti, he says: brittle and prone to snapping into pieces.](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/GeorgeChurch_biz.jpg)
BIOTECH
What if we built our own genome?
Writing DNA from scratch is the aim of a new scientific project organized in part by Harvard geneticist George Church.
![Boston, MA - November 29, 2016: Karl Iagnemma co-founder of nuTonomy poses for a portrait with a self driving car in Boston, MA on November 29, 2016. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe) Section: lifestyles reporter:](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/nu0514gc.jpg)
TECHNOLOGY
This Boston startup is putting us on the fast track to self-driving cars
On the streets of Boston, nuTonomy offers a look at the future, complete with autonomous vehicles.
![The Whoop band uses sensors to keep track of athletes’ fitness and strain levels. photos of the WHOOP 2.0](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/18/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/whoop0514gc.jpg)
HEALTH CARE
Fitness monitor makes the big leagues
Major League Baseball players can Whoop themselves into shape now that the device is approved for wear during games.
![BOSTON, MA - 11/23/2016: Marijuana investor and consultant Kris Krane in Boston. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo) SECTION: BUSINESS TOPIC 04fivethings](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/krane0514gc.jpg)
PUBLIC POLICY / GOVERNMENT
A pivot point for pot in Massachusetts
Legal marijuana creates opportunity for industry insiders like 4Front’s Kris Krane, but uncertainties remain.
![These are new football helmets that were given to a group of youth football players from the Akron Parents Pee Wee Football League in Akron, Ohio, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. These youth football players from low income families, are among thousands nationwide who benefit from a youth safety and helmet replacement program, partially sponsored by the NFL, to improve player safety. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)](https://i0.wp.com/c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/31/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/sync0514gc.jpg)
HEALTH CARE
Virtual reality gets into the game against concussions
Several college football teams adopt Boston-based SyncThink’s diagnostic technology.
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