After Trump victory, requests for abortion pills, birth control and sterilizations surge in Illinois and nationally
After Trump win, Illinois providers report a spike in demand for abortion pills, birth control and sterilizations
Category: Science
A year after Powderhorn project, nature rebounding at Chicago’s only nature preserve
Nature fans are seeing an increase in waterfowl and native plants at Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh a year after restoration work there.
Can America heal after the election? Local clergy, researchers tackle political anxiety and toxic polarization.
Post-election healing: Local clergy, researchers tackle the political divide.
Skokie-based lab tackles climate change, pollution, clean water
There are no easy solutions to the world’s biggest problems like climate change, air pollution and providing clean drinking water for everyone. But a new state-of-the-art laboratory in Skokie is dedicated to addressing them through a new generation of materials, products and techniques. The nonprofit UL Research Institutes, a world leader in safety science, opened the doors of its newest facility in Skokie on September 12. The 19,366-square-foot Material Discoveries Research Institute (MDRI), located in the Illinois Science + Technology Park at 8045 Lamon Ave., is designed to be one of the world’s top facilities for research involving energy creation […]
The Taurid meteor showers peak a week apart in November
The Southern Taurids will reach their zenith early Tuesday morning and the Northern Taurids on Nov. 12.
Area group leading charge against time change, calling daylight saving time ‘harmful’
The Coalition for Permanent Standard Time in Darien says permanent standard time would provide long term health and safety benefits.
It’s almost Halloween, but this week will feel like summer just ahead of trick-or-treating
If Tuesday’s high reaches above 78 degrees, it will break the daily record for Oct. 29 set in 1999. Wednesday temperatures will be just shy of the record high for Oct. 30.
Whooping cough hits decade-high level in US
There have been 18,506 cases of whooping cough reported so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. That’s the most at this point in the year since 2014, when cases topped 21,800.
Overwhelmed by election incivility? Look up at the night sky to find wonder and connection.
If you missed the Northern Lights, you can still see a comet visible in the Northern Hemisphere for the first time in 80,000 years and the brightest moon of the year this week.
NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life
A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.