Drones and dealers: Monitoring artifact looters in Jordan
By Kathleen Ferraro At an ancient cemetery in Jordan, the last thing you’d expect to see in the sky above is a neon model airplane with a GoPro strapped to its front. But for Chicago archaeologist Morag Kersel, this bird’s eye view gives her new insights for her research. Kersel, an anthropology professor at DePaul […]
Sexual abuse survivors get new support facility in Skokie
by Stephanie Golden The opening of the Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center’s Skokie facility expands on 30 years of free services for abuse survivors and their families. “I don’t think there is anything more upsetting than an innocent child being assaulted, taken advantage of and mentally manipulated to think what happened to them is their fault,” […]
Ahead of Nevada, S.C. primaries, Clinton courts African-American voters in Chicago
Story by Max Greenwood Video by Kat Lonsdorf and Raquel Zaldivar Hillary Clinton worked to solidify her support among black Chicago voters Wednesday at a South Side rally. She spoke alongside the mother of Sandra Bland, whose death in police custody last year added to outrage about police violence in the African-American community. At the […]
Auto Show accelerates into the future lanes of technology
By Elizabeth Bacharach While Back to the Future’s Doc Brown might be disappointed by the lack of flying cars at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, he’d likely be impressed by the breadth of technology packed into this year’s event. The smart cars at the Chicago Auto Show give you eyes at the back of your […]
The battle between man and machine: AI meets world GO champ
By Danielle Prieur A game of Go will be streamed on YouTube starting March 9 in a match between man and machine. This game pits Korean Lee Sedol, the world Go champion, against AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence agent designed by Google DeepMind. Sedol will play against the AlphaGo computer program whose moves are projected on […]
And the Oscar goes to…New York
By Tim Rosenberger The decision to move production of the gold Oscar statuettes to New York after 34 years at Chicago manufacturing company R.S. Owens & Company was amicable, will not hurt the company’s business and R.S. Owens even helped in the transition, said Joseph Petree, R.S. Owens’s design director.
Starbucks closes in Uptown, but the coffee still pours
By Brooke Rayford The stretch of Wilson Avenue between Broadway and Clark Street has been hard for businesses lately. Within the last six months, three businesses on Wilson closed their doors: Harold’s Chicken Shack #42, Luna’s Spa and Salon and the Magnolia Cafe. And recently Starbucks announced it will close its store on Wilson Ave. on […]
Young and hungry: Wildkits freshmen fight to find their way on varsity
By Julia Cardi After a signal from coach Mike Ellis, Jaheim Holden hopped from the bench with a grin, shed his warmup T-shirt, and knelt on the sideline, poised to run onto the court. His teammates Lance Jones and Ryan Bost joined him, and for four minutes and 21 seconds of play, the three freshmen […]
Coming in November: A weekend of hard-hitting games at Soldier Field, but rugby not football
By Aishwarya Kumar Lakshminarayanapuram Paul Lasike is a football player now, but his roots lie in rugby. Lasike, a running back on the Bears’ practice squad in 2015, grew up in New Zealand, where rugby is as big as football in the United States. His background made him more than qualified to discuss The Rugby Weekend, […]
New toothpaste: turning teeth green—to fight decay
By Danielle Prieur A new toothpaste is preventing decay by staining plaque green to make it easier to remove. Plaque HD, a plaque detection toothpaste, invented by Dr. Lawrence Hier, a Boynton Beach, Florida orthodontist, will be featured at the Chicago Dental Society’s 151st Midwinter Meeting that will beheld at McCormick Place from Feb. 25 […]