Baby dolphin dies at Shedd Aquarium
Shedd Aquarium's struggles to become a breeding center for Pacific white-sided dolphins continued this week when a female calf died just six days after its June 3 birth. Since Shedd...
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AT PEACE, AT LAST: AFTER 11 YEARS AND AN EMOTIONAL PARADE, VIETNAM VETS FINALLY FEEL WELCOME
This story by William Mullen orginally ran in the Aug. 17, 1986, Tribune Sunday Magazine. At 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 13, three men left the entrance to Navy Pier...
25 years after writing the “Welcome Home” story for Chicago’s Vietnam vets in 1986
For sheer emotional impact, few public celebrations have caught me by surprise – and I suspect more than half a million others there that day, too – like Chicago's 1986...
University of Chicago institute completes dictionary of ancient language after 9 decades
Some might wonder if it is a bit late in the game, but scholars at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute have finally completed the Assyrian Dictionary, listing 28,000 words...
Shedd has high hopes after rare dolphin birth
A Pacific white-sided dolphin gave birth to an apparently healthy calf Friday at the Shedd Aquarium after coming home pregnant last year from a trip to Miami's Seaquarium. The birth...
Dolphin gives birth to ‘good, healthy calf’ at Shedd Aquarium
A Pacific white-sided dolphin gave birth to an apparently healthy calf today at the Shedd Aquarium after coming home pregnant last year from a trip to Miami's Seaquarium.The birth is...
UIC scientists crack code on tracking zebras
Field biologists following thousands of wild zebras in Africa used to joke about how nice it would be to have a bar code reader to help them identify and catalogue...
Chicago museums increasingly rely on private, nighttime parties for funding
As late-afternoon visitors straggled in for a couple of hours of gallery browsing at the Field Museum late last week, well-practiced work crews were turning the heart of the museum...
NU team has a little riding on shuttle launch
The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour has been delayed until at least Monday. But when it eventually journeys to the International Space Station, it will carry five years of...
Adler Planetarium to get simulator, not shuttle
While it didn't get one of NASA's four space shuttles, Adler Planetarium will be getting a shuttle flight simulator that has already seeded plans for a possible space exploration pavilion...