Field Museum to try to ID people’s discoveries
For years, the Field Museum has been receiving inquiries from people who found a rock, plant, bird or other specimen and were looking for help identifying the mysterious item. The...
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Argonne X-ray beams used to analyze space dust
Stardust, a 770-pound NASA spacecraft about the size of an office desk, zoomed around space in the early 2000s collecting space dust — a remarkable achievement in itself that involved...
NU researchers shed light on domestic violence among same-sex couples
Same-sex couples may experience more domestic violence than opposite-sex couples, a Northwestern Medicine review of research suggests. Richard Carroll, an associate professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern's Feinberg...
Report: More flu shots given across U.S., Illinois’ rate flat
The percentage of all Americans receiving flu vaccines is increasing, although Illinois' coverage has remained flat, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases reports. The foundation, based in Bethesda, Md., released...
Wallenda has some hurdles to cross before his river walk
In the moments before he steps on a five-eighths-of-an-inch high wire to cross the Chicago River on Nov. 2, Nik Wallenda will pray with family and tell them he will...
Chicago is GQ’s top drinking city
From this moment forward, local patrons of Chicago's taverns, pubs and lounges may have a little more competition for barstool space from tourists. Chicago has received the dubious distinction of...
State law may snag Wallenda high-wire walk
Nik Wallenda's planned highwire walk about 600 feet above the Chicago River may have hit a snag before it gets off the ground. Illinois' Aerial Exhibitors Safety Act requires a...
Millennials still checking out public libraries
It may come as a surprise to those of a certain age group, but millennials are more likely than their elders to say important information is not available on the...
Wallenda to walk the wire between Chicago skyscrapers
Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the famed "Flying Wallendas" acrobatic performance family, is planning to walk more than 50 stories above and across the Chicago River, between Marina City's...
Wallenda to tightrope across Chicago River
Nik Wallenda, seventh-generation member of the famed "Flying Wallendas" acrobatic performance family, is planning to walk more than 50 floors above and across the Chicago River, between Marina City's west...