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A "Planets on the Path" stop with a description of the moon seen here along the Chicago lakefront on Solidarity Drive.

Ready to walk to Pluto? Check out ‘Planets on the Path’

April 6, 2019 at 12:03 a.m.

Talk about bringing the solar system down to Earth. In a temporary outdoor walkable or, more realistically, bikable exhibition called "Planets on the Path," Adler Planetarium has placed markers on...

Jaap Hoogstraten, head exhibit designer at the Field Museum

Mammoth homecoming: ‘Titans of the Ice Age’ is back at Chicago Field Museum

April 6, 2019 at 12:02 a.m.

Whether mammoths mostly roamed or mostly stayed close to home is a question that scientists are still sorting out. What's indisputable is that "Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice...

Shedd Aquarium trustees elect new chairman

June 16, 2018 at 5:40 p.m.

H. John Gilbertson Jr., a Shedd Aquarium board member since 2000 and retired managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co., is the new chairman of the aquarium's board of trustees...

David Letterman offers sincerity in making his final round of goodbyes

April 5, 2019 at 11:56 p.m.

"I'll be honest with you," David Letterman said at the outset of his very last TV show after more than three decades. "It's beginning to look like I'm not going...

A Servo-electric 5-Finger Gripping Hand, created by Schunk Company in Germany.

They, robots: ‘Revolution’ opens at the MSI

April 5, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

On the one hand, the Museum of Science and Industry says it wants its big new showcase for cutting-edge robotics to dispel fear about the soulless mechanized creatures rising up...

Curated cars at Indy 500 Hall of Fame and Indianapolis Museum of Art

April 5, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

It's the Indianapolis 500 weekend, and you know what that means: museums! There are two highly relevant exhibits that make a road trip to Indiana's largest city worth considering, beyond...

Craig Ferguson won an Emmy last month for hosting "Celebrity Name Game."

Talking to Craig Ferguson, a man on the transition trail

June 29, 2019 at 4:34 a.m.

After a ten-year run during which he won accolades for his tear-up-the-cue-cards style of hosting, Craig Ferguson left CBS "The Late Late Show" last December. But he's kept busy hosting...

Okapi calf is born at Brookfield Zoo

April 5, 2019 at 11:55 p.m.

Brookfield Zoo Tuesday announced the birth of an okapi calf at the West Suburban animal park, the 27th successful okapi born there, the zoo said in a statement. The calf,...

David Letterman at his desk on the set of the "Late Show" in 2014.

David Letterman signs off ‘Late Show’ and leaves comedy forever changed

June 30, 2019 at 7:02 a.m.

It was 1984. We had a house in a transitional neighborhood near our college's campus. We had a 13-inch black-and-white TV. And we had, almost every night, a ritual. Dave....

Staff members install Guy J. Bellaver's sculpture "Prairie Song. Q" near the Park Place Cafe at the Lincoln Park Zoo on May 6. The sculpture is one of 15 pieces making up the zoo's new Nature In Motion art installation.

Wild art; Lincoln Park Zoo displays outdoor menagerie

April 5, 2019 at 11:50 p.m.

Driving his 8-foot sculpture Prairie Song. Q from his St. Charles studio to Lincoln Park Zoo was not the most relaxing thing Guy Bellaver has ever done. "I had two...

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