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  • Research showing neutrinos have mass awarded Nobel Prize

    Physicists Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada won the prize for the discovery that the subatomic particles called neutrinos have mass.

    Oct 6, 2015 read more
  • 98-day budget impasse could delay 911 calls

    Illinois has racked up more than $6 billion in unpaid bills, and government services—including emergency services—are in jeopardy.

    Oct 6, 2015 read more
  • Making the most of muck in the Cuyahoga River

    After Ohio banned open lake dumping of dredged material from the Cuyahoga River, companies are coming up with alternative uses for the muck.   

    Oct 6, 2015 read more
  • The Bloggess is determined to be “Furiously Happy”

    Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness in “Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things.“

    Oct 5, 2015 read more
  • Violins give voice to horrors of Holocaust

    Once owned by the inmates of Nazi concentration camps, a collection of stringed instruments have been restored and are now part of a three-month exhibit in Cleveland.

    Oct 2, 2015 read more
  • Mass shootings by the numbers

    The Mass Shooting Tracker shows the shooting in Oregon yesterday was the 294th mass shooting in 2015.

    Oct 2, 2015 read more
  • Kentucky clerk Kim Davis had a secret meting with the Pope

    Davis, who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, says she met the pope at the Vatican Embassy in Washington. The Vatican is acknowledging the meeting took place.

    Sept 30, 2015 read more
  • MacArthur ‘Genius’ Focuses On Immigrant Education In Chicago

    Juan Salgado is one of 24 winners of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “genius grants,” who will each receive $625,000 over five years.

    Sept 30, 2015 read more
  • Facebook plans to bring internet to regugees

    The announcement by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg comes as welcome news to many, but not without criticism.

    Sept 29, 2015 read more
  • Pre-K study shows early gains wear off

    Vanderbilt University researchers found that students who did not attend pre-kindergarten quickly caught up to students who did.

    Sept 29, 2015 read more
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