The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified Thursday that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive.
On the Far South Side, Steelworkers Park and the Calumet sewage plant are among the unexpected sites in the city that offer prime birdwatching during the fall migration.
A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers.
Bred and reared for the meat industry, most domestic ducks can’t fly because their bodies are oversized and their wings are too small.
Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it’s been tough dealing with their Boeing ride leaving without them and the prospect of spending several extra months in orbit.
The institute, now in the Illinois Medical Center, is planned to eventually be a part of South Loop’s Discovery Partners Institute.
Porter County hunters may face fewer prey this deer season as a hemorrhagic disease has been striking the animals here in elevated numbers that have been a long time coming.
Northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin could see peak leaf color in mid-October.
Boeing’s beleaguered space capsule has left the International Space Station without its crew.
On Tuesday, Phoenix hit its 100th straight day with at least 100 degree temperatures.