FITpreneurs: Women Are Becoming Entrepreneurs Through Fitness
By Kathleen McAuliffe At 8:30 on a Tuesday morning, Dani Muckley is already teaching her second workout class of the morning at River North’s Studio
Bio machines hold promise for efficient organs and implants
By Mariah Quintanilla Exceptionally talented athletes and hard working people are often described as “machines” because of their seemingly super-human abilities. To many scientists who
Naomi Oreskes urges scientists to take a stand against attempts to ‘silence facts’
By Janice Cantieri Harvard historian Naomi Oreskes urged hundreds of scientists to step beyond the objectivity of their data and embrace the riskier role as
Solving world hunger for 830 million via satellite data
By Mariah Quintanilla What do data and satellite imaging have to do with solving world hunger? Everything, it seems. New surveying techniques and open source
Climate extremes can ignite violence and more intolerant societies
By Janice Cantieri Rising extremes of droughts, floods or food shortages can reduce a country’s political stability and cultural tolerance, warned scientists at the American
‘More rigs, less regs:’ AAAS experts predict Trump policies
By Teresa Manring The Trump administration’s stance on reversing environmental regulations, key climate policies such as the Paris Accord and the Affordable Care Act is
Historic Bronzeville hardware store and jazz archive set to close
By Pat Nabong Meyers Ace Hardware has two kinds of customers: those who buy paint for their walls and those who “listen to the walls.”
Expensive Chicago parking tickets contribute to huge bankruptcy filings
By Katherine Hyunjung Lee Costly parking tickets are causing thousands of cash-strapped Chicago drivers to flock to the federal bankruptcy court to get their vehicles
Northwestern women’s basketball tries to recapture spark
By Astasia Williams Once you’re hot, it’s important to keep the fire burning. The Northwestern women’s basketball team looked to be a shoo-in for an NCAA
Marquette Park 4’s exoneration marks milestone for Illinois
By Kara Voght Theresa Johnson knew there was no way her son, Charles, committed the robbery and murder he’d been convicted of. Convincing others of
Gasoline drives consumer prices to biggest increase in 4 years
By Wenjing Yang The U.S. consumer price index recorded its biggest increase in nearly four years in January, led by higher costs for gasoline and