The radical past of home economics

Dec. 12, 2012
A new  Hull House exhibition presents the radical past and future of home economics.

Illinois tracks prescription drug users

Dec. 4, 2012
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois medicine-monitoring program has joined a national data-sharing network to help prevent prescription drug abuse.The Department of Human Services will link its prescription monitoring program to a National Association of Boards of Pharmacy network.

A maple leaf mystery

Dec. 3, 2012
Your beautiful autumnal foliage might be covered with ugly spots. But the real problems in your yard are the ones you can’t see.

The truth about vampire power

Dec. 3, 2012
An average household has 40 appliances that use standby power when turned off. They consume up to 10% of total power used in the home.

Bigger not necessarily better for Big Bird

Nov. 30, 2012
For most of us, Big Bird is about as big as it gets when it comes to our feathered friends. For Peter Makovicky of the Field Museum, Big Bird is small stuff. And he has the freshest research on vegetarian dinosaurs.

Illinois drinking water supply at risk

Nov. 30, 2012
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Chicago health centers prep for Obamacare

Nov. 16, 2012
Chicago area community health centers prepare for influx of new patients under the Affordable Care Act.

Apollo astronauts in Chicago to mark last moon mission

Nov. 13, 2012
The Adler Planetarium commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission, the last manned mission to the moon. Astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan cast hand and boot prints for display. Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell was also present.

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