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Brainiac

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/shutterstock_232639537.jpg For 40 years, computer scientists looked for a solution that doesn’t exist

MIT researchers demonstrate that it’s impossible to find a faster way of computing “edit distance.”

Health & wellness

FINDINGS

The ‘Crunch Effect’ on eating

A study suggests that tuning into the sound of your own chewing can help you eat mindfully--and therefore less.

Tech Lab by Hiawatha Bray

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Columbus OH 4/30/19 Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski (8) and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) denies Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) during second period action of game 3 of the second round of the NHL playoffs at Nationwide Arena. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

TARA SULLIVAN

Where have the Bruins we saw all season gone?
Joe Biden at a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Adrian Walker

Joe Biden, front-runner?

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Who really thought the Celtics were going to have it easy?
Boston, MA - {iptcmtonth}/09/2019 - (pre game) Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (20) hasn't seen his team start the way he would have liked. The Boston Red Sox host the Toronto Blue Jays in the season home opener at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Pete Abraham, Topic: 10redsoxbluejays, LOID: 8.5.946349502 .

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Alex Cora must find a way to motivate Red Sox
Al Horford had Giannis Antetokounmpo tied up in knots for much of Game 1.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Celtics’ message: Don’t sleep on us
Newton District Court Judge Shelley M. Joseph left federal court last week after a hearing.

Adrian Walker

Did Shelley Joseph obstruct justice?

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

Mass. and shoe industry: Still a great fit

Opinion | Michael A. Cohen

The GOP’s plan: prevent voters from voting
Boston-04/27/2019 Boston Bruins vs Columbus- Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask prevents Coulumbus Nick Foligno from getting to the puck in the 2nd period. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(sports)

TARA SULLIVAN

Resiliency is again needed in wake of Bruins’ defeat
PISCATAWAY, NJ - NOVEMBER 10: Chase Winovich #15 of the Michigan Wolverines pumps up the crowd against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during the third quarter at HighPoint.com Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Piscataway, New Jersey. Michigan won 42-7. (Photo by Corey Perrine/Getty Images)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Patriots’ AFC foes are still chasing
John Havlicek will forever be acclaimed as the best sixth man in basketball history, but he was much more than that.

Bob Ryan

Remembering the great John Havlicek
Kyrie Irving and the Celtics play Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks Sunday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

This is what we’ve been waiting for

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