Implant translates brain signals into movement

A team led by Rhode Island scientists revealed that two patients had been able to use their minds to control a robotic hand.

Curt Schilling

Schilling asks R.I. for more money

Curt Schilling met today with Rhode Island officials concerned about the state’s $75 million investment in his company.

Layoffs follow WFNX sale

Most of the staff at Boston alternative rock station WFNX 101.7 FM was laid off Wednesday as the station was sold to radio giant Clear Channel Communications.

State Senate unveils budget plan

The $32 billion proposal would increase spending on local government and education without raising taxes or fees.

Conservative nonprofit makes $25m ad buy

Crossroads GPS today announced a plan to air a 60-second ad against President Obama in 10 swing states.

The pushcart vendors in Boston’s Haymarket district have resisted new approaches from pre-Big Dig ways.

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Opinion | Paul McMorrow

Haymarket pushcart vendors need to embrace change

The future of the Haymarket pushcart market depends not on the outside protection the vendors have sought, but on their willingness to embrace change that’s rushing toward them.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_mit_5met--90x90.jpg L. Rafael Reif named MIT president

Reif, the school’s provost, takes over from Susan Hockfield, who announced three months ago that she would step down.

Facebook logos on a computer screen.

Opinion | The Podium

Facebook IPO belies perils of collegiate inventors

Part of Facebook’s success is due to Harvard’s hands-off approach, writes Brian Love of Stanford, who criticizes attempts by university administrators to profit from students’ inventions.

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How big is road trip for Red Sox?

The Sox take their five-game win streak on an eight-game trip. Bob Ryan and Kevin Paul Dupont examine if they can rise back up in the AL East.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2011/08/05/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/05books1.jpg A conversation with Ben Mezrich

The New York Times best-selling author discusses his books “Bringing Down the House” and “The Social Network.”

BostonGlobe.com exclusives

Blue Jay Recording Studio may not look like much from outside, but it has brought some of music’s biggest names to Carlisle over the years.

Old-school Blue Jay studio up for sale
One wind turbine in Falmouth will be turned off, officials said, while the other will continue to operate during the day.

Mass. moves to shut turbine over noise levels
Guacamole comes in a number of versions. The best is just avocado, cilantro, salt, and onion.

Dining Out

Painted Burro is raucous, fun, ready to party
The ruby slippers that Dorothy wore in “The Wizard of Oz.”

MOVIE REVIEW

‘The Story of Film’ is wildly ambitious
Phil Tayler, Harry McEnerny V, and Davron S. Monroe in the Lyric Stage production of “Avenue Q.”

STAGE REVIEW

Lyric Stage makes ‘Avenue Q’ feel like home
Michael Natkin in the How2heroes test kitchen in Cambridge.

Food

Michael Natkin adds spice to vegetarian recipes

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Racism and infant mortality
Representative Barney Frank.

Joanna Weiss

Barney Frank reflects on the change he’s seen

Warren seeks to refocus campaign on Wall St.

Design for Bill Russell statue unveiled

Frame by Frame

Flippant ‘Rock Fan’ fits well in college setting
Last month, MIT professor Amy Finkelstein became the third woman in the last five years to gain the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark Medal, which recognizes the top US economist under 40.

Women making gains in economics, but progress is slow

Sports

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Paul Pierce has averaged just 10.5 points and converted only five field goals vs. the Sixers.

Time for Paul Pierce to step up his game

The Celtics captain’s knee injury is an issue, but that shouldn’t stop him from becoming more of an offensive force against the 76ers.

Metro

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Robert DeLeo

DeLeo to Zuckerberg: Open a Facebook office in Mass.

House Speaker Robert DeLeo penned an open letter to Facebook’s founder, pushing for an office and increased presence in Boston.

Columnists

Derrick Z. Jackson

Mitt Romney failed to man up on high school bullying
The loss by LeBron James, left, Dwyane Wade and the Heat on Tuesday dropped Miami into a 1-1 tie with the Pacers in the second round of the playoffs.

Bob Ryan

NBA playoffs a big letdown so far

Jeff Jacoby

On health care, state doesn’t know best

Brian McGrory

Stonehill College dragged into Yahoo scandal
Representative Barney Frank.

Joanna Weiss

Barney Frank reflects on the change he’s seen

BOSTON CAPITAL

Business guru’s tips for living

Bob Ryan

This time, Celtics couldn’t close it out
A lone worker picks tomatoes on an Alabama farm in 2011. Much of the crop rotted after migrant workers moved to other states when a strict immigration law took affect.

Juliette Kayyem

A crackdown avoided

Innovation Economy

A new twist on the home office

JEFF JACOBY

Benefit of doubt on ‘evolution’

JOANNA WEISS

Why not let the bake sale crumble?
The Celtics are widely perceived as gritty and the embodiment of team spirit.

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics giving their all, as Fenway draws boobirds

Arts

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MOVIE REVIEW

Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan sustains an atmosphere of jocularity, beauty, and dread in “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.”

‘Once Upon a Time in Anatolia’ a Turkish procedural

The murder remains elusive, but the filmmaking is exquisite.

Politics

Banking sector puts its money on Mitt Romney

Donors from big banks are betting on Romney to defeat President Obama and repeal new restraints on risky, large-scale investments.

Business

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Workers in Myanmar printed Facebook logos onto T-shirts at a printing shop

Facebook boosts size of IPO by 25 percent

The company said in a regulatory filing that about 421 million shares will be sold, up from 337 million under its earlier plans.

Nation & World

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John Edwards

Defense rests without calling Edwards, mistress

John Edwards’ defense team rested Wednesday in the former presidential candidate’s trial over alleged misuse of political funds.

Food & dining

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Martha Holley-Paquette and Dann Paquette of Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project try a sample at their Somerville office.

How Pretty Things Beer became ubiquitous in Boston

Creativity, a bit of clever marketing, and lots of hard work helped distinguish the brewer from dozens of others in the Boston area.

“Whoever conceived of this plan should be fired. If I were a tourist and I was caught up in that thing on Sunday, I would never go to the Cape again.”

Anne Kilguss,  a Boston social worker

Magazine

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The Boston waterfront has arrived
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Homes for sale for $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, and $1 million
The cover for the April 29 2012 issue

Dying wishes expected to be decided on November ballot
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144 free things to do around Boston

Opinion

“Romney’s ‘I don’t remember’ is either preposterous or a penetrating window into a void of human feeling.”

Derrick Z. Jackson 

Ideas

“Genoeconomics is a field with a nightmare scenario already built into it—that banks might demand saliva tests before granting loans, or insurance companies could raise premiums for customers genetically predisposed to risk.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the search for the money gene