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Jobless claims hit 45-year low

January 18, 2018

By Juliette Rocheleau Medill Reports The U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ended January 13 plunged to 220,000, its lowest number in almost 45

A new research project in Puerto Rico explores how changes in seaweed farming can combat climate change.

The era of big seaweed is upon us

January 10, 2018

Marine researcher Loretta Roberson believes rethinking how we grow seaweed has the potential to clean up oceans, replace fossil fuels and protect coastlines from violent

After almost two decades as the Field Museum's crown jewel, Sue the T-Rex is being relocated to the museum's Evolving Planet exhibit to make way for a larger dinosaur specimen.

The Cretaceous Shuffle

January 9, 2018

After 17 years front-and-center, the Field Museum’s toothy crown jewel Sue is moving upstairs to make way for an even larger predator. By Adam Cohen

The Chicago River is the single largest contributor to the Gulf of Mexico “dead zone,” but recent recovery efforts seek to reduce dangerous levels of phosphorous making its way south.

Fighting the war against phosphorous

January 9, 2018

Almost a year after the settlement between environmental groups and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, progress is inching forward in reducing dangerous

Filmmakers (from left) Josh Freund and Sam Radutzky go behind the scenes with the band Papa Grows Funk in their music documentary, "Do U Want It."

Last dance in the Big Easy

January 9, 2018

The new ‘funkumentary,’ Do U Want It?, is director Josh Freund’s cinematic love letter to the band Papa Grows Funk and the New Orleans music

There's a perverse beauty in a cup of instant Keurig coffee.

The case for Keurigs

December 5, 2017

By Emily Clemons Medill Reports I am a proud drinker of sh—y coffee. I am a longtime user of the ubiquitous and much-reviled Keurig coffee