Large hadron collider
Natural Science

Welcome Back to the Large Hadron Collider

After a two-year hiatus, the Large Hadron Collider is starting up again.
Black and white drawing of a busy street from the 1800's in Chicago
Education & Society

The Religious-Irreligious Divide in Working Class Chicago

The struggle for the standard eight-hour workday in Chicago was a bitter one.
Poet Claudie Rankine
Arts & Culture

Claudia Rankine Nominated for Poetry and Criticism Awards by National Book Critics Circle

Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric, was the first book to be nominated by the National Book Critics Circle for both poetry and criticism.
Linda Taylor, 49, the so-called "welfare queen", was sentenced to serve two-to-six years in prison in Chicago, May 13, 1977. She is shown on her way to sentencing. Taylor was convicted March 17 of theft and perjury. Man escorting her is unidentified. (AP Photo)
Arts & Culture

Tracing the Specter of the ‘Welfare Queen’

The origins of the controversial phrase Welfare Queen.
Businessmen talking outside of an office
Business

Putting CEO Pay in an International Context

Differences in CEO Pay in countries like the U.S., Japan, and Israel.
Brontosaurus
Plants & Animals

Brontosaurus is Back, Baby!

The mighty brontosaurus might be real after all, according to new analysis.
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Science & Technology

The Gulf Oil Spill, Five Years Later

Gulf Oil Spill
So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state when the sun began to rise. Now the Egyptians were fleeing before it, but the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. The water returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh that was coming after the Israelites into the sea – not so much as one of them survived! But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. (Exodus, Chapter 14, 27-29). Woodcut after a drawing by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 - 1872) from the "Große Haus-Bilder-Bibel (Large House Pictures Bible)" by Dr. Martin Luther. Published by J. Ebner, Ulm (1877)
Natural Science

The Science Behind Weather Miracles

Can science explain legendary weather myths and legends?
Statue of Alexander Wilson
Plants & Animals

Alexander Wilson’s Birds

Before Audubon (1785-1851), there was Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) the "father of American ornithology"
Cuttlefish
Plants & Animals

Camouflage Artists of the Animal Kingdom

A few camouflage artists of the animal kingdom, including cuttlefish and Craugastor frogs.