Chicago's ties to outer space

Jan. 31, 2011
J. Allen Hynek makes his cameo in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Few things have changed humanity’s self-image in quite the same way as human space travel. Whether it’s seeing that  

50th anniversary of first ape in space

Jan. 31, 2011
 It’s time to order up a Banana Daiquiri and cheer the memory of one of the most impressive apes in the history of scientific exploration.On January 31st 1961, a three year old chimpanzee from West Africa named Ham flew aboard a Mercury Redstone rocket and became the first ape in spa

WBEZ archives: Interview with Christa McAuliffe (1985)

Jan. 28, 2011
Today is the   

Hubble Sees Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed

Jan. 26, 2011
A team of U.S. and European researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have captured infrared images of a blurry object they believe to be the oldest galaxy ever seen by man.The object is thought to be 13.2 billion years old and was seen by the Hubble Ultra Deep Field instrument.

Southeast Side architecture goes hip-hop

Jan. 14, 2011
My neighbor, architect Jim Gorski, turned me on to this video via his Facebook page.

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