Craving the cookie
Chapter 1 The Oreo seems so innocent--two dark, chocolate wafers held together by a dab of sweet, white filling. It is an icon of Americana, a throwback to the days...
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Caterpillar kills for a snail dinner
Ditching its evolutionary cousins' customary fare of leaves for an Atkins diet, a newly discovered species of caterpillar in Hawaii traps snails with its silk--like a spider--and then eats them...
Helping Mom and Dad rock Junior’s world
Parenthood has recently become a lot more fun. Not because of any revolutionary advances in car seats or sippy cups. And not because someone finally invented a pill to make...
Zoo plans to study elephant well-being
Stung by criticism heaped on his institution after the death of a third elephant in the last six months, Lincoln Park Zoo president Kevin Bell on Monday said the zoo...
Clinic red-faced about blood theft
In a bizarre case of medical-records theft, the Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group this week belatedly notified seven patients of a North Side clinic that their blood and stool samples had...
Last Benedict a peacemaker
Pope Benedict XVI has not yet said why he chose the name, but some theologians speculated Tuesday that he may have been more inspired by the famous monk St. Benedict...
Strict leader may deepen rift in U.S. flock, some fear
In his new role as spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church in America, Pope Benedict XVI takes on a divided flock, with some believers fervently clinging to fundamental church...
Devout child aspired to the collar very early
The man considered by many to be the second-most powerful figure in the Roman Catholic Church for more than two decades was usually able to walk the streets of Rome...
Last Benedict a peacemaker
Pope Benedict XVI has not yet said why he chose the name, but some theologians speculated Tuesday that he may have been more inspired by the famous monk St. Benedict...
Your ancestry might surprise you
Your family tree may look quite a bit different from you thought it did. Which is to say, you might well be related to the queen of England--but through a...